He was born in Trsic, village near Loznica, in 1787. From a shepherd, self-taught Vuk Kraradzic became central character in Serbian literature in the first half XIX century. He reformed Serbian language, became creator of one of the most prefect alphabets, the First Serbian Grammar, Dictionary, Autobiography, and he gained the victory of the national language.

Vuk was collecting, writing and publishing national oral and written literature and succeed in showing the world its beauty. At the same time he became the best writer and linguist, social literary critic, ethnographer and first new Serbian historian. In November 1985 the General confederation UNESKO made a resolution by which the 200 years from Vuk Karadzic's birth were announced as an important world's anniversary.