Croatian Latin literature Known by his contemporaries as the new Lucretius. Encouraged by this success, in Rome Stay began to expound Newtonian philosophy and scientific discoveries in verse. The finished poem, with more than 24,000 lines, was entitled "Ten Books of Philosophy in Verse" ("Philosophiae recentioris versibus traditae libri decem", 1755–1792). During the 19th century, Latin literature began to disappear throughout Europe, and in the 20th century (in spite of individual efforts) it almost completely disappeared. A Croatian Latinist of this period was Ton Smerdel (1904–1970), a classical philologist who has published seven books of Latin verse by modern neo-Latin poets. Croatian Latin
Nalini Prava Deka Radio broadcast Deka's radio plays on issues related to women and children.<br> According to "the Assam Tribune", Deka has "been like an institution to our society" and "has contributed immensely to the cultural and economic spheres of our state". "Dainik Sankarjyoti", an Assamese daily published in Guwahati, described how she played a significant part in nurturing the traditional indigenous Assamese lifestyle and social ethos by promoting indigenous Assamese weaving traditions (maintaining "taat xaal"—hand looms for weaving "mekhela sadawr" and "suriya chapkawn") and "dheki" (traditional Assamese crop grinders for rice and "pithaguri". Deka died on 15 June 2014 in Guwahati. ChaiTunes