Education
After finishing basic studies in Dubrovnik he went on to Vienna, where he graduated.
After finishing basic studies in Dubrovnik he went on to Vienna, where he graduated.
He was a teacher first in Split and then Zadar. In 1895 he became the Editor of the prominent Dubrovnik newspaper. The Srđ contributed greatly for the preservation of Dubrovnik"s rich cultural and historical heritage.
As a famous Serb journalist, he was a Deputy President of the Pan-Serb Journalist Congress in Belgrade on 14 and 15 October 1902.
Foreign publishing in the Srđ the song of Uroš Trojanović "Boccan night" (Bokeška noć) dedicated to the youth of Boka kotorska Antun was under ideological accusations arrested on the 5th of November 1902 and stayed in prison until 23 December 1902. Two others were also arrested, interrogated and imprisoned, Uroš Trojanović, the author of the poem, and Luko Zore, Fabris"s co-editors
His term in prison greatly jeopardized his poor health, causing his premature death in 1904. The Srđ was taken over by Antonije Vučetić.
Company-editors of the Srđ were Kristo Dominiković, Luko Zore and Miho Vaketi (also spelled Vacchetti and Vachetti).
Fabris was also the owner, editor and co-editor of the periodical "Dubrovnik", between 1897 and 1914 (Miho Vacchetti joined as co-editor in 1904) as well as the manager of Dubrovnik"s "Matica srpska". Fabris was a great admirer of Nikola Pašić. He greatly contributed to the initiative to found the "Srpska Zora"-"Српска зора" (Serb Dawn), a Dalmatian Serb cultural society in 1901.
Antun Fabris will be remembered for helping keep alive a national consciousness during periods of statelessness and political repression not only in Dalmatia, but in Bosnia Herzegovina as well.