Facts: - known for: serbian epic poetry - fields: epic poetry - name: filip visnjic - ethnicity: serb - image: filip visnjic xix . .jpg - death place: grk , austrian empire - religion: serbian orthodox christian - birth place: gornja trnova , ottoman empire Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of filip visnjic .
filip visnjic -lrb- , ; 1767 -- 1834 -rrb- was a popular serbian epic poet and '' guslar '' -lrb- gusle player -rrb- , born in northern bosnia .he is often described as the '' serbian homer '' both because he was blind and for his poetic gift .living in a time of exceptional significance for serbian history , the bard composed poems about these events , and they became a highly valued part of the serbian epic poetry .vuk karadzic considered him the best ballad writer and singer of his time .