Background
Solarić was born into a Serbian Orthodox clerical family in the village of Velika Pisanica near Bjelovar, then part of the Kingdom of Slavonia, a province of the Habsburg Empire (now part of Croatia).
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Solarić was born into a Serbian Orthodox clerical family in the village of Velika Pisanica near Bjelovar, then part of the Kingdom of Slavonia, a province of the Habsburg Empire (now part of Croatia).
Solarić completed his education at Zagreb and Sremski Karlovci, graduating in 1803 with a degree in philosophy and linguistics.
He was one of Dositej Obradović"s early students and an ardent disciple. He published Obradović"s Mezimac. He left for Italy where he dedicated himself to writing and research.
He was a successful translator from French, Italian and German.
He became a corrector of the Slavic printing office in Venice, a municipal government post he held until his death.