Brne Karnarutić (Zadar, 1515 - Zadar, 1573) was Croatian Renaissance poet and writer.
Brne Karnarutić (Zadar, 1515 - Zadar, 1573) was Croatian Renaissance poet and writer.
He was born in Zadar probably in 1515 as a descent of old noble family. After schooling in Zadar he studied law, probably in Padua. He served as a captain in Venice navy, and afterwards worked as an advocate in Zadar, where he deceased probably in 1573.
He adapted Ovid's metamorphosis on Pyramus and Thisbe under the title of Izvrsita ljubav i napokon nemila i nesrićna smrt Pirama i Tizbe (Venice, 1586). Much more famous is Karnarutić's other work – Vazetje Sigeta grada (Venice, 1584), the first Croatian historical epic on the Battle of Siget and the death of Nikola Šubić Zrinski and courageous defenders of Siget (1566).
