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Filip Vinji was a popular Serbian epic poet and guslar , 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 Karadi considered him the best ballad writer and singer of his time.

He was born at Vilia Guvno in Gornja Trnova near Ugljevik, in the Eyalet of Bosnia of the Ottoman Empire , and died in the village of Grk near id, Serbia . Filip Vinjis true surname was Vili. According to some authors, he was called Vinji either after his mothers name Vinja, or after the Vinjica quarter of Meai, where he lived until he moved to Serbia.

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