Antun Sorkočević

Who was Antun Sorkočević?

Antun Sorkočević, was a diplomat, writer, composer and member of Ragusan nobility. He was Medo Pucić's cousin, and a good friend of Marko Bruerović.

Sorkočević was born in Dubrovnik. His father was Luka Sorkočević. Like his father he was also composer. Antun studied in Rome, and after 1806 led the Republic of Ragusa's diplomatic representation in Paris where he was the last ambassador of the Republic in France, where he spent 35 years of his life. In Paris he wrote Postanak i propast Republike Dubrovačke in which he proposed that Dubrovnik should join Boka Kotorska, Montenegro and Serbia to make it one nation. The pamphlet was banned in Austria. He also put forth the idea of creating a separate region comprising the Republic and Boka Kotorska under the Austrian Empire after French occupation of these lands.

Author of numerous publications, he became a member of Académie Celtique in 1806 and the Société des Antiquaries in 1828.