Jovan Sterija Popović is undoubtedly one of the most significant figures of Serbian literature. With good reason he has been given the name "the father of Serbian drama". Following the example of the great French and German tragedians, he described events from the history of the Serbian people. The Belgrade theatre Theater on Đumruk opened with his tragedy "Smrt Stefana Dečanskog" in 1841. The first Sterija's tragedy "Svetislav i Mileva" is worth mentioning, then "Miloš Obilić ili Padnuće serbskog carstva", "Nesrećno supružestvo ili Naod Simeon", "Skenderbeg" and "Lahan". Miošić's poems about Skanderbeg from his most important work "A Pleasant Discourse of the Slavic People" were basis for "Život i viteška voevanja slavnog kneza epirskog Đorđa Kastriota Skenderbega" written by Sterija Popović in 1828.