Mihailo Lalić ( sr-cyr, Михаило Лалић, ; 7 October 1914 – 30 December 1992) was a Montenegrin and

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writer.

Biography

He was born in Trepča (

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in 1914. His most important novels are "Svadba", "Zlo proljeće", "Raskid", "Hajka", "Ratna sreća", and his masterpiece, "Lelejska gora". He won the

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('' NIN'' magazine's prize for the novel of the year) for "Ratna sreća" in 1973, and was the first recipient of " Njegoš Award" for "Lelejska gora". In his novels he depicted major events in modern history of Montenegro,

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in particular, and battling between communist Partisans and collaborationist

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. He lived in

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and

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, and was a member of both the Montenegrin and

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

, whose vice-president he was. He was also a member of SKOJ and Communist Party. He died in

in 1992.

Bibliography

Short stories

* Izvidnica (The Patrol) (1948) * Prvi snijeg (The First Snow) (1951) * Na mjesečini (In the Moonlight) (1956) * Posljednje brdo (The Last Hill) (1967)

Novels

* Svadba (The Wedding) (1950) * Zlo proljeće (The Evil Spring) (1953) * Raskid (Separation) (1955) * Lelejska gora (The Mountain of Cries) (1957,1962) * Hajka (The Pursuit) (1960) * Pramen tame (The Lock of Darkness) (1970) * Ratna sreća (The Luck of War) (1973) * Zatočnici (The Advocates) (1976) * Dokle gora zazeleni (Until the Mountain Turns Green) (1982) * Gledajući dolje na drumove (Looking Down on the Roads) (1983) * Odlučan čovjek (Determined Man) (1990)

References

External links

Montenegrin Literary Works Online
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