Labud Dragić ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Лабуд Драгић; born 24 October 1954, in Ljevišta,

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) is a

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writer of Montenegrin origin.

Life and work

Labud Dragić was born in Ljevišta, a very small village of

Morača The Morača ( cnr-Cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake Skadar. Its drainage basin covers ...

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in Montenegrin municipality of Kolašin. Dragić attended a gymnasium in

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with maturity diploma in 1973, then he studied

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with a focus on

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at the Philological Faculty of Belgrade's University and graduated in 1979. The writer is current member of the

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. Dragić has already been a frequent visitor to

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community in

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. The artist lives in

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. So far, his

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were published in literary magazines such as ''Polja'' (

: Fields), '' Književna reč'' (Serbian: Literary Word), ''Nova Zora'' (Serbian: New Zora), ''Trag'' (Serbian: Trace), the

weekly

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''Novine

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'' (Serbian: Toronto News) and some others. In 2017, he received the

Isidora Sekulić Award The Isidora Sekulić Award (, sr-cyr, Награда Исидора Секулић) is a Serbian, and former Yugoslav, literary prize established by the Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of th ...

, the

Momo Kapor Momčilo "Momo" Kapor ( sr-cyr, Момчило Момо Капор; 8 April 1937 – 3 March 2010) was a Serbian novelist and painter. He authored several screenplays, over forty novels, short stories, travel and autobiographic books and essays. ...

Award, the

Svetozar Ćorović Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Serbian novelist from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Award and the

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of Time Award for Science and

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( Pečat vremena za nauku i društvenu teoriju) for his

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''Kukavičja pilad'' (Cuckoo Chicks). The plot and the fate of its characters deals with the events at the time of last Montenegrin King

Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-Cyrl, Никола I Петровић-Његош; – 1 March 1921) was the last monarch of Montenegro from 1860 to 1918, reigning as prince from 1860 to 1910 and as the country's first and only king from 1910 to ...

towards the end of

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. The title of the novel has a

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meaning: the

word ''cuckoo'' can be used synonymously for ''coward''. The multiple laureate already commented on prizes many years ago in an article (''Literary Evaluation of the Day'') of Hereticus magazine as follows:

Bibliography (selection)

* ''Koji nemaju pečata : pripovetke'' (Those Who Do Not Have A Stamp :

short stories A short story is a piece of prose fiction. It can typically be read in a single sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the old ...

), Rad, Belgrade 1985. * ''Sram u katedrali : pripovetke'' (Shame In Cathedral : short stories), Rad, Belgrade 1990, . * ''Dolinom senki'' (Valley Shadows;

), Pobjeda,

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1994, . * ''Divlji anđeo'' (Wild Angel; short stories), Prosveta, Belgrade 1999. * ''U zatonima Lete'' (In Backwater Of Lethe; short stories),

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, Belgrade 2003, . * ''Krv i voda'' (Blood And Water; novel), Edit print, Belgrade 2007, . * ''Bele noći sivog sokola'' (White Nights Of Grey Falcon; novel), Službeni glasnik, Belgrade 2013, . * ''Kukavičja pilad'' (Cuckoo Chicks; novel), Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade 2016, .Catalogue
of

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, retrieved on 2017-10-12.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dragić, Labud 1954 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Serbian novelists Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers People from Kolašin Serbs of Montenegro Serbian people of Montenegrin descent