Grgo Martić also known as Grga Martić (1822 – 30 August 1905) was a friar and writer from Herzegovina.
Martić was born in Posušje, Bosnia Province, Ottoman Empire and was educated in Zagreb and Pest. He was ordained on Christmas Day, 1844. He served for three years in Kreševo and Osova.
From 1851 to 1879 he served as a parish priest in Sarajevo. He performed the majority of his life's work in Bosnia, in the Franciscan monastery in Kreševo.[1][2][3]
Martić worked as a writer and translator, translating works by Homer and Goethe into the Croatian language. At the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, he was also politically active and fought for the Roman Catholic Croatian population in Bosnia-Herzegovina. In his youth he was a supporter of Illyrian movement .[1][2] Later he became the supporter of unification of BiH with Croatia.
Martić opened a school in Kreševo in 1847 and a gymnasium in Sarajevo. His best-known literary work was Osvetnici, an epic about the struggle against Ottoman rule.
A monument in his honor stands in front of a church in Posušje. The monument holds an open book in which is inscribed: "Teško domu bez ljubavi bratske, ko i Bosni bez zemlje Hrvatske" ("It is difficult for a home without the love of brothers, like Bosnia without the land of Croatia").
A commemorative stone cross with a plaque stands in the village Rastovača noting his birthplace, his life and his work. His life has also been commemorated with a postage stamp from Bosnia and Herzegovina.[4]