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Serbian Women Writers
This is a list of women writers who were born in Serbia or whose writings are closely associated with that country. A * Draginja Adamović (1925–2000), poet * Mira Alečković (1924–2008),poet * Princess Anka Obrenović (1821–1868), hers were the first literary works compiled by a woman to be published in Serbia * Smilja Avramov (1918–2018), nonfiction writer * Eustahija Arsić (1776–1843), writer B * Jelena Balšić (1365/1366–1443), her three epistles are part of the ''Gorički zbornik'' (Cyrillic: Горички зборник), a medieval manuscript collection (See: Jelena Lazarević) * Anabela Basalo (born 1972), novelist, short-story writer * Isidora Bjelica (born 1967), prose writer, playwright * Marina Blagojević (1958–2020), writer on gender and feminism * Milica Bodrožić, political history writer * Jelica Belović-Bernadzikowska (1870–1946), writer * Lukrecija Bogašinović Budmani (1710–1784), writer. This writer also holds a place in the Serbian l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbia
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Annie Christitch
Annie Christitch (1885 – 1977) was a Serbian journalist, patriot and women's rights activist. Early life and education Annie Christitch was born to Elizabeth O'Brien and Colonel Ljubomir N. Christitch (also written Hristić) in Belgrade in 1885. Christitch was mostly educated at home with her sister Janie and brother Nikola. Having left Belgrade on 30 may 1904, she matriculated and entered London University in October 1904. In 1905, she was joined at London University by her sister, Janie, who joined the Benedictine Nuns at Tyburn in 1909 and was professed in 1911. Annie Christitch was conferred with the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1909. She spoke English, French, Italian, German, Serbian, Croatian, Russian, and Irish fluently. Career She worked as lady-in-waiting to Queen Maria of Yugoslavia. Along with her mother, Christitch worked as a nurse during the First World War. She treated Serbian soldiers and supervised several military hospitals. Christitch raised money for me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stoja Kašiković
Stoja Kašiković, née Zdjelarević (1865 – after 1927) was a Bosnian Serb feminist, writer, editor, and teacher. Life Stoja Kašiković was born in 1865 in Bosanski Novi in the Bosnia Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire, and was probably orphaned at an early age because very little information is available about her family. She began school in Sarajevo in 1879, one year after the Bosnia Eyalet was occupied by the Austro-Hungarian Empire, at the only school for girls available in Bosnia, founded by Paulina Irby. She finished four years of elementary education by 1886 and had trained as a teacher. That same year, she married Nikola T. Kašiković, a teacher at Miss Irby's school. Together, they had three sons and a daughter. She herself taught at Miss Irby's school in the latter part of the first decade of the 1900s. During World War I, the Austro-Hungarian government convicted Stoja, Nikola and one of their sons of treason in 1917–18, but the convictions were negated when the Austro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irena Kazazić
Irena Kazazić (born 1972) is a Serb-Slovenian visual artist, based in and mainly operating from Ljubljana, with many of her works being presented abroad at international events in Croatia, Italy, United States and Austria. In 2017 she founded her own visual arts vehicle and brand ''Finer Side of Pop'' (stylized as Finer Side 0f Pop) – phrase coined by Serbian writer and art historian Marko Dabetić, and it became a title of subsequent monograph dedicated to Kazazić's work, which saw release in 2020. Currently very active within the artist community of Ljubljana, Kazazić also collaborates with designers (Nelizabeta, JSP Fashion), alternative music labels (such as Belgrade's 93DOT93) and is known locally for her engagement in cultural and civic activism, including work with refugees and volunteering during 2014 Southeast Europe floods in Obrenovac, Serbia. In 2015. she curated a public exhibition of urban artists for ''Ulična galerija'', which utilized public spaces as exhibit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olivera Katarina
Olivera Katarina (; sr-cyr, Оливера Катарина, ; born 5 March 1940), also previously known as Olivera Vučo ( sr-cyr, Оливера Вучо) and Olivera Šakić ( sr-cyr, Оливера Шакић), is a Serbian actress, singer and writer. She was one of the leading stars of Yugoslav cinema in the 1960s and the 1970s, and is probably the best known for her performance in Aleksandar Petrović's film '' I Even Met Happy Gypsies'' (1967), which won the Grand Prix at the 1967 Cannes Film Festival. As a singer, Olivera Katarina has performed music of various genres, varying from Serbian traditional to pop music, and in numerous languages. Her version of " Đelem, đelem", which she performed in ''I Even Met Happy Gypsies'', has been considered one of the best renditions of that song ever recorded. Early life Olivera Katarina was born Olivera Petrović to father Budimir, a naval captain, and mother Katarina (''née'' Jovančić) on 5 March 1940 in Belgrade, Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zorica Jevremović Munitić
Zorica (Cyrillic script: Зорица) is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include: * Zorica Dimitrijević-Stošić (1934–2013), Serbian pianist, accompanist, Full Professor of Piano at the Faculty of Music in Belgrade *Zorica Ðurković (born 1957), former basketball player * Zorica Jevremović Munitić (born 1948), theatre and video director, playwright, choreographer *Zorica Pantic (born c. 1951), college administrator and professor of electrical engineering *Zorica Pavićević (born 1956), former Yugoslav handball player *Zorica Vojinović Zorica Vojinović ( sr-Cyrl, Зорица Војиновић; born June 27, 1958, in Crvenka, Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player who competed in the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (), off ... (born 1958), former Yugoslav/Serbian handball player * Zorica (princess) {{given name Slavic feminine given names Serbian feminine given names Feminine given names ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jefimija
Jefimija ( sr-Cyrl, Јефимија, ; 1349–1405), secular name Jelena Mrnjavčević ( sr-Cyrl, Јелена Мрњавчевић, link=no, or ), was a Serbian noblewoman, wife of Jovan Uglješa Mrnjavčević, considered to be the first female Serbian poet. Biography Her father was Caesar Vojihna, member of the collateral branch of Nemanjić dynasty. Jefimija's mother, Caesaraea Jelena, after the death of her husband became an Orthodox nun under the name Jevpraksija (Eupraxia) and in 1358 made a considerable donation to the Koutloumousiou monastery.''The medieval aristocracy on Mount Athos'',p. 102/ref> Jefimija's ''Lament for a Dead Son'' and ''Encomium of Prince Lazar'' are famous in the canon of medieval Serbian literature. Her lament for her beloved son was carved on the back of the diptych, (two-panelled icon representing a virgin and Child) which Teodosije, Bishop of Serres, had presented as a gift to the infant Uglješa at his baptism. The infant child Uglješa Me ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Branislava Ilić
Branislava Ilić (Niš, 1970), is a playwright, dramaturge, screenwriter, actress and prose writer from Serbia. Biography Branislava attended the Secondary Acting School in Niš. She obtained her dramaturgy degree at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. Her first professional engagement took place in the National Theater in Niš. For three years she worked as a dramaturge at the National Theater in Belgrade (2008-2010). She has also collaborated at performances at the Serbian National Theater in Novi Sad, Atelje 212 in Belgrade, "Toša Jovanović" Theater in Zrenjanin, Kruševac Theater, Puls Theater in Lazarevac, Zvezdara Teatar in Belgrade, Madlenianum in Zemun, Croatian National Theater "Ivan pl. Zajc" in Rijeka, Bitef Theater in Belgrade, OP DADOV in Belgrade. Her short stories and dramas are published in magazines and collections. Dozens of her radio dramatic miniatures are produced as well as several screenplays for different TV formats. She is also a member of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović
Ljiljana Habjanović Đurović ( sr-cyr, Љиљана Хабјановић Ђуровић; born 6 September 1953) is a Serbian author. Early life and literary career Habjanović Đurović was born in Kruševac, in what was then the People's Republic of Serbia in the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia. She was raised in the community and later graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics. She worked as a bank clerk, a promoter in the field of foreign tourism, and a journalist for '' Duga'' before devoting herself to a full-time literary career in 1996. Habjanović Đurović is the owner of the publishing house ''Globosino Aleksandrija'', which she founded in 2003. She has written fifteen published novels, many of which have been best-sellers in Serbia. Her honours and recognitions include the prestigious ''Zlatni beočug'' award (2008) and the ''Vukova nagrada'' award (2009), the latter of which she received for her contributions to Serbian culture. She has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First World War
World War I or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting took place mainly in European theatre of World War I, Europe and the Middle Eastern theatre of World War I, Middle East, as well as in parts of African theatre of World War I, Africa and the Asian and Pacific theatre of World War I, Asia-Pacific, and in Europe was characterised by trench warfare; the widespread use of Artillery of World War I, artillery, machine guns, and Chemical weapons in World War I, chemical weapons (gas); and the introductions of Tanks in World War I, tanks and Aviation in World War I, aircraft. World War I was one of the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflicts in history, resulting in an estimated World War I casualties, 10 million military dead and more than 20 million wounded, plus some 10 million civilian de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Losanitch Frothingham
Helen Losanitch Frothingham ( sr-cyr, Јелена Лозанић Фротингхам; 12 March 1885 – 6 February 1972) was a Serbian humanitarian aid worker, women's rights activist, nurse and writer. During World War I, she travelled from Serbia to the United States to secure relief packages from donors to help soldiers and orphans. When the war ended, she established an orphanage in Guéthary, France to care for orphans of the Spanish Civil War. She was honoured for her service with Serbia's highest award, the Order of the White Eagle. Early life Jelena Lozanić was born on 12 March 1885 in Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia to Stanka (née Pačić) and Sima Lozanić. Her mother was related to the Vučić Perišić family and her father was a Serbian chemist, president of the Serbian Royal Academy, and the first rector of the University of Belgrade, who also served as a minister of foreign affairs, minister of industry and diplomat. She was the youngest of three siblings after ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Draga Dejanović
Draga Dejanović (Kanjiža, 18 August 1840 – Bečej, 26 June 1871) was an ethnic Serbian poet who lived in Austria-Hungary. Besides Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja, she is considered one of the first Serbian feminists of the modern era. She has been called "the first Serbian suffragette" by the literary critic Jovan Skerlić in his assessment of her place in Serbian culture. Biography Draga Dimitrijević was born on 18 August 1840 at Stara Kanjiza in the Austrian Empire (now in Serbia). Her parents were Zivojin and Sofija Dimitrijević. Her father was a well-to-do lawyer who sent Draga to a Serbian grammar school in her native town and, later, to the Vincikov Institute in Timișoara (today in Romania).name="dictionary" Due to her poor eyesight, her education was interrupted. Together with her family, she moved from Stara Kanjiza to Bečej, where she met and married a young schoolmaster Mihailo Dejanović against her father's wishes. Soon afterward, she resumed her education in Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
