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Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...
* Draginja Adamović *
Ratko Adamović Ratko Adamović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Ратко Адамовић; born 10 October 1942 in Knin) is a Serbian writer. Life and work Adamović studied comparative literature at the Philological Faculty in Belgrade. The writer was long-serving offici ...
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Kosta Abrašević Kosta Abrašević or Kosta Abraš ( sr-cyr, Коста Абрашевић; 29 May 1879 – 20 January 1898) was a Serbian poet, progenitor of proletarian poetry in Serbian literature. Life Kosta Hristić was born in Ohrid in the Manastir Vilaye ...
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Ratko Adamović Ratko Adamović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Ратко Адамовић; born 10 October 1942 in Knin) is a Serbian writer. Life and work Adamović studied comparative literature at the Philological Faculty in Belgrade. The writer was long-serving offici ...
* Mira Adanja Polak *
Jasmina Ahmetagić Jasmina Ahmetagić (Belgrade, 1970) is a Serbian professor, researcher, literary critic, theorist and poet who has published a number of books analyzing the prose and works of other authors. Biography She was born in 1970 in Belgrade. She gradua ...
* Dejan Ajdačić *
Mirko Aksentijević Mirko "Bata" Aksentijević ( sr-Cyrl, Мирко Аксентијевић; 13 August 1922 – 15 March 2011) was a Serbian journalist and basketball executive. He was the first president of KK Crvena zvezda. Journalism career Aksentijević gra ...
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David Albahari David Albahari (, ; 15 March 1948 – 30 July 2023) was a Serbian writer. Albahari wrote mainly novels and short stories in the Serbian language. He was also an established translator from English into Serbian language, Serbian. He was a member of ...
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Mira Alečković Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet. Biography She lived in Belgrade since age two, but spent her childhood between villages in Vojvodina, Dalmatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo, where her ...
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Princess Anka Obrenović Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...
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Dragutin Anastasijević Dragutin Anastasijević (Kragujevac, 30 July 1877 – Belgrade, 20 August 1950) was a Serbian byzantinist and philologist, a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Biography Anastasijević completed gymnasium in Belgrade and in 1900 h ...
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Mika Antić Miroslav "Mika" Antić ( sr-cyr, Мирослав Мика Антић; 14 March 1932 – 24 June 1986) was a Serbian poet, film director, journalist and painter. He was a major figure of the Yugoslav Black Wave. He had six children. Biography He ...
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Slobodan Antonić Slobodan Antonić (; born 19 May 1959) is a Serbian political scientist, sociologist and university professor. Biography Antonić was born in 1959 in Belgrade which at that time was a part of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He ...
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Voja Antonić Vojislav "Voja" Antonić ( sr-cyr, Воја Антонић, ʾ, 12 July 1952) is a Serbian inventor, journalist, and writer. He is known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your own computer ...
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Ljiljana Aranđelović Ljiljana Aranđelović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љиљана Аранђеловић) (born 16 February 1963) is a Serbian politician and former presidential candidate in the 2004 Serbian presidential election. She is a journalist and she has been an e ...
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Ksenija Atanasijević Ksenija Atanasijević (Xenia Atanassievich) (1894–1981) was the first recognised major female Serbian philosopher, and the first female professors of Belgrade University, where she graduated. She wrote about Giordano Bruno, ancient Greek philo ...
* Sonja Atanasijević * Nataša Atanasković *
Smilja Avramov Smilja Avramov ( sr-Cyrl, Смиља Аврамов; 15 February 1918 – 2 October 2018) was a Serbian academic, legal scholar, social activist and educator in international law. She was a member of the Senate of Republika Srpska from 1996 ...
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Dimitrije Avramović Dimitrije "Mita" Avramović (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Мита Митриновић; 15 March 1815 – 1 March 1855) was a Serbian writer, iconographer, caricaturist and painter in the Neoclassical style, considered to be the preem ...
* Predrag Azdejković *
Voja Antonić Vojislav "Voja" Antonić ( sr-cyr, Воја Антонић, ʾ, 12 July 1952) is a Serbian inventor, journalist, and writer. He is known for creating a build-it-yourself home computer Galaksija and originating a related "Build your own computer ...
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Vladimir Arsenijević Vladimir Arsenijević ( sr-cyr, Владимир Арсенијевић, born 1965) is a Serbian novelist, columnist, translator, editor, musician, and publisher. He lives and works in Belgrade. Arsenijević won the prestigious NIN Award for the ...
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Bogoboj Atanacković Bogoboj Atanacković ( sr-cyr, Богобој Атанацковић; ; 10 June 1826 in Baja – 28 July 1858 in Baja) was a Serbian writer. Encouraged by the ideas of romanticism, he changed his name ''Timotej'' into ''Bogoboj'' for artistic rea ...
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Platon Atanacković Platon Atanacković (Sombor, Vojvodina, Habsburg monarchy, 10 July 1788 – Novi Sad, Habsburg Monarchy, 21 April 1867) was a writer, linguist, patron of Serb culture, bishop of the Eparchy of Bačka and president of ''Matica srpska''. Born in t ...
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Jovan Avakumović Jovan Avakumović (1 January 1841 – 3 August 1928) was a Serbian lawyer, criminologist, statesman, and Prime Minister of Serbia. Biography Born in Belgrade, a descendant of a respected Serbian merchant family of Baba-Dudići, Avakumović was a ...


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Vladislav Bajac Vladislav Bajac ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Бајац, born 2 June 1954) is a Serbs, Serbian writer, poet, journalist and publisher. Biography He was born in Belgrade in 1954 and later studied philology at the University of Belgrade. In 199 ...
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Đorđe Bajić (novelist) Đorđe Bajić ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бајић; born July 21, 1975) is a Serbian writer, literary Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, es ...
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Ljiljana Bakić Ljiljana Bakić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Љиљана Бакић; 1939 – 9 July 2022) was a Serbian architect who designed buildings in her home country and abroad. She worked both alone and with her husband architect Drag ...
* Ilija Bakić *
Lujo Bakotić Lujo Bakotić (21 November 1867 – 31 March 1941) was a Serbian writer, publicist, lawyer, lexicographer and diplomat. Biography Bakotić was born in Senj to Ignjat Bakotić and Adela Gravisi. He was baptized Alojzije ("Lujo") Juraj Franjo Iv ...
* Jelena Balšić Hranić *
Danica Bandić Danica Bandić Telečki (30 September 1871, in Zagreb, Austria-Hungary – 26 October 1950, in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) was a Serbian writer. Early life She was born in Zagreb in 1871 to mother Ana and father Laza Telečki, actor and playwright ...
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Anabela Basalo Anabela Basalo ( sr-cyr, Анабела Басало) (born 4 September 1972) is a Serbian writer. Biography She graduated from the Third Gymnasium in Belgrade, and began studies of biology, which she never finished. Before she wrote his first ...
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Đorđe Balašević Đorđe Balašević ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Балашевић; 11 May 1953 – 19 February 2021) was a Serbian singer and songwriter, writer, poet and director. He began his career in the late 1970s as a member of the band Rani Mraz, transitionin ...
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Matija Ban Matija Ban ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бан; 6 December 1818 – 14 March 1903) was a Serbo- Croatian poet, dramatist, and playwright. He is known as one of the earliest proponents of the Serb-Catholic movement in Dubrovnik. Ban was born in Pe ...
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Svetislav Basara Svetislav Basara ( sr-cyr, Светислав Басара; born 21 December 1953) is a Serbian writer and columnist. Biography Basara grew up in Užice, attended the Gymnasium (school), Gymnasium of the town and graduated with maturity diploma, ...
* Dušan Bataković *
Radomir Belaćević Radomir Belaćević (31 December 1929 – 3 June 2005) was a Serbian film director, actor, producer and writer. Biography Belaćević was born on 31 December 1929 in the village of Junkovac, near the town of Lazarevac, Serbia. He owned a private f ...
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Aleksandar Belić Aleksandar Belić (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Белић, ; 15 August 1876 – 26 February 1960) was a Serbian linguist and academic. Biography Belić was born in Belgrade. After studying Slavic languages in Belgrade, Odessa, and ...
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Aleksandar Bećić Alexander () is a male name of Greek origin. The most prominent bearer of the name is Alexander the Great, the king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia who created one of the largest empires in ancient history. Variants listed here are A ...
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Matija Bećković Matija Bećković ( sr-Cyrl, Матија Бећковић, ; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic. Life Bećković was born in Senta, in the multiethnic province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) ...
* Milan Belegišanin * Isidora Bjelica *
Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Мирјана Бјелогрлић-Николов; born 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian television journalist and writer. Biography Bjelogrlić-Nikolov studied at the Faculty of Philolo ...
* Marina Blagojević *
Sava Bjelanović Sava Bjelanović ( sr-cyr, Сава Бјелановић; 15 October 1850 – 1897) was a Dalmatian journalist and politician, the leader of the Serb People's Party in Dalmatia and one of the most prominent Dalmatian Serbs of the 19th century. ...
* Isidora Bjelica * Mirjana Bobić-Mojsilović * Lazar Bogdanović *
Zoran Bognar Zoran Bognar ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Зоран Богнар; born 30 January 1965 in Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian poet and writer. Life and work Zoran Bognar, Hungarian surname Bognar (which means Wheelwright) is considered t ...
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Marina Bojić A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships or cargo fro ...
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Milutin Bojić Milutin Bojić ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Бојић;  – ) was a Serbian war poet, theatre critic, playwright, and soldier. A native of Belgrade, he began writing poetry at an early age and published a number of literary reviews under a p ...
* Veljko Bojić * Bogdan Bogdanović * Milan Bogdanović *
Valtazar Bogišić Valtazar Bogišić ( sr-Cyrl, Валтазар Богишић; 20 December 1834 – 24 April 1908), also known as Baltazar and Baldo Bogišić, was a Serb jurist from Dubrovnik and a pioneer in sociology. In the domain of private law his most n ...
* Dragoslav Bokan * Radojica Bošković *
Đorđe Branković (count) Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић, , ; 1645 – 19 December 1711) was a Transylvanian Serb diplomat, writer, and self-proclaimed descendant of the medieval Serbian Branković dynasty. He served as the agent represen ...
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Dragomir Brajković Dragomir Brajković ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Брајковић; 10 December 1947 – 29 November 2009) was a Montenegrin Serb writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet and member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography H ...
* Scribe Bratko *
Dragomir Brzak Dragomir Brzak (Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 21 February 1851 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia, 4 March 1905) was a Serbian dramatist, poet, translator and travel writer. Most of his poetry was turned into song. He is also remembered for trans ...
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Timothy John Byford Timothy John Byford (; 25 July 1941 – 5 May 2014) was an author, film director, translator, and educator. Byford was born in England, but spent most of his life in Belgrade. He became a naturalized citizen of Serbia in 2004. He directed childre ...
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Dragomir Brajković Dragomir Brajković ( sr-cyr, Драгомир Брајковић; 10 December 1947 – 29 November 2009) was a Montenegrin Serb writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet and member of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography H ...
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Đorđe Branković Đorđe Branković ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе Бранковић; anglicized as George; also known as Saint Maksim; 1461–1516) was the last male member of the Branković dynasty, and titular Despot of Serbia from 1486 to 1497. The title was grant ...
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Radoslav Bratić Radoslav Bratić (28 June 1948 in Brestice, near Bileća, Bosnia-Herzegovina – 2 June 2016 in Belgrade, Serbia) was a Serbian writer, playwright and editor. He was also a corresponding member Academy of Sciences and Arts of Republika Srpska. ...
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Vladimir Bulatović Vib Vladimir Bulatović Vib (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Булатовић Виб; 8 March 1931 – 1 September 1994) was a Serbian writer, satirist, aphorist, journalist and editor. Life and work Bulatović Vib was born in Sopotsko in ...
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Miodrag Bulatović Miodrag Bulatović ( sr-Cyrl, Миодраг Булатовић; 20 February 1930 – 15 March 1991) was a writer, novelist, journalist and playwright. Biography Bulatović began in 1956 with a book of short stories, ''Djavoli dolaze'' ("The Dev ...
* Marina Blagojević * Vanja Bulić *
Irinej Bulović Irinej Bulović (born Mirko Bulović; 11 February 1947) is a Serbian Orthodox cleric who was elected Bishop of Bačka in 1990. He serves as а professor of the New Testament exegesis and Greek language on the Faculty of Theology of the Universi ...
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Milica Bodrožić Milica Bodrožić ( sr-cyr, Милица Бодрожић) is a Serbian writer and academic specialized on the political history of Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World Wa ...
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Zoran Božović Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and to some degree in Slovenia. Notable people with this g ...


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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 18 ...
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Grigorije Camblak Gregory Tsamblak (; ; ; sr-Cyr, Григорије Цамблак; ; ), member of the Tzamplakon family, was a writer and cleric active in Bulgaria, Moldavia, Serbia, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Principality of Kiev. Biography Early life H ...
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Branislav Crnčević Branislav "Brana" Crnčević ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Брана Црнчевић, ; 8 February 1933 – 14 April 2011) was a Serbian writer and politician. Throughout his decades-long career, he wrote novels, aphorisms, short stories, TV dr ...
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Branislav Crnčević Branislav "Brana" Crnčević ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Брана Црнчевић, ; 8 February 1933 – 14 April 2011) was a Serbian writer and politician. Throughout his decades-long career, he wrote novels, aphorisms, short stories, TV dr ...
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Miloš Crnjanski Miloš Crnjanski ( sr-Cyrl, Милош Црњански, ; 26 October 1893 – 30 November 1977) was a Serbian writer and poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, journalist and a diplomat. Biography Crnjanski was born in Cso ...
* Dejan Crnomarković


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Melko Čingrija Melko Čingrija (1 April 1873 – 8 December 1949) was a Yugoslav politician. Life and career Čingrija completed his high school education in Dubrovnik before studying Law in Vienna and Zagreb and receiving a doctorate in Graz. He was the son ...
* Prokopije Čokorilo * Aleksandar Čotrić


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Ivo Ćipiko Ivo Ćipiko ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Ћипико; 13 January 1869 in Kaštel Novi – 23 September 1923 in Kaštel Novi) was a Serbian writer, primarily a novelist. Ćipiko, like Simo Matavulj before him, presented a picture of the South Adriatic that ...
* Zoran Ćirić *
Jovan Ćirilov Jovan Ćirilov (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Ћирилов; ; 30 August 1931 – 16 November 2014) was a Serbian theatrologist, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, and poet. Biography Ćirilov was born in Kikinda. the only son of Milivoj ...
* Zoran Ćirić *
Dejan Ćirjaković Dejan Ćirjaković ( sr-cyr, Дејан Ћирјаковић; born 13 July 1979) is a Serbian actor, comedian, screenwriter and musician. Together with Nikola Škorić and Dimitrije Banjac he is the creator and actor of several popular Serbian ...
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Olivera Ćirković Olivera "Olja" Ćirković ( sr-Cyrl, Оливера Ћирковић; née Vasić sr-Cyrl, Васић; born 3 September 1969), is a Serbian writer and painter, former convicted criminal and former professional basketball player and administrator. ...
* Dragan Ćirjanić *
Branko Ćopić Branko Ćopić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранко Ћопић, ; 1 January 1915 – 26 March 1984) was a Yugoslav writer. He wrote poetry, short stories, and novels, and became famous for his stories for children and young adults, often set during World War ...
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Svetozar Ćorović Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Serbian novelist from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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Bora Ćosić Bora Ćosić (; born 5 April 1932) is a Serbian, Croatian and Yugoslav novelist, essayist, translator, public intellectual, and dissident. He wrote about 50 books, as well as several theater plays, which were played with great success in the ...
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Branimir Ćosić Branimir Ćosić (''Serbian:'' Бранимир Ћосић) (13 September 1903 – 29 January 1934) was a Serbian writer and journalist born in the village of Štitar and died in Belgrade at 31 from tuberculosis. He studied philosophy and law in ...
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Dobrica Ćosić Dobrica Ćosić (, ; 29 December 1921 – 18 May 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician, writer, and political theorist. Ćosić was twice awarded the prestigious NIN award for literature and Medal of Pushkin for his writing. His books hav ...
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Gordana Ćulibrk Gordana Ćulibrk (1952) is a Serbian writer. She lives and works in Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at t ...
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Slobodan Ćurčić Slobodan Ćurčić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Ћурчић; Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 19 December 1940 – Thessaloniki, Greece, 3 December 2017) was an American art historian and Byzantinist. Life After completing school in Belgrade, ...
* Milan Ćurčin


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Jelena Damjanović Jelena, also written Yelena and Elena, is a Slavic given name. The name is a Slavicized form of the Greek name Helena, and it signifies the word ‘Greek’ (Ελληνικά) meaning bright, light. Helena comes from Helios meaning shining and su ...
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Ratomir Damjanović Ratomir "Rale" Damjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Ратомир Рале Дамјановић; born 29 January 1945) is a Serbian radio journalist, writer and reciter. Biography Damjanović attended the primary school in Inđija and the secondary ...
* Svetozar Damjanović * Božidarka Kika Damjanović-Marković * Danilo II, Serbian Archbishop * Danilo III *
Goran Daničić Goran Daničić ( sr-cyr, Горан Даничић; 14 December 1962 – 10 February 2021) was a Serbian actor. He appeared in more than fifty films since 1982. Selected filmography References External links * 1962 births 2021 de ...
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Milovan Danojlić Milovan Danojlić ( sr-cyr, Милован Данојлић; 3 July 1937 – 23 November 2022) was a Serbian poet, essayist and literary critic best known for his children's poetry. Danojlić was a full member of the Serbian Academy of Science an ...
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Oskar Davičo Oskar Davičo ( sr-cyr, Оскар Давичо; 18 January 1909 – 30 September 1989) was a Serbian novelist and poet. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was one of the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writers, but also a revoluti ...
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Filip David Filip David ( sr-cyr, Филип Давид; 4 July 1940 – 14 April 2025) was a Serbian writer and screenwriter, best known for penning essays, dramas, short stories and novels. In 1987, he was awarded the Andrić Prize for his short story coll ...
* Ferenc Deák *
Milan Dedinac Milan Dedinac (Kragujevac, Kingdom of Serbia, 27 September 1902 – Opatija, Yugoslavia, 26 September 1966) was a Serbian poet, the most expressive lyricist among the Surrealists. Similar to Crnjanski, although in a different way, he was a fol ...
*Dimitrije Dedinac (see Mladen Dimitrijević) *
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 be ...
*Mihajlo Dejanović *
Jovan Delić Jovan may refer to: *Jovan (given name), a list of people with this given name *Jovan, Mawal, a village on the western coastal region of Maharashtra, India *Jōvan Musk, a cologne *Deli Jovan, a mountain in eastern Serbia *Róbert Jován (born 196 ...
* Mirko Demić *
Jovan Deretić Jovan Deretić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Деретић, ǒʋan derětit͡ɕ 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history. His work ''Istorija Srpske književnosti'' (1983) is the standard work ...
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Vladan Desnica Vladan Desnica ( sr-cyr, Владан Десница; 17 September 1905 – 4 March 1967) was a Serbian writer and translator. Life He was born in Zadar, Austria-Hungary to Uroš Desnica (von Desnica), a politician from the noble Orthodox Serbian ...
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Vojislav D. Dević Vojislav ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав, ) is a Serbian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''voj'' ("war, warrior"), and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"). Its feminine form is '' Vojislava''. The ...
(1952) * Mladen Dimitrijević (Surrealist) *
Vojin Dimitrijević Vojin Dimitrijević (; 9 July 1932 – 5 October 2012) was a law professor, public intellectual, and a prominent Serbian human rights activist and international law expert. Biography Vojin Dimitrijević was born on 9 July 1932 in Rijeka ...
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Zija Dizdarević Zija Dizdarević (18 February 1916 – 1942) was a Bosnian prose writer. Brother of Raif Dizdarević. Biography He was born in Vitina, Ljubuški municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary to Bosnian parents Šefkija Dizdarevi ...
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Arsen Diklić Arsen Diklić (14 November 1922 – 4 July 1995) was a poet, novelist and film director of Serbian descent. Early life Born in Staro Selo, Lika-Senj County, a village near Otočac, (modern day Croatia). He was editor of ''Pionir'' (1946-1953) ...
* Moma Dimić * Mladen Dimitrijević, nom de plume of Dimitrije Dedinac * Ratko Dmitrović * Dragutin Dobričanin * Vladan Dobrivojević *
Radoje Domanović Radoje Domanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радоје Домановић; February 16, 1873 – August 17, 1908) was a Serbian journalist, writer and teacher, most famous for his satirical short stories. His adult years were a constant fight against ...
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Domentijan Domentijan ( sr-Cyrl, Доментијан; c. 1210 - after 1264), also known as Domentijan the Hilandarian (Доментијан Хиландарац), was a major figure in medieval Serbian literature and philosophy.Mateja Matejić and Dragan M ...
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Jovan Došenović Jovan ''Atanasijev'' Došenović (, ; 20 October 1781 – 1813) was a Serbs, Serbian philosopher, poet and translator, one of the first Serbian literature, literary aesthetics, aestheticians. Biography Jovan is the son of protoiereus Atanasije ...
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Slavka Drašković Slavka Drašković was a Director of the Office for Cooperation with the Diaspora and Serbs in the Region, in the Government of the Republic of Serbia. Before taking the post as office director, she was the head of the Serbian Unity Congress, Ser ...
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Rajna Dragićević Rajna Dragićević, PhD, ( sr-cyr, Рајна Драгићевић) is a Serbian linguist, lexicologist and lexicographer Lexicography is the study of lexicons and the art of compiling dictionaries. It is divided into two separate academi ...
*Adam Dragosavljević *
Vuk Drašković Vuk Drašković ( sr-cyrl, Вук Драшковић, ; born 29 November 1946) is a Serbian writer and politician. He is the co-founder and former leader of the Serbian Renewal Movement, serving as president from 1990 to 2024. He also served as th ...
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Labud Dragić Labud Dragić ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Лабуд Драгић; born 24 October 1954, in Ljevišta, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer of Montenegrin origin. Life and work Labud Dragić was born in Ljevišta, a very small village of Mo ...
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Predrag Dragić Predrag R. Dragić Kijuk (Serbian Cyrillic: Предраг Р. Драгић Кијук; 8 December 1945 – 29 January 2012) was a Serbian humanist, writer, essayist, anthologist, playwright, literary and art critic, lexicographer, medievalist, his ...
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Rade Drainac Rade Drainac ( sr-Cyrl, Раде Драинац; 26 August 1899 – 1 May 1943) was a Serbian poet. Biography He was born on 26 August 1899 as Radojko Jovanović in Trbunje, a village in the municipality of Blace. He studied in Serbia and live ...
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Mladen Dražetin Mladen Dražetin (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Младен Дражетин, 3 March 1951 – 23 July 2015) was a Serbian economist, theatrical creator, poet, writer and philosopher. His father Rada was a courier in the Local ...
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Jovan Dučić Jovan Dučić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Дучић, ; 15 February 1872 – 7 April 1943) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb poet-diplomat and academic. He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and Modernist poetry, modernist poe ...
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Dragojlo Dudić Dragojlo ( sr-cyr, Драгојло) is a Serbian masculine given name, derived from the Slavic word '' drag-'' ("dear, beloved"). It may refer to: * Dragojlo Stanojlović, Serbian footballer *Bajo Pivljanin, born Dragojlo, hajduk *Dragojlo Dudić ...
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Dragomir Dujmov Dragomir Dujmov (''Serbian Cyrillic'': Драгомир Дујмов) is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from Hungary. Biography Dujmov is considered to be one of the leading Serbian poet and writer in Hungary. Dragomir Dujmov was ...


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Petar Džadžić Petar Džadžić (Bitola, 18 September 1929 – Belgrade, 31 July 1996) was a Serbian literary critic and corresponding member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Born in Bitola, Džadžić graduated and got his PhD in Philological Faculty of ...


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Ivan Đaja Ivan Đaja ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Ђаја, ; 21 July 1884 – 1 October 1957) was a Serbian biologist, physiologist, author and philosopher. He was founder of the academic department, Chair for physiology at the Serbian Institute for Physiology, r ...
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Gojko Đogo Gojko Đogo (Serbian Cyrillic: Гојко Ђого; born 21 November 1940) is a Serb poet. A dissident, he was imprisoned in SFR Yugoslavia during the 1980s on the basis of verbal offence for "defaming the memory of Josip Broz Tito". In Decembe ...
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Dejan Đorđević Dejan Đorđević( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Ђорђевић; also transliterated Dejan Djordjević; born 20 September 1992) is a Serbian footballer, who plays as a forward for . Club career Đorđević started his senior career with Sloga Bajina B ...
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Jovan Đorđević Jovan Đorđević (13 November 1826 – 9 April 1900) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, Minister of Education and the co-founder of the Novi Sad Serbian National Theatre in 1861, the National Theatre in Belgrade in 1868 and the Academy of Dramat ...
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Bora Đorđević Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; 1 November 1952 – 4 September 2024), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Бора Чорба), was a Serbian singer-songwriter and poet. He was best known as th ...
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Jelena Đurović Jelena Đurović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Ђуровић; born 13 July 1973) is a Montenegrins, Montenegrin journalist, writer, and political activist. She is best known for her work in journalism, literature, ...
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Bora Đorđević Borisav "Bora" Đorđević ( sr-Cyrl, Борисав, Бора Ђорђевић; 1 November 1952 – 4 September 2024), also known as Bora Čorba ( sr-Cyrl, Бора Чорба), was a Serbian singer-songwriter and poet. He was best known as th ...
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Časlav Đorđević Časlav Đorđević (Serbian Cyrillic: Часлав Ђорђевић; born 16 February 1942) is a Serbian writer and a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: Удружењ ...
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Aleksa Đukanović Aleksa Đukanović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Алекса Ђукановић; born January 4, 1998) is a Serbian writer, prosaist, novelist, essay writer, literary and theatre critic, editor and publicist. Biography Đukan ...
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Momčilo Đujić Momčilo Đujić ( sh-Cyrl, Момчилo Ђујић, ; 27 February 1907 – 11 September 1999) was a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Orthodox priest and Chetnik . He led a significant proportion of the Chetniks within the northern Dalm ...
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Antonije Đurić Antonije Đurić ( sr-cyr, Антоније Ђурић; 21 January 1929 – 15 August 2020) was a Serbian journalist, author, historian and publicist. Biography He finished high school in Užice at the Užice Gymnasium. For writing against the ...
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Jelena Đurović Jelena Đurović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена Ђуровић; born 13 July 1973) is a Montenegrins, Montenegrin journalist, writer, and political activist. She is best known for her work in journalism, literature, ...


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Dobrica Erić Dobrica Erić ( sr-cyr, Добрица Ерић; 22 August 1936 – 29 March 2019) was a Serbian writer and poet. Biography Erić completed 4 years of elementary school, and for a period of time worked as a manual laborer. His poetry for kids a ...


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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 Se ...
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Oskar Freysinger Oskar Freysinger (born 12 June 1960) is a Swiss author and former politician for the Swiss People's Party, who served as a member of the National Council of Switzerland from 2003 to 2015. Background Freysinger was born in Sierre. He studied a ...
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Ilija Garašanin Ilija Garašanin ( sr-cyr, Илија Гарашанин; 28 January 1812 – 22 June 1874) was a Serbian statesman who served as the prime minister of Serbia between 1852 and 1853 and again from 1861 to 1867. Ilija Garašanin was conservati ...
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Milovan Glišić Milovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, novelist, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as ''the Serbian Gogol''. Legacy Glišić is considered to be one of the best ...
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Ivan Glišić Ivan Glišić ( sr-Cyrl, Иван Глишић; born 1942) is an intellectual, writer, artist, journalist and songwriter who achieved prominence both in Serbia and across the former Yugoslavia. He was involved in the Yugoslav pop and rock and ...
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Goran Gocić Goran Gocić (born May 6, 1962) is a Serbian freelance journalist,(13 August 2007)Finding roots in a reel Balkan village ''Los Angeles Times" ("Goran Gocic a Serbian film critic who has written a biography of Kusturica ...") editor, author and film ...
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Jovan Grčić Milenko Jovan Grčić Milenko ( sr-cyr, Јован Грчић Миленко; 15 November 1846 – 25 May 1875) was a Serbs, Serbian poet, writer and a physician. The freshness of his lyrical poetry places him in the succession of Branko Radičević and ...
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Zorka Grandov Zorka Grandov (6 March 1947 – 18 September 2021) was a Serbian doctor of economics, emeritus, professor emeritus and writer. Education She graduated in economics from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Economics in 1969 and went on to g ...
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Milan Grol Milan Grol (12 September 1876 – 3 December 1952) was a Serbian literary critic, historian and politician. He was also director of the National Theatre in Belgrade. Biography Milan Grol was born in Belgrade on 12 September 1876. He complete ...
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Elder Grigorije Elder Grigorije (; 1310–55) was a Serbian Orthodox clergyman and writer. Grigorije hailed from the Prizren region, and was a nobleman in the Serbian Empire until he took monastic vows and received the monastic title of ''elder'' (''starac''). T ...
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Nikanor Grujić Nikanor Grujić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никанор Грујић; December 12, 1810 – April 20, 1887) was the Serbian Orthodox bishop of Pakrac, the ''locum, locum tenens'' List of heads of the Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian Patriarch, the Austro ...
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Frano Getaldić-Gundulić Baron Francesco Ghetaldi-Gondola or Frano Getaldić-Gundulić (August 8, 1833 - July 3, 1899), was a Dubrovnik, Ragusan writer and politician, the first son of Sigismondo Ghetaldi-Gondola and Malvina Ursula de Bosdari. Francesco was a member of t ...
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Ivana Hadži-Popović Ivana Hadži-Popović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Ивана Хаџи-Поповић, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and translator. Biography Ivana Hadži-Popović studied at the Department of Romance Studies of Belgrade's Faculty of ...
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Dragan Hajduković Dragan S. Hajduković (Cyrillic: Драган С. Хајдуковић; born 11 June 1949 in Cetinje, SR Montenegro, SFRY), is a Montenegrin physics professor, astrophysicist and physicist, employed to CERN, environmental activist and perennial ca ...
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Maja Herman Sekulić Maja Herman Sekulić (born February 17, 1949) is a former Yugoslavs, Yugoslav and Serbian poet, novelist, essayist and translator. Biography Maja Herman Sekulić was born in Belgrade, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Serbia, Socialist Federal Re ...
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Oto Horvat Oto Horvat (born 1967) is a Serbian poet and writer. He lives and works in Florence, Italy. Recent activity In 2017, Oto Horvat has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. Works * ''Gde nesta ...


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Ljubica Ivošević Dimitrov Ljubica Ivošević Dimitrov (; ; 17 July 1884 – 27 May 1933)Pr ...
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Jakov Ignjatović Jakov Ignjatović ( sr-cyr, Јаков Игњатовић; 8 December 1822 – 5 July 1889) was a novelist and prose writer, who primarily wrote in Serbian but also in Hungarian. He was also an active member of Matica Srpska. Biography Jakov Ign ...
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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 Art ...
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Jovan Ilić Jovan "Jova" Ilić (Belgrade, 15 August 1824Belgrade, 12 March 1901) was a Serbian poet and politician. Biography Ilić's father was a merchant who arrived in Belgrade from Niš and married Stana, a woman from Podgorica. His business thrived an ...
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Vojislav Ilić Vojislav Ilić (Serbian Cyrillic: Војислав Илић; 20 April 1860 – 2 February 1894) was a Serbian poet, known for his finely chiseled verse. His poetry exemplifies a classic example of modern Serbian language and features the stand ...
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Vojislav Ilić Mlađi Vojislav Ilić Mlađi ( sr-cyr, Војислав Илић Млађи; 7 October 1877 – 22 May 1944) was a Serbian writer and poet. Biography He is often mistaken with the 19th-century Serbian poet Vojislav Ilić to whom he was not related alt ...
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Antonije Isaković Antonije Isaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Антоније Исаковић; 6 November 1923 – 13 January 2002) was a Serbian writer and member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. He won the NIN Prize in 1982 for his novel ''Tren 2''. H ...
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Ivan Ivanić Ivan Ivanić (Bačko Gradište, Bečej, Austria-Hungary, 24 April 1867 – Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 31 January 1935) was a Serbian diplomat of the Kingdom of Serbia and author of numerous ethnographical works about Serbia and the Balkans. ...
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Ivan Ivanji Ivan Ivanji (; 24 January 1929 – 9 May 2024) was a Serbian author of many internationally renowned novels. Biography Ivanji was held in Auschwitz and Buchenwald during 1944 and 1945. He was Secretary General of the Yugoslav Writers' Union fro ...
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Pavle Ivić Pavle Ivić ( sr-Cyrl, Павле Ивић, ; 1 December 1924 – 19 September 1999) was a Serbian South Slavic dialectologist and phonologist. Biography Both his field work and his synthesizing studies were extensive and authoritative. A few ...


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Jefrem Janković Tetovac Jefrem Janković (, ; ca. 1640 – 18 March 1718), known as Jefrem Tetovac (; "of Tetovo"), was a Serbian Orthodox Church, Serbian and Russian Orthodox Church, Russian Orthodox bishop, writer and bibliophile. Biography Jefrem Janković was born in ...
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Milorad Janković Milorad Janković (10 August 1940 – 24 December 2020) was a Yugoslav footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a striker. He played club football for Radnički Niš between 1964 and 1974, and earned one cap for ...
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Zorica Jevremović Zorica Jevremović (Jevremović-Munitić; ; 22August 19485October 2023) was a Serbian theatre and video director, playwright, choreographer, intermedia theorist, literary historian and feminist. Her work also included that of a dramaturge in alte ...
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Marica Josimčević Marica Josimčević ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Марица Јосимчевић; born 12 May 1946 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and translator. Biography Marica Josimčević grew up in his native place, attended the Ninth Belgrade Gy ...
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Stevan Jakovljević Stevan Jakovljević ( sr-cyr, Стеван Јаковљевић; 7 December 1890 – 2 November 1962) was a Serbian author, biologist and professor. He is most known as the author of the novel ''Likovi u senci'' and the trilogy ''Srpska trilogija ...
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Đura Jakšić Georgije "Đura" Jakšić (; 27 July 1832 – 16 November 1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and Bohemianism, bohemian. Biography Đura Jakšić was born as Georgije Jakšić in Srpska Crnja, Austrian Empire (present-day Serbi ...
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Mileta Jakšić Mileta Jakšić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Милета Јакшић; 29 March 1863 – 8 November 1935) was a Serbian poet. He had a great love of nature which is reflected in all his works. Biography Mileta Jakšić was bor ...
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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 femal ...
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Milica Jeftimijević-Lilić Milica ( sr-Cyrl, Милица; pronounced 'Millitsa') is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, incl ...
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Milosav Jelić Milosav Jelić (Skobalj (Smederevo), Kingdom of Serbia, 13 March 1883 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 6 July 1947) was a Serbian chetnik active in Old Serbia and North Macedonia, Macedonia. He was also a writer, war poet and one of the leading Belgrade j ...
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Vojin Jelić Vojin Jelić ( sr-cyr, Војин Јелић; 27 November 1921 – 19 December 2004) was a Croatian Serb writer and poet. His literally work was focused on neo-veristic introspective and retrospective interaction with Serb culture and stories f ...
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Zorica Jevremović Zorica Jevremović (Jevremović-Munitić; ; 22August 19485October 2023) was a Serbian theatre and video director, playwright, choreographer, intermedia theorist, literary historian and feminist. Her work also included that of a dramaturge in alte ...
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Darinka Jevrić Darinka Jevrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Даринка Јеврић; 21 October 1947 – 16 February 2007) was a Kosovo Serb poet. Background Jevrić was born in Glođane (Gllogjan) near Peć. She worked for 25 years as a cultural journalist and cri ...
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Atanasije Jevtić Atanasije Jevtić (Serbian Cyrillic: Атанасије Јевтић; 8 January 1938 – 4 March 2021) was a Serbian Orthodox prelate who served as the bishop of Banat from 1991 until 1992, and the bishop of Zahumlje and Herzegovina from 1992 ...
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Vladeta Jerotić Vladeta Jerotić ( sr-cyr, Владета Јеротић; 2 August 1924 – 4 September 2018) was a Serbian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, philosopher and writer. Biography Vladeta Jerotić grew up as the only child of an official of the Royal Co ...
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Dobroslav Jevđević Dobroslav Jevđević ( sr-Cyrl, Доброслав Јевђевић, ; 28 December 1895 – October 1962) was a Bosnian Serb politician and self-appointed Chetnik commander (, војвода) in the Herzegovina region of the Axis-occupied ...
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Biljana Jovanović Biljana Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Биљана Јовановић; 28 January 1953 – 11 March 1996) was a Yugoslav author of Montenegrin origin, peace activist, and feminist. She published poetry, novels and plays and was heavily involved in the pea ...
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Ljubiša Jovanović Ljubiša Jovanović (1 October 1908 – 15 July 1971) was a Serbian actor who appeared in more than forty films from 1946 to 1970. Selected filmography References External links * 1908 births 1971 deaths Serbian male film actors
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ljubomir Jovanović Ljubomir Jovanović ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Јовановић, 14 February 1865 – 2 October 1928) was a Serbian politician and historian. He was a professor at the University of Belgrade since its establishment in 1905, a member of the SK ...
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Vojislav V. Jovanović Vojislav V. Jovanović (28 June 1940 – 5 March 2018) was a Serbian novelist and writer of short stories, prose and poems. Biography Vojislav V. Jovanović was born in Niška Banja, Niš, Serbia (Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the time). He has publi ...
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Proka Jovkić Proka Jovkić (Serbian Cyrillic: Прока Јовкић; 27 August 1886 – 27 April 1915) was a Serbian poet, journalist, and soldier of the early part of the 20th century who lived and wrote in the United States (1903 to 1911), and in Serbia f ...
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Jelena Dimitrijević Jelena Dimitrijević (27 March 1862 – 10 April 1945) was a Serbian short story writer, novelist A novelist is an author or writer of novels, though often novelists also write in other genres of both fiction and non-fiction. Some novelists a ...
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Dragan Jeremić Dragan (, sr-Cyrl, Драган) is a South Slavic masculine given name derived from the common Slavic element '' drag'' meaning "dear, beloved". The feminine form is Dragana. People named Dragan include: Politicians and office holders *Draga ...
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Vladeta Jerotić Vladeta Jerotić ( sr-cyr, Владета Јеротић; 2 August 1924 – 4 September 2018) was a Serbian psychiatrist, psychotherapist, philosopher and writer. Biography Vladeta Jerotić grew up as the only child of an official of the Royal Co ...
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Miroslav Josić Višnjić Miroslav Josić Višnjić (15 December 1946 – 8 September 2015) was a Serbian writer and poet. He won numerous literary prizes, most notably NIN Prize 1990 for his novel ''Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba'' and the Andri ...
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Jovan Vujošević Jovan may refer to: *Jovan (given name), a list of people with this given name *Jovan, Mawal, a village on the western coastal region of Maharashtra, India *Jōvan Musk, a cologne *Deli Jovan, a mountain in eastern Serbia *Róbert Jován (born 196 ...
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Slobodan Jovanović Slobodan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Јовановић; 3 December 1869 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher, literary critic, diplomat, politician and one of the most prominent int ...
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Vojislav Jovanović Vojislav ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав, ) is a Serbian masculine given name, a Slavic dithematic name (of two lexemes), derived from the Slavic words ''voj'' ("war, warrior"), and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"). Its feminine form is '' Vojislava''. The ...
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Dragoš Kalajić Dragoš Kalajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драгош Калајић; 22 February 1943 – 22 July 2005) was a Serbian painter, philosopher, art critic, writer and member of the Senate of Republika Srpska. He was one of the most prominent Serbian nationalist ...
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Nataša Kandić Nataša Kandić ( sr-cyr, Наташа Кандић; born 16 December 1946) is a Serbian human rights activist and coordinator of the RECOM Reconciliation Network, founder and ex-executive director of the Humanitarian Law Center (HLC), an orga ...
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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 a ...
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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 h ...
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Mihajlo Kažić Mihajlo Kažić (in Serbian Михајло Кажић) (born in Pristina in 1960) is a Serbian novelist. He trained as an engineer, completing a civil engineering degree at the University of Novi Sad. In 1985 he was awarded a Fulbright scholar ...
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Tamara Kučan Tamara Kučan ( sr-cyr, Тамара Кучан, born 22 August 1989) is a Serbian author. Kučan started writing at the age of 16.
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Dragoš Kalajić Dragoš Kalajić ( sr-Cyrl, Драгош Калајић; 22 February 1943 – 22 July 2005) was a Serbian painter, philosopher, art critic, writer and member of the Senate of Republika Srpska. He was one of the most prominent Serbian nationalist ...
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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. ...
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Avdo Karabegović Hasanbegov Avdo Karabegović Hasanbegov (1878–1900) was a Bosnian poet. He was the cousin of the poet S. Avdo Karabegović, who adopted the letter '' S.'' as his first initial, which stood for ''Srbin'' (Serb), partly to distinguish himself from his cou ...
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Srđan Karanović Srđan Karanović ( sr-Cyrl, Срђан Карановић, , born 17 November 1945) is a Serbian film director and screenwriter. He has directed 17 films since 1968. His film '' Miris poljskog cveća'' won the FIPRESCI prize at the 1978 Cannes ...
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Radovan Karadžić Radovan Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Радован Караџић, ; born 19 June 1945) is a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb politician who was convicted of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes by the International Criminal ...
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Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...
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Milan Kašanin Milan Kašanin ( sr-cyr, Милан Кашанин; 21 February 1895 – 22 November 1981) was a Serbian art historian, art critic, curator and writer. He served as the head of three Belgrade based museums, the Museum of Prince Pavle (the modern- ...
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Nikola Kašiković Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...
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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 ...
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Dejan Katalina Dejan () is a South Slavic masculine given name, derived from the Slavic verb ''dejati'', meaning "to act, to do". The name and the derived surname Dejanović are common among South Slavs. The name is first recorded in 1325 (1333) for a voevo ...
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Vladimir Kecmanović Vladimir (, , pre-1918 orthography: ) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, widespread throughout all Slavic nations in different forms and spellings. The earliest record of a person with the name is Vladimir of Bulgaria (). Etymology ...
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Drago Kekanović Drago may refer to: People * Drago (given name) * Drago (surname) * Drago (wrestler), Mexican professional wrestler Víctor Soto * Drago Dumbovic, Croatian footballer known simply as Drago * Drago, nickname of Alexander Volkov * Prince del Dr ...
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Danilo Kiš Danilo Kiš (; born Dániel Kiss; 22 February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was a Yugoslav and Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. His best known works include ''Hourglass'', '' A Tomb for Boris Davidovich'' and '' The En ...
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Petar Kočić Petar Kočić ( sr-Cyrl, Петар Кочић; 29 June 1877 – 27 August 1916) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnian Serb writer, activist and politician. Born in rural northwestern Bosnia (region), Bosnia in the final days of Ot ...
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Milan Komnenić Milan Komnenić ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Комненић; 8 November 1940 – 24 July 2015) was a Serbian poet, translator, essayist and politician. Biography Komnenić was born on 8 November 1940 in the village of Pilatovci near Nikšić in prese ...
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Đorđe Kostić Đorđe Kostić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Костић; 1909–1995) was a Serbian writer, poet and linguist. As a young man, Đorđe was part of the Yugoslav Surrealist group. However, later in his life he took up a career in linguistics and was the Re ...
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Laza Kostić Lazar Kostić ( sr-Cyrl, Лазар Костић; 12 February 1841 – 27 November 1910) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, lawyer, aesthetics, aesthetician, journalist, publicist, and politician who is considered to be one of the greatest minds ...
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Zlatko Krasni Zlatko Krasni (, (born 1951, Sarajevo, Yugoslavia—died 31 October 2008) was a Serbian poet of Czech origin who resided in Belgrade for most of his life. He held a BA and an MA in Germanic Languages from the Philology College of the University of ...
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Zdravko Krstanović Zdravko Krstanović ( sr-cyr, Здравко Крстановић; 30 July 1950 – 2 September 2024) was a Serbian poet, prose writer, critic, book editor, literature historian, playwright and journalist. Biography Krstanović attended high ...
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Nikola Koljević Nikola Koljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Кољевић; 9 June 1936 – 25 January 1997) was a Bosnian Serb politician, university professor, translator and an essayist, one of the foremost Yugoslavian Shakespeare scholars. In 2016, he w ...
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Konstantin Filozof Constantine of Kostenets (; – after 1431), also known as Constantine the Philosopher ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Константин Филозоф, Konstantin Filozof, separator=" / "), was a medieval Bulgarian scholar, writer and chronicler, who spent mo ...
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Radomir Konstantinović Radomir Konstantinović ( sr-cyr, Радомир Константиновић; 1928−2011) was a Serbian writer and philosopher. His most famous work is a philosophical treatise ''"Filosofija palanke"'' (''The small town philosophy''). He won the ...
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Đorđe Kostić Đorđe Kostić ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Костић; 1909–1995) was a Serbian writer, poet and linguist. As a young man, Đorđe was part of the Yugoslav Surrealist group. However, later in his life he took up a career in linguistics and was the Re ...
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Slobodan Kušić Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović w ...
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Milan Kujundžić Aberdar Milan Kujundžić Aberdar ( sr-cyr, Милан Кујунџић Абердар; 1842–1893) was a Serbian poet, philosopher and politician. Biography He was born in Belgrade and given the name Janićije but later he changed it to Milan. His pse ...


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Vladana Likar-Smiljanić Vladana Likar-Smiljanić ( sr-cyr, Владана Ликар-Смиљанић; born 18 July 1943 in Belgrade) is a Serbian engineer, educator and book illustrator and writer. In the former Yugoslavia, Likar-Smiljanić illustrated children's books, ...
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Mihailo Lalić Mihailo Lalić ( sr-cyr, Михаило Лалић, ; 7 October 1914 – 30 December 1992) was a Serbian writer. Biography He was born in Trepča ( Andrijevica municipality) village in north-eastern Montenegro in 1914. His most important nov ...
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Jelena Lazarević Jelena Lazarević ( sr-cyr, Јелена Лазаревић; 1365/1366 – 1443), also known, by marriages, as Jelena Balšić or Jelena Hranić or Jelena Kosača, was a medieval Serbian princess, daughter of Prince Lazar of Serbia and Pr ...
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Laza Lazarević Lazar "Laza" Lazarević ( sr-cyr, Лазаp Лаза Лазаревић, 13 May 1851 – 10 January 1891) was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist. Medical career Lazarević was born in Šabac in 1851. He studied medicine at the Un ...
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Stefan Lazarević Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (), was a Serbian ruler as prince (1389–1402) and Despot (court title), despot (1402–1427). He was also a diplomat, legislat ...
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Vladimir Lazović Vladimir Lazović ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Владимир Лазовић; born 1954 in Belgrad) is a Serbian science fiction and fantasy writer. He has been writing fiction since his twenties, in a variety of genres: his works range over alternate h ...
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Jelena Lengold Jelena Lengold (born in 1959 in Kruševac) is a Serbian poet, novelist and journalist. A longtime cultural reporter for Radio Belgrade, Lengold has published a number of books, including poetry, novels, and short stories. Her short story collecti ...
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Vladana Likar-Smiljanić Vladana Likar-Smiljanić ( sr-cyr, Владана Ликар-Смиљанић; born 18 July 1943 in Belgrade) is a Serbian engineer, educator and book illustrator and writer. In the former Yugoslavia, Likar-Smiljanić illustrated children's books, ...
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Đorđe Lobačev Đorđe Lobačev ( sr-cyr, Ђорђе Лобачев) or Yuriy Lobachev (; 1909–2002) was a Soviet Union, Soviet Russian People, Russian and Serbian-Yugoslavian comic strip author and illustrator. He was one of the pioneers of the comic strip in ...
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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 Se ...
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Dragan Lukić Dragan Lukić ( sr-cyr, Драган Лукић; 30 November 1928 – 1 January 2006) was a Serbian children's writer. Biography He was born in Belgrade. His mother's name was Tomanija, and his father, Aleksandar, was a pressman, so he acquired ...
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Svetlana Lukić Svetlana Lukić (born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian journalist. She was born in Belgrade and received a degree in journalism from the Belgrade College of Political Sciences. Lukić hosted the radio show ''Niko kao ja'' on Radio Belgrade from 198 ...
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Svetlana Lukić Svetlana Lukić (born December 14, 1958) is a Serbian journalist. She was born in Belgrade and received a degree in journalism from the Belgrade College of Political Sciences. Lukić hosted the radio show ''Niko kao ja'' on Radio Belgrade from 198 ...


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Draga Ljočić Draga Ljočić Milošević (22 February 1855 – 5 November 1926) was a Serbian physician and feminist. She became the first Serbian woman to be accepted at the University of Zürich in Switzerland. She worked as a medical assistant in the army an ...
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Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša Stjepan (modernist: Stefan) Mitrov Ljubiša ( sr-cyr, Стјепан Митров Љубиша; 29 February 1824 – 11 November 1878), was a Serbian writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally ranked among the m ...


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Desanka Maksimović Desanka Maksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Десанка Максимовић; 16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal ''Misao'' in 1920, while she was studying at t ...
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Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić Smilja Marjanović-Dušanić ( sr-cyr, Смиља Марјановић-Душанић; born 29 March 1963) is a Serbian historian and professor at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. She is specializing in medieval studies. Marjanovi ...
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Mihailo Marković Mihailo Marković ( sr-cyr, Михаило Марковић; 24 February 1923 – 7 February 2010) was a Serbs, Serbian philosopher who gained prominence in the 1960s and 1970s as a proponent of the Praxis School, a Marxist humanism, Marxist hum ...
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Ana Marija Marović Ana Marija Marović (pseudonym Filotea, 1815 – 3 October 1887) was a writer and painter in Italy and Montenegro. She also founded a women's congregation and co-founded the Instituto Canal ai Servi, an institution devoted to helping women. A caus ...
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Veselin Masleša Veselin Masleša ( sr-cyr, Веселин Маслеша; 20 April 1906 – 14 June 1943) was a Yugoslav writer, activist and Partisan. Veselin Masleša was born to a Bosnian Serb family in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, then occupied by ...
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Dušan Matić Dušan Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Матић; 31 August 1898 – 12 September 1980) was a Serbian poet who was active as part of the Belgrade surrealist group. Biography Early life Dušan Matić was born on 31 August 1898 in Ćuprija ...
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Princess Milica of Serbia Princess Milica Hrebeljanović née Nemanjić ( · ca. 1335 – November 11, 1405) also known as Empress (''Tsaritsa'') Milica, was a List of Serbian consorts, royal consort of Serbia by marriage to Prince Lazar, who fell in the Battle of Kosovo ...
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Milutin Milanković Milutin Milanković (sometimes Anglicisation of names, anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; sr-Cyrl, Милутин Миланковић, ; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysics, geo ...
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Ognjenka Milićević Ognjenka Milićević Lukač ( sr-Cyrl, Огњенка Милићевић; 26 December 1927 – 23 January 2008) was a Bosnian Serb director, acting professor, and theatre expert. She was a daughter of the prominent publicist and professor Nika M ...
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Nikola Milošević (politician) Nikola Milošević, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Милошевић; 17 April 1929 – 24 January 2007) was a Serbian writer, political philosopher, literary critic, and politician. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of ...
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Nadežka Mosusova Nadežda Mosusova (Nadezda) (born 4 August 1928) is a Serbian composer and musicologist. She was born in Subotica, Serbia, and studied composition with Predrag Milosevic at the Belgrade Academy of Music. She continued her studies at the Salzburg ...
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Todor Manojlović Todor "Todoš" Manojlović (Veliki Bečkerek, Austria-Hungary, February 17, 1883 – Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia, 27 March 1968) was a poet, playwright, essayist and art critic. He laid the foundations of modern Serbian drama with his first major work " ...
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Đorđe Marković Koder Đorđe Marković Koder (; (1806 – April 30, 1891) was a Serbian poet born in Austrian Empire. Misunderstood, largely forgotten and often considered a marginal figure in Serbian poetry, criticized for his cryptic style littered with incomprehen ...
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Maga Magazinović Maga Magazinović (1882–1968) was a librarian and journalist, the first woman who brought modern dance to Serbia and fundamental struggle for gender equality. She was born in Užice in 1882. She was the first woman journalist in Politika news ...
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Georgije Magarašević Georgije Magarašević (10 September 1793 in Adaševci – 6 January 1830 in Novi Sad), was a writer, historian, bibliographer, editor and publisher, dramatist, translator and collector of folk proverbs from the Austrian Empire. He was ethnically ...
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Kosta Majkić Kosta may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Kosta (given name), a list of people with the given name or nickname * Kosta (surname), a list of people Places * Kosta, Estonia, a village * Kosta, Greece, a community * Kosta, Sweden, a village Other use ...
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Svetislav Mandić Svetislav Mandić ( sr-Cyrl, Светислав Мандић; 8 March 1921 – 4 October 2003) was a Yugoslav and Serbian historian, copier, fresco conserver, poet and painter. Life He was born on March 8, 1921, in Mostar, Kingdom of Yugoslavia ...
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Dušan Matić Dušan Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Матић; 31 August 1898 – 12 September 1980) was a Serbian poet who was active as part of the Belgrade surrealist group. Biography Early life Dušan Matić was born on 31 August 1898 in Ćuprija ...
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Dejan Medaković Dejan Medaković ( sr-cyr, Дејан Медаковић; 7 July 1922 – 1 July 2008) was a Serbian art historian, writer and academician. Medaković had served as President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts from 1998 to 2003, as Dean ...
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Šiško Menčetić Šišmundo Menčetić (), known simply as Šiško Menčetić (; 1457–1527) was a poet from Ragusa (modern-day Dubrovnik, Croatia), chiefly creating his opus in the 15th century. Biography Menčetić was born in 1458 in the city of Dubrovnik, Rep ...
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Ljubomir Micić Ljubomir Micić ( sr-cyr, Љубомир Мицић; 15 November 1895 – 14 June 1971) was a Serbs, Serbian poet, writer, critic, editor and actor. He was the founder of the avant-garde movement Zenitism and its magazine ''Zenit''. Both he and hi ...
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Milica Mićić Dimovska Milica Mićić Dimovska(1947–2013) was a Serbian writer. She has written numerous novels and collections of short stories and won a number of awards. Her works have been translated into English, Hungarian, Italian, Polish, Slovak, and Swedish. ...
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Dragoslav Mihailović Dragoslav Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Драгослав Михаиловић; 17 November 1930 – 12 March 2023) was a Serbian writer. Life Mihailović graduated in Serbian literature, Yugoslav literature from t ...
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Mihajlo Mihajlov Mihajlo Mihajlov ( sr-Cyrl, Михајло Михајлов, ; 26 September 1934 – 7 March 2010) was a Serbian author, academic and publicist. Mihajlov became one of the most prominent dissidents in Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe after his arres ...
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Aleksa Mikić Aleksa may refer to: *Aleksa (given name) *Aleksa (surname) Aleksa is a Lithuanian-language surname derived from the diminutive of the name Aleksandras (Alexander).Žemės aidai. ŽVILGSNIS Į PAVARDŽIŲ LOBYNĄ/ref> Notable people with this su ...
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Feliks Mileker Feliks is a variant spelling of the given name Felix, used in Poland and the Baltic states, as well as in the transliteration of the name Felix from Russian. Feliks may refer to: *Feliks Ankerstein (1897–1955), Polish Army major and intellige ...
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Slobodan Mileusnić Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović w ...
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Milan Milićević Milan Đakov Milićević (; June 4, 1831 – November 17, 1908) was a Serbian writer, biographer, publicist, ethnologist and one of the founders of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Biography He was born of a good and old Serbian family i ...
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Ognjenka Milićević Ognjenka Milićević Lukač ( sr-Cyrl, Огњенка Милићевић; 26 December 1927 – 23 January 2008) was a Bosnian Serb director, acting professor, and theatre expert. She was a daughter of the prominent publicist and professor Nika M ...
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Dušan Matić Dušan Matić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Матић; 31 August 1898 – 12 September 1980) was a Serbian poet who was active as part of the Belgrade surrealist group. Biography Early life Dušan Matić was born on 31 August 1898 in Ćuprija ...
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Milan Mitrović Milan Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Митровић; born 2 July 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Radnički 1923. Career Born in Prokuplje, Mitrović started out at Zemun, making his Serbian ...
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Borislav Mihajlović Mihiz Borislav "Mihiz" Mihajlović ( sr-cyr, Борислав Михајловић Михиз; 17 October 1922 – 15 December 1997) was a Serbian writer and literary critic. He was one of the leaders of the Committee for the Protection of Artistic Fr ...
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Avram Miletić Avram Miletić () (1755 – after 1826) was a merchant and writer of epic folk songs who is best known for writing the earliest collection of urban lyric poetry in Serbian between 1778 and 1781. Family Miletić was born in Kać, Military Fro ...
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Milan Milišić Milan Milišić (6 July 1941 – 5 October 1991) was a Yugoslav poet, translator, author and journalist from Dubrovnik. He wrote several volumes of poetry and also plays, essays, travel literature, a novel and translated, among others, J. R. R. To ...
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Marko Miljanov Marko Miljanov Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Марко Миљанов Поповић, ; 25 April 1833 – 2 February 1901) was a Brda chieftain and Montenegrin general and writer. He entered the service of Danilo I, the first secular Prince of Montene ...
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Branko Miljković Branko Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Миљковић; 29 January 1934 – 12 February 1961) was a Serbian poet. Biography Miljković was born in Niš to a Serb father Gligorije Miljković, who hails from Gadžin Han, and a Croat m ...
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Branislav Milosavljević Branislav R. Milosavljević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранислав Р. Милосављевић; 2 August 1879 – 17 April 1944) was a poet and a colonel of the Army of the Kingdom of Serbia, the first mayor of Durrës within Drač County and aut ...
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Sima Milutinović Sarajlija Simeon "Sima" Milutinović "Sarajlija" ( sr-cyr, Симеон "Сима" Милутиновић "Сарајлија", ; 3 October 1791 – 30 December 1847) was a Serbian poet, hajduk, translator, historian and adventurer. Literary critic Jova ...
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Čedomir Mirković Čedomir Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Чедомир Мирковић; 18 January 1944 – 25 April 2005) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, television journalist, publisher and politician. Biography Mirković grew up in his native place Ne ...
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Milorad Mitrović (poet) Milorad J. Mitrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Ј. Митровић; 20 February 1867 – 15 May 1907) was a Serbian lyrical poet. Biography He was born in Belgrade in February 1867, and was educated at the grammar school there. He gradu ...
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Milan Mladenović Milan Mladenović ( sr-Cyrl, Милан Младеновић; 21 September 1958 – 5 November 1994) was a Yugoslav and Serbian musician best known as the frontman of the Yugoslav art rock band Ekatarina Velika. Early life Born to Serb father S ...
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Milena Mrazović Milena Theresia Preindlsberger von Preindlsperg (; 28 December 1863 – 20 January 1927) was an Austro-Hungarian journalist, writer, and piano, composer. Mrazović is credited for introducing Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she lived for 40 years, to ...
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Mir-Jam Milica Jakovljević ( sr-Cyrl, Милица Јаковљевић; 22 April 1887 – 22 December 1952), better known under the pen name Mir-Jam ( sr-Cyrl, Мир-Јам) was a Serbian writer whose many period novels have been successfully adapted ...
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Čedomir Mirković Čedomir Mirković (Serbian Cyrillic: Чедомир Мирковић; 18 January 1944 – 25 April 2005) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, television journalist, publisher and politician. Biography Mirković grew up in his native place Ne ...
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Igor Mirović Igor Mirović ( sr-Cyrl, Игор Мировић; born 12 July 1968) is a Serbian politician, economist, and poet who served as the president of the Government of Vojvodina from 2016 to 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party The ...
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Dimitrije Mitrinović Dimitrije "Mita" Mitrinović (Serbian Cyrillic: Димитрије Мита Митриновић; 21 October 1887 – 28 August 1953) was a Serbian philosopher, poet, revolutionary, mystic, theoretician of modern painting and traveler. Biograph ...
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Mitra Mitrović Mitra Mitrović (; 6 September 1912 – 4 April 2001) was a Serbian politician, feminist and writer. Biography The daughter of a railway official, she was born in Požega. Her father died of typhus during World War I and her mother was left ...
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Lukijan Mušicki Lukijan Mušicki ( sr-cyr, Лукијан Мушицки, ; 27 January 1777 – 15 March 1837) was a Serbian Orthodox bishop, writer and poet. From 1828 he was bishop of Karlovac, now in Croatia. References Further reading * * * Jovan Sk ...
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Dejan Nebrigić Dejan Nebrigić (; 29 December 1970 – 29 December 1999) was a Serbian gay and peace activist, writer and theatre critic. He was known as the initiator of the first trial of homophobic discrimination in Serbia. He was one of the founders of t ...
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Matija Nenadović Matija Nenadović ( sr-cyrl, Матија Ненадовић, or Mateja Nenadović sr-cyr, Матеја Ненадовић; 26 February 1777 – 11 December 1854), also known as Prota Mateja, was a Serbian archpriest, writer, and politician wh ...
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Jovan Nikolić (writer) Jovan Nikolić (; born 1955) is a Serbian Romani writer, currently resident in Germany. He is best known in Germany for ''Bela vrana, crno jagnje'' ("White Crow, Black Sheep") published in German translation by Bärbel Schulte as ''Weißer Rabe, ...
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Milica Ninković Milica Ninković (30 January 1854 – 18 November 1881) was a Serbian feminist, translator and editor. Life Milica Ninković was born on 30 January 1854 in Újvidék, in the Kingdom of Hungary (now Novi Sad, Serbia). She attended the School of ...
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Mirjana Novaković Mirjana Novaković ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Мирјана Новаковић; born 28 April 1966 in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer. Life and work Mirjana Novaković is one of the most popular female representatives of contemporary Serb ...
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Stojan Novaković Stojan Novaković ( sr-Cyrl, Стојан Новаковић; 13 November 1842 – 18 February 1915) was a Serbian politician, historian, diplomat, writer, bibliographer, literary critic, literary historian, and translator. He held the post o ...
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Aleksandar Novaković Aleksandar Novaković (Serbian alphabet, Serbian-Cyrillic: Александар Новаковић; born 9 January 1975 in Belgrade, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer, playwright, historian, musician and pol ...
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Branislav Nušić Branislav Nušić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Нушић, ;  – 19 January 1938) was a Serbian playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist and founder of Modern Rhetoric, modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil ...


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Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...
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Téa Obreht Téa Obreht (born Tea Bajraktarević; 30 September 1985) is an American novelist. She won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 for ''The Tiger's Wife'', her debut novel.Hamilton, Ted (25 March 2009)"Student Artist Spotlight: Tea Bajraktarevic"(in ...
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Princess Anka Obrenović Princess is a title used by a female member of a regnant monarch's family or by a female ruler of a principality. The male equivalent is a prince (from Latin ''princeps'', meaning principal citizen). Most often, the term has been used for t ...
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Vida Ognjenović Vida Ognjenović ( sr-cyr, Вида Огњеновић, ; born 14 August 1941) is a Serbian theater director, playwright, writer, drama professor and diplomat. Biography Ognjenović completed primary education in the town of Vrbas, before going ...
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Grozdana Olujić Grozdana Olujić ( sr-cyr, Гроздана Олујић, 30 August 1934 – 16 March 2019) was a Serbian writer, translator, editor and critic. Her novels and fairy tales collections have been translated in more than 35 languages. Her awards incl ...
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Zaharije Orfelin Zaharije Orfelin ( sr-Cyrl, Захаријe Орфелин; 1726 – 19 January 1785) was a Serbs, Serbian polymath who lived and worked in the Habsburg monarchy and Republic of Venice, Venice. Considered a Renaissance, Renaissance man, he is var ...
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Milan Orlić Milan Orlić ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Милан Орлић; born 15 November 1962 in Pančevo) is a Serbian poet, writer and publisher. Biography Milan Orlić began studying at the Philosophical Faculty in Belgrade and graduated with master's degr ...


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Jovan Pačić Jovan Pačić (November 6, 1771, Baja - December 4, 1849 Budapest) was a Serbian soldier, painter and poet. Jovan Pačić went to school in Kalocsa. In 1792 or 1793, he joined the army and fought against the French. In 1812 he suffered an injur ...
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Nebojša Pajkić Nebojša Pajkić ( sr-cyr, Небојша Пајкић; born 25 November 1951) is a Serbian screenwriter. He is a professor of film dramaturgy, writer, director and film critic. Biography In 1971, Pajkić moved to Belgrade for university studies ...
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Vice Pucić A vice is a practice, behaviour, habit or item generally considered morally wrong in the associated society. In more minor usage, vice can refer to a fault, a negative character trait, a defect, an infirmity, or a bad or unhealthy habit. Vices a ...
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Maria Palaiologina, Queen of Serbia Maria Palaiologina () was the Queen consort of Stefan Dečanski (1324–1331). Maria was the daughter of ''panhypersebastos'' John Palaiologos, and great-niece of Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos (r. 1282–1328). Her father was the governor of ...
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Joanikije Pamučina Joanikije Pamučina (13 December 1810 in Zagradinje - 9 September 1870 in Mostar) was a Serbian writer, ethology, ethnologist, and spiritual leader of his people in Bosnia and Hercegovina. His seat was at the Metropolitanate of Zahumlije-Herzegov ...
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Sima Pandurović Sima Pandurović ( sr-cyr, Сима Пандуровић; 14 April 1883 – 27 August 1960) was a Serbian poet, part of the Symbolist movement in European poetry at the time. He died in Belgrade on 27 August 1960. Works ;Selected works *, 190 ...
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Ratko Parežanin Ratko Parežanin () was Austrian, Yugoslav, British and Western German writer and journalist of Serb ethnic origin. Family The father of Ratko Parežanin, Vidak Parežanin, was Serb Orthodox priest hanged by the Austrians during the WWI. His ...
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Milan Paroški Milan Paroški (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Парошки; born 5 March 1957) is a Serbian writer and politician. Biography He held a speech at the 9 March 1991 protest in Belgrade. Paroški advocated that the FR Yugoslavia recognize the Rep ...
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Milorad Pavić Milorad Pavić ( sr-Cyrl, Милорад Павић, ; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian writer, university professor, translator, literary historian and academic. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published a number of poems, ...
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Gordana Petković Laković Gordana Petković Laković (; born February 21, 1960) is a Serbian writer from Toronto. Career Gordana Petković Laković spent her childhood and youth in Belgrade, and in 1994 she moved with her family to Toronto. By 2023, she had published ...
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Milivoje Pavlović Milivoje Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миливоје Павловић; Medveđa, 1947) is an awarded Serbian writer and university professor, as well as literature, culture and media scholar. Biography He studied Serbian language and Yugosl ...
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Miodrag Pavlović Miodrag Pavlović (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Павловић; ; 28 November 1928 – 17 August 2014) was a Serbian poet, physician writer, critic and academic. Pavlović was twice nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Biography H ...
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Živojin Pavlović Živojin "Žika" Pavlović (15 April 1933 – 29 November 1998) was a Yugoslav and Serbian film director, writer, painter and professor. In his films and novels, Pavlović depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living ...
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Borislav Pekić Borislav Pekić ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Пекић, ; 4 February 1930 – 2 July 1992) was a Serbian writer and political activist. He was born in 1930, to a prominent family in Montenegro, at that time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From ...
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Vaso Pelagić Vaso may refer to the following items: * Vaso, India, a village in Kheda District Of Gujarat, India * Vaso (name), several individuals with the name Vaso * Vaso-occlusive crisis * Voronezh Aircraft Production Association Voronezh Aircraft Produc ...
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Vesna Pešić Vesna Pešić ( sr-Cyrl, Весна Пешић, ; born May 6, 1940) is a Serbian politician and sociologist. In February 2012, Vesna Pešić announced she would leave politics after parliamentary elections on 6 May 2012. Biography In the early ...
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Radoslav Petković Radoslav () is a common Slavic masculine given name, derived from ''rad-'' ("happy, eager, to care") and ''slava'' ("glory, fame"), both very common in Slavic dithematic names. It roughly means "eager glory". It is known since the Middle Ages. Th ...
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Vladislav Petković Dis Vladislav Petković Dis ( sr-cyr, Владислав Петковић Дис; 10 March 1880 – 30 May 1917) was a Serbian impressionist poet. He died in 1917 on a boat on the Ionian Sea after being hit by a torpedo making him also remembered as ...
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Nevenka Petrić Nevenka Petrić (11 March 1927, Maslovare – 27 December 2015 Belgrade) was a Serbian writer, poet, educationalist, and expert in the fields of family planning and gender relations. She joined the Yugoslav Partisans, Partisans at the age of 14 ...
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Rajko Petrov Nogo Rajko Petrov Nogo ( sr-cyr, Рајко Петров Ного; 13 May 1945 – 28 November 2022) was a Serbian poet, essayist and literary critic. Biography Nogo was born on 13 May 1945, after the end of the Second World War to parents Petar and ...
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Petar II Petrović-Njegoš Petar II Petrović-Njegoš ( sr-cyrl, Петар II Петровић-Његош, ;  – ), commonly referred to simply as Njegoš (), was a List of rulers of Montenegro, Prince-Bishop (''vladika'') of Montenegro, poet and philosopher whose ...
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Rastko Petrović Rastko Petrović (1898–1949) was a Serbian poet and writer. After serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. during World War II, he remained in ...
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Milorad Petrović Seljančica Milorad M. "Seljančica" Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад М. Петровић Сељанчица; 26 July 1875 – 17 April 1921) was a Serbian poet, playwright and soldier. Many of his poems were turned into songs. Biography After ...
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Veljko Petrović (poet) Veljko Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вељко Петровић; Sombor, Serbia, 4 February 1884 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 27 July 1967) was a Serbian poet, short story writer, diplomat, and academic. Biography Veljko Petrović was born i ...
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Mato Pižurica Mato Pižurica (born 14 September 1942) is a Serbian linguist and professor at the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. Pižurica is best known as the chief editor of several official orthography books for Serbian, and as the secretary of the Departme ...
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Tešan Podrugović Tešan Podrugović () ( Kazanci, Gacko, Herzegovina, Ottoman Empire 1775 — Sremski Karlovci, Austrian Empire 1815) was a Serbian merchant, hayduk, storyteller and gusle player () who participated in the First Serbian Uprising and Second Serbi ...
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Branko Ve Poljanski Branko Ve Poljanski (pseudonym of Branislav Micić, 22 October 1898, Sošice - 14 January, 1947, Recloses, France ) was a Serb poet and painter active in the Serbo-Croat avant-garde. He was the co-founder of the avant-garde movement Zenitism an ...
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Vasko Popa Vasile "Vasko" Popa ( sr-Cyrl, Васко Попа; 29 June 1922 – 5 January 1991) was a Yugoslav and Serbian poet of Romanian ethnicity. Biography Popa was born in the village of Grebenac (), Yugoslavia (present-day Serbia) into a Banat ...
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Đorđe Popović-Daničar Đorđe ( sr-Cyrl, Ђорђе; transliterated Djordje) is a masculine given name of Slavic origin, common in Serbian. It is derived from Greek ''Georgios'' (''George'' in English). Other variants include: Đurđe, Đurađ, Đura, Đuro, Georg ...
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Jovan Sterija Popović Jovan Sterija Popović (; sr-cyr, Јован Стерија Поповић; 13 January 1806 – 10 March 1856) was a Serbian language playwright, poet, lawyer, philosopher and pedagogue who taught at the Belgrade Higher School. He was a reside ...
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Pavle Popović Pavle Popović ( sr-cyr, Павле Поповић; 16 April 1868 – 4 June 1939) was a Serbian literary critic and historian, a professor and rector at the University of Belgrade. He is the brother of Bogdan Popović, also a well-known and equ ...
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Bogdan Popović Bogdan Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Богдан Поповић; 20 December 1863 – 7 November 1944) was one of the most important literary critics and university professors in Serbia and later Yugoslavia and an academic. He was the brother of ...
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Vasa Popović Vasa may refer to: Places * Vaşa, Azerbaijan * Vasa County, a historic county in modern-day Finland * Vaasa or Vasa, Finland * Vasa, Rajasthan, a village in Sirohi District, Rajasthan, India * Vasa, Palghar, a village in Maharashtra, India * Vä ...
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Zoran Popović Zoran Popović ( sr-cyr, Зоран Поповић; born 28 May 1988) is a Serbian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Železničar Pančevo. Career While playing for Voždovac in the 2016–17 Serbian SuperLiga, Popović was ...
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Jovan Popović (writer) Jovan Popović ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Поповић; 18 November 1905 – 13 February 1952) was a Serbian writer and academic. Popović was born in Kikinda, in modern-day Serbia. He joined the Yugoslav Partisans in the beginning of the armed st ...
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Koča Popović Konstantin "Koča" Popović ( sr-cyrl, Константин "Коча" Поповић; 14 March 1908 – 20 October 1992) was a Serbia, Serbian and Yugoslavs, Yugoslav politician and communist volunteer in the Spanish Civil War, 1937–1939 and D ...
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Danko Popović Slobodan "Danko" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Данко Поповић; 19 August 1928 – 7 August 2009) was a Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter. Popović was born in Aranđelovac, Kingdom o ...
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Konstantin Koča Popović The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name '' Constantinus'' (Constantine) in some European languages, such as Bulgarian, Russian, Estonian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor ...
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Bosiljka Pušić Bosiljka Pušić ( sr-Cyrl, Босиљка Пушић; 2 May 1936 – 23 October 2023) was a Montenegrin writer, teacher and poet. She published more than twenty novels, children's books and poetry collections, and won a number of awards, includi ...
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Nevenka Petrić Nevenka Petrić (11 March 1927, Maslovare – 27 December 2015 Belgrade) was a Serbian writer, poet, educationalist, and expert in the fields of family planning and gender relations. She joined the Yugoslav Partisans, Partisans at the age of 14 ...
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Dušan Prelević Dušan Prelević "Prele" (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Прелевић Преле; 11 November 1948 – 28 July 2007) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer, journalist and writer. Prelević was widely known for his raspy voice, his transgressive p ...
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Jovan Radivojević Jovan Radivojević (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Радивојевић; born 29 October 1982) is a Serbian retired footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types ...
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Amfilohije Radović Amfilohije ( sr-Cyrl, Амфилохије; , English: Amphilochius; born Risto Radović, 7 January 193830 October 2020) was a bishop of the Serbian Orthodox Church, theologian, university professor, author and translator. He was first the Bisho ...
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Jovan Radulović Jovan Radulović ( sr-cyr, Јован Радуловић; 29 September 1951 – 7 March 2018) was a Serbian writer and former director of the Belgrade City Library. Radulović's writing primarily deals with life and history of Serbs of Croatia. ...
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Jovan Radulović Jovan Radulović ( sr-cyr, Јован Радуловић; 29 September 1951 – 7 March 2018) was a Serbian writer and former director of the Belgrade City Library. Radulović's writing primarily deals with life and history of Serbs of Croatia. ...
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Jerotej Račanin Jerotej Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Јеротеј Рачанин; c. 1650 – after 1727) was a Serbians, Serbian writer and transcriber of church manuscripts and books. After visiting Jerusalem in 1704, he wrote a book about his travel experiences from H ...
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Čirjak Račanin Čirjak is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Frane Čirjak (born 1995), Croatian footballer *Lovre Čirjak Lovre Čirjak (born 2 November 1991) is a Croatian football player who plays for HNK Zadar as a winger. Club career ...
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Kiprijan Račanin Kiprijan Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Кипријан Рачанин, ''Cyprian of Rača''; c. 1650–1730) was a Serbian writer and monk who founded a copyist school (Scriptorium) in Szentendre, just like the one he left behind in Serbia -- School of Rača ...
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Teodor Račanin Teodor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Теодор Рачанин; 1500 – 1560) was a writer and Serbian Orthodox monk of the Račan Scriptorium School mentioned in Ottoman sources of 16th century literature. Biography Monk-scribe Teodor Račanin was give ...
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Simeon Račanin Simeon Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Симеон Рачанин; 1676–1700) was a Serbian Orthodox monk and translator. He is mentioned in 1700 along with several other monks at the Rača monastery, all wearing the epithet '' Račanin'': Kiprijan Račan ...
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Hristifor Račanin Hristifor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Христофор Рачанин; c. 1595 – 1670) was a Serbian scribe working on ornately decorated manuscripts. He is best known for ''Psaltir s posledovanjem'', written in 1645. He was the abbot of the Rača monas ...
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Prohor Račanin Prohor Račanin ( sr-Cyrl, Прохор Рачанин; c. 1617 – 1678) was a monk-scribe and member of the School of Rača, a scriptorium in Bajina Bašta that was ransacked by the Turks. Most of the monks eventually moved from Serbia to Szente ...
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Stevan Raičković Stevan Raičković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Раичковић; 5 July 1928 – 6 May 2007) was a Serbian poet, writer and academic. Biography Raičković was born in to a family of teachers which moved a lot around the country as he was ...
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Jovan Rajić Jovan Rajić ( sr-cyr, Јован Рајић; September 21, 1726 – December 22, 1801) was a Serbian writer, historian, theologian, and pedagogue, considered one of the greatest Serbian academics of the 18th century. He was one of the most no ...
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Velimir Rajić Velimir Rajić (; 20 January 1879 – 9 October 1915) was a Serbian lyric poet. Biography Velimir Rajić was born at Aleksinac, Principality of Serbia, on 20 January 1879. He finished elementary school, gymnasium and philosophical faculty in Belg ...
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Vićentije Rakić Vićentije Rakić (29 April 1750 – 29 March 1818) was a Serbian writer, poet, priest, philanthropist and a disciple of Dositej Obradović. He founded the School of Theology (now part of the University of Belgrade) when in 1810 he headed a newly ...
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Slobodan Rakitić Slobodan Rakitić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ракитић; 30 September 1940 – 1 January 2013) was a Serbian writer and politician. Biography Rakitić was born in Vlasovo, Raška, Serbia. He attended the elementary school in Raš ...
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Risto Ratković Risto Ratković (3 September 1903 – 18 June 1954) was a Serbian avant-garde (surrealist) writer and diplomat. Biography He was born in an impoverished trading family in Bijelo Polje in Montenegro. He finished Gymnasium in Novi Pazar, and in ...
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Eva Ras Eva Marija Ras ( ; sr-cyr, Ева Рас; born 1 January 1941) is a Serbian Jewish actress, writer and painter. Biography Ras was born on 1 January 1941 in Subotica, where she lived and went to school until she was 18, when she started to study ...
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Old Rashko Old Rashko or Old man Raško () was a Serbian storyteller and gusle player (''guslar'') known as one of the most important sources of the epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić. Biography Rashko was born in the region of Old Herzegovina, like ...
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Risto Ratković Risto Ratković (3 September 1903 – 18 June 1954) was a Serbian avant-garde (surrealist) writer and diplomat. Biography He was born in an impoverished trading family in Bijelo Polje in Montenegro. He finished Gymnasium in Novi Pazar, and in ...
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Ljubivoje Ršumović Ljubivoje Ršumović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубивоје Ршумовић; born 3 July 1939) is a Serbian poet and writer. Ršumović is predominantly a writer and poet for children; however, a portion of his work is literature for adults. Biog ...
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Đorđe Rajković Đorđe Rajković (Novi Sad, Austrian Empire, 1825 - Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbia, 28 July 1886) was a Serbian writer, teacher, and editor of numerous journals and periodicals. He collected and preserved old archives and manuscripts. He collaborat ...
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Milan Rakić Milan Rakić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милан Ракић; 18 September 1876 – 30 June 1938) was a Serbian poet-diplomat and academic. He focused on dodecasyllable and hendecasyllable verse, which allowed him to achieve beautiful rhythm and rh ...
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Mita Rakić Dimitrije "Mita" Rakić (15/27 October 1846 – 17 March 1890) was a Serbian writer, historian, politician, translator, philosopher, diplomat and economist. He pursued a philosophy of social mechanism as an administrator for the Ministry of Finan ...
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Jovan Ristić Jovan Ristić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Ристић; 16 January 1831 – 4 September 1899) was a Serbian politician, diplomat and historian. Biography Ristić was born in Kragujevac in a poor family where he attended elementary school. In 1842 he ...
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Baja Saitović-Lukin Baja Saitović-Lukin was a Roma Serbian writer, poet, translator, and government advisor. He was the winner of the Open Society Institute Roma Literary Award with Special Distinction. Saitović-Lukin was born in Prokuplje Prokuplje ( sr-Cyrl, П ...
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Dušan Salatić Dušan Salatić (born 3 March 1929) is a Serbian professor and writer. He was born in Nova Crvenka, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (now Serbia , image_flag = Flag of Serbia.svg , national_motto = , image_coat = Coa ...
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Miloslav Samardžić Miloslav Samardžić ( sr-Cyrl, Милослав Самарџић; born 22 November 1963) is a Serbian writer who writes about contemporary Serbian and Balkan history. He is the owner of the publishing house and former magazine '' Pogledi''. Biog ...
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Adrijan Sarajlija Adrijan Sarajlija (born 6 April 1976) is a Serbian writer, physician and medical scientist. He is known in region of former Yugoslavia for his short speculative fiction stories and his SF novel ''A'' ''Mirror for the Vampire /Ogledalo za vampir ...
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Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature.
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Jovan Skerlić Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as o ...
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Meša Selimović Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (; ; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature.
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Anica Savić Rebac Anica Savić-Rebac ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Савић-Ребац; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the University of Belgrade. She wrote a number of essays and books about Njego ...
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Dubravka Sekulić Dubravka Sekulić (Serbian Cyrillic: Дубравка Секулић) is a professor, author and architect. Since 2016, she has taught at the "Institute of Contemporary Art", which is part of the Graz University of Technology in Austria. She is ...
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Isidora Sekulić Isidora Sekulić ( sr-cyr, Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic. She was "the first woman academic in the history of Serbia" after she joined the Serb ...
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Staka Skenderova Staka Skenderova (c. 1831 – 26 May 1891) was a Serb teacher, social worker, writer and folklorist from Bosnia and Herzegovina. She is credited with establishing Sarajevo's first school for girls on 19 October 1858. The following year, she became ...
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Ružica Sokić Ružica Sokić ( sr-cyr, Ружица Сокић; 14 December 1934 – 19 December 2013) was a Serbian actress and writer. Biography She was born in Belgrade, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Sokić began her acting career in 1957 and was cred ...
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Svetlana Spajić Svetlana Spajić ( sr-cyr, Светлана Спајић, born August 19, 1971, in Loznica, Serbia) is a Serbian traditional singer, performer, pedagogue, cultural activist and translator. Apart from performing Serbian traditional music, she is k ...
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Biljana Srbljanović Biljana Srbljanović ( sr-cyr, Биљана Србљановић, ; born 15 October 1970) is a Serbian playwright and university professor. She has written eleven theater plays and screenplay for ''Otvorena vrata'' television series that aired o ...
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Baja Saitović-Lukin Baja Saitović-Lukin was a Roma Serbian writer, poet, translator, and government advisor. He was the winner of the Open Society Institute Roma Literary Award with Special Distinction. Saitović-Lukin was born in Prokuplje Prokuplje ( sr-Cyrl, П ...
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Charles Simic Dušan Simić ( sr-cyr, Душан Симић, ; May 9, 1938 – January 9, 2023), known as Charles Simic, was a Serbian American poet and poetry co-editor of ''The Paris Review''. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1990 for '' The W ...
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Ljubodrag Simonović Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубодраг Дуци Симоновић, ); born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player. He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Champi ...
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Ljiljana Smajlović Ljiljana Smajlović (née Ugrica; born 22 January 1956, Sarajevo, PR Bosnia-Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian journalist and the former editor of ''Politika'', the oldest daily newspaper in the Balkans. From 2009 to 2017, she was the pr ...
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Zoran Spasojević Zoran Spasojević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Спасојевић; born January 22, 1949, in Kragujevac), is a Serbian writer. Biography He has had published fourteen books and one compact disc. He is also the author of the screenplay for a ...
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Stanoje Stanojević Stanoje Stanojević ( sr-Cyrl, Станоје Станојевић; 13 August 1874 – 30 July 1937) was a Serbian historian, university professor, academic and a leader of many scientific and publishing enterprises. Career Stanojević finish ...
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Dejan Stojanović Dejan Stojanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Стојановић, ; born 11 March 1959) is a Serbian American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His poetry is characterized by a recognizable system of thought, an ...
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Ivan Stojanović Ivan Stojanović (17 December 1829 – December 1900) was a Catholic priest from Dubrovnik. He wrote the book ''Dubrovačka Književnost'', published in 1900, arguing that the people of Dubrovnik were Roman Catholic by religion, but by langua ...
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Radosav Stojanović Radosav Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Радосав Стојановић; born 1 November 1950) is a Serbian writer, journalist and lexicographer. Biography He grew up in Mlačište in Crna Trava and attended school in Mlačište, Crna Trava, Niš an ...
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Jovan Sundečić Jovan Sundečić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Сундечић; 24 June 1825 – 19 July 1900) was a Serbs, Serbian poet, priest of the Serbian Orthodox Church and a secretary to Prince Nikola I of Montenegro. He is most famous for writing ly ...
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Gordana Suša } Gordana Suša (2 February 1946 – 22 June 2021) was a Serbian journalist. She wrote a weekly Saturday column for the daily ''Blic (newspaper), Blic'' and from 2010 until her death sat on the board of the (RRA), the country's electronic media ...
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Saša Popović Pop Saša is a South Slavic given name. It is a diminutive of Aleksandar (see Sasha), but in the South Slavic countries it is often a formal name as well. It may refer to: *Saša Antunović (born 1974), Serbian footballer *Saša Bjelanović (born 1979 ...
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Milisav Savić Milisav Savić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милисав Савић; born 15 April 1945) is a Serbian writer and novelist. Early life He attended elementary school in Raška and high school in Novi Pazar. Later, he graduated from University of Belgra ...
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Slobodan Selenić Slobodan Selenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Селенић; 7 June 1933 – 27 October 1995) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, dramatist, academic and university professor of 20th century literature. Biography He graduated from ...
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Ljubodrag Simonović Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубодраг Дуци Симоновић, ); born 1 January 1949) is a Serbian philosopher, author and retired basketball player. He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Champi ...
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Jovan Skerlić Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as o ...
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Zoran Spasojević Zoran Spasojević ( Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Спасојевић; born January 22, 1949, in Kragujevac), is a Serbian writer. Biography He has had published fourteen books and one compact disc. He is also the author of the screenplay for a ...
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Biljana Srbljanović Biljana Srbljanović ( sr-cyr, Биљана Србљановић, ; born 15 October 1970) is a Serbian playwright and university professor. She has written eleven theater plays and screenplay for ''Otvorena vrata'' television series that aired o ...
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Srđan Srdić Srđan Srdić (; born 3 November 1977) is a Serbian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, editor, publisher and creative reading/writing teacher. He has published four novels, two short story collections and a book of essays, and has contribute ...
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Stevan Sremac Stevan Sremac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Сремац, ; 11 November 1855 – 13 August 1906) was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers. Biography Stevan Sremac was born in Senta in B ...
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Milica Stojadinović Srpkinja Milica ( sr-Cyrl, Милица; pronounced 'Millitsa') is a feminine name popular in Balkan countries. It is a diminutive form of the given name Mila, meaning 'kind', 'dear' or 'sweet'. The name was used for a number of queens and princesses, incl ...
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Milanka Stankić Milan (Cyrillic: Милан) is a common Slavic male name and less commonly, a Roman name. It is derived from the Slavic element ''mil'', with meanings kind, loving, and gracious. Milan was originally a diminutive or nickname for those whose Sla ...
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Goran Stanković (pisac) Goran may refer to: Ethnic groups *Gorane, or Goran, an ethnic group of northern Africa *Goran (Kurdish tribe), an ethnic group of the Middle East *Gorani (ethnic group), an ethnic group of southeastern Europe Other uses *Göran, a Swedish name * ...
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Zoran Stefanović Zoran Stefanović (, sr-cyr, Зоран Стефановић, born 21 November 1969 in Loznica) is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works w ...
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Vidosav Stevanović Vidosav Stevanović ( sr-cyr, Видосав Стевановић; born 27 June 1942) is a Serbian novelist, writer, poet, playwright, and publicist. He has written over thirty literary works, including a political biography of Slobodan Milošev ...
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Atanasije Stojković Atanasije Stojković ( sr-Cyrl, Атанасије Стојковић, ; 20 September 1773 – 25 September 1832) was a Serbian, Austrian and Russian writer, pedagogue, scholar, physicist, mathematician and astronomer. He is considered the founde ...
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Dejan Stojanović Dejan Stojanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Стојановић, ; born 11 March 1959) is a Serbian American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His poetry is characterized by a recognizable system of thought, an ...
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Radosav Stojanović Radosav Stojanović ( sr-cyr, Радосав Стојановић; born 1 November 1950) is a Serbian writer, journalist and lexicographer. Biography He grew up in Mlačište in Crna Trava and attended school in Mlačište, Crna Trava, Niš an ...


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Slobodan Škerović Slobodan Škerović (born 27 September 1954 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, painter and philosopher, and a member of the international neo-avantgarde Signalism movement. Biography Škerović studied painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in ...
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Milorad Popović Šapčanin Milorad Popović Šapčanin (, 7 July 1841 — 28 February 1895) was a Serbian poet, writer, dramatist, pedagogue and educational reformer who exemplified Realism in his approach. He was also artistic director of the National Theatre in Belgrad ...
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Vojislav Šešelj Vojislav Šešelj ( sr-Cyrl, Војислав Шешељ, ; born 11 October 1954) is a Serbian politician and convicted war criminal. He is the founder and president of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS). Between 1998 and 2000, he was a D ...
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Branimir Šćepanović Branimir Šćepanović ( sr-cyr, Бранимир Шћепановић; 19 April 1937 – 30 November 2020) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer. Biography His father was a teacher and a published author. Šćepanović started writing during high s ...
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Petar Šarić Petar (, sr-Cyrl, Петар) is a South Slavic masculine given name, their variant of the Biblical name Petros cognate to Peter. Derivative forms include Pero, Pejo, Pera, Perica, Petrica, Periša. Feminine equivalent is Petra. People mon ...


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Novica Tadić Novica Tadić ( Smriječno, Plužine, 17 July 1949 – Belgrade, 23 January 2011) was a Serbian poet. Biography He was born in a small village in Montenegro and spent most of his life in Belgrade. His work was supported by many United States poet ...
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Živojin Tamburić Živojin "Žika" Tamburić (Serbian Cyrillic: Живојин Тамбурић; born 1957 in Kruševac, Yugoslavia) is a Serbs, Serbian comics critic, historian, editor and publisher, most notable for his work on first critical comics lexicon in ...
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Jovan Tanasijević Jovan Tanasijević (Cyrillic: Јован Танасијевић; born 20 January 1978) is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a defender. He made 13 appearances for the Montenegro national team. Club career Tanasijević ...
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Darko Tanasković Darko Tanasković (Serbian Cyrillic: ; 4 January 1948) is a Serbian university professor of Oriental studies, writer, translator, academic and diplomat. Tanasković was the Ambassador of Serbia to Turkey, Azerbaijan, Vatican City, Sovereign Mi ...
* Ana Tasić *
Jasmina Tešanović Jasmina Tešanović ( sr-cyr, Јасмина Тешановић; born March 7, 1954) is a Serbian-American author, feminist, political activist (Women in Black, Code Pink), translator, and filmmaker. Early life Tešanović was born in March 7, ...
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Sava Tekelija Sava Tekelija () (1761–1842) was the first Serbian doctor of law, the founder of the Tekelijanum, president of the Matica srpska, philanthropist, noble, and merchant.
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Mirko Tepavac Mirko Tepavac ( sr-cyr, Мирко Тепавац; 13 August 1922 – 28 August 2014) was a Yugoslav and Serbian politician and communist activist who was the Minister of Foreign Affairs In many countries, the ministry of foreign affairs (a ...
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Steve Tesich Stojan Steve Tesich ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Стојан Стив Тешић, Stojan Stiv Tešić; September 29, 1942 – July 1, 1996) was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ...
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Milosav Tešić Milosav (Serbian Cyrillic: Милосав) is a Serbian given name. Notable people with the name include: * Milosav Jelić (1883–1947), Serbian chetnik and poet * Milosav Jovanović (1935–2014), Serbian artist * Milosav Miličković (born 1959 ...
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Srđan V. Tešin Srđan V. Tešin (Serbian Cyrillic: Срђан В. Тешин, born 1971) is a Serbian writer and journalist. Biography He was awarded the prestigious "Borislav Pekić" literary scholarship in 2004 and literary award DKV in 2010. His works have b ...
* Zorica Tijanić *
Bogdan Tirnanić Bogdan Tirnanić (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Богдан Тирнанић'') (September 14, 1941 – January 16, 2009) was one of the most prominent Serbian journalists, essayists and movie critics. He was born in Belgrade, Serbia. He wrot ...
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Dana Todorović Dana Todorović, or sometimes Danica Todorović (born 2 October 1977) is a Serbian writer, translator and actress. Born to an American mother, Carolyn Kilkka, and Serbian father, Bora Todorović, she was educated in the US and UK. However, she no ...
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Miroljub Todorović Miroljub Todorović ( sr-cyr, Мирољуб Тодоровић; born 5 March 1940) is a Serbian poet and artist. He is the founder and theoretician of Signalism, an international avant-garde literary and artistic movement. He is also editor-in-c ...
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Pera Todorović Pera may refer to: Places * Pera (Beyoğlu), a district in Istanbul formerly called Pera, now called Beyoğlu ** Galata, a neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, often referred to as Pera in the past * Pêra (Caparica), a Portuguese locality in the district o ...
* Vojislav Todorović * Dejan Tofčević *
Novica Tadić Novica Tadić ( Smriječno, Plužine, 17 July 1949 – Belgrade, 23 January 2011) was a Serbian poet. Biography He was born in a small village in Montenegro and spent most of his life in Belgrade. His work was supported by many United States poet ...
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George Vid Tomashevich George Vid Tomashevich ( Vocin, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 3 March 1927 – Berkeley, California, 3 December 2009) was a Serbian-American poet, writer and professor of anthropology in the United States of America. He was Professor Emeritus of Anthro ...
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Nenad Trajković (poet) Nenad Trajković (born 1 June 1982) is a Serbian poet, essayist, literary critic and translator. Biography Nenad Trajković was born in 1982 in Pirot. He graduated from Faculty of Law, University of Kragujevac. He has published four collect ...
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Duško Trifunović Duško Trifunović (, 13 September 1933 – 28 January 2006) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, poet and television author. Life Born in the small village of Sijekovac near Bosanski Brod (then part of the Vrbas Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) ...
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Miroslav Toholj Miroslav may refer to: * Miroslav (given name), a Slavic masculine given name * ''Young America'' (clipper) or ''Miroslav'', an Austrian clipper ship in the Transatlantic case oil trade * Miroslav (Znojmo District), a town in the Czech Republic S ...
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Duško Trifunović Duško Trifunović (, 13 September 1933 – 28 January 2006) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, poet and television author. Life Born in the small village of Sijekovac near Bosanski Brod (then part of the Vrbas Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia) ...


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Ognjeslav Utješenović Ognjeslav Utješenović Ostrožinski (spelled Utješinović in some sources; sr-Cyrl, Огњеслав Утјешеновић Острожински; 21 August 1817 – 8 June 1890) was a Croatian Serb politician and writer. He is mainly rememb ...
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Pavle Ugrinov Pavle Ugrinov (real name Vasilije Popović; 15 April 1926 – 23 June 2007) was a Serbian writer, playwright, director and academic. Biography He attended primary school in various places in Vojvodina and finished high school in Petrograd, t ...
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Milorad Ulemek Milorad Ulemek (; born 15 March 1968), also known as Milorad Luković () and "Legija" (), is a Serbian former commander of the Serbian police special unit, the Special Operations Unit (JSO) and a former paramilitary commander, who was convicted o ...
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Milutin Uskoković Milutin Uskoković ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Ускоковић; 4 June 1884 – 15 October 1915) was a Serbian novelist, short story writer and soldier.name="Portalibris ref">cite web , url=https://portalibris.rs/milutin-uskokovic-pisac-beograds ...
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Dragan Uskoković Dragan Uskoković ( sr-Cyrl, Драган Ускоковић; born 1950 in Cetinje, Montenegro) is a Serbian and Montenegrin playwright, storyteller and journalist. Life Born in 1950 in Cetinje to a family with a long line of teachers and priests ...


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Dušan Vasiljev Dušan Vasiljev ( sr-cyr, Душан Васиљев; 19 July 1900 – 27 March 1924) was a Serbian-Yugoslavian poet, novelist and playwright. He was one of the most significant expressionists in Serbian literature. Life Vasiljev was born on 19 ...
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Sonja Veselinović Sonja Veselinović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Соња Веселиновић; born 9 December 1981 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and assistant professor of comparative literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Novi Sad. ...
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Aleksije Vezilić Aleksije Vezilić (; 17 March 1753, in Stari Ker, now Zmajevo – 12 January 1792, in Novi Sad) was a Serbian lyric poet who introduced the German version of the Enlightenment to the Serbs. Biography Vezilić was born in a Serbian village called ...
*Filip Višnjić *Milovan Vitezović *Mihailo Vitković *Vladan Kuzmanović *Dušan Vukajlović *Dragiša Vasić *Vitomir Vasić *László Végel *Vukša Veličković *Dragan Velikić *Nikolaj Velimirović *Vladimir Velmar-Janković *Svetlana Velmar Janković *Gavrilo Stefanović Venclović *Marko Vidojković *Jovan Stefanović Vilovski *Stanislav Vinaver *Čedomir Višnjić *Milovan Vitezović *Nada Vilotijević *Gene Luke Vlahovic *Svetozar Vlajković *Gordana Vlajić *Ljiljana Maletin Vojvodić *Nikola Vulić *Duška Vrhovac *Jelena Vučetić *Lazar Vučković *Aleksandar Vučo (Surrealist) *Julijana Lula Vučo (Surrealist) *Nikola Vučo (Surrealist) *Prvoslav Vujcic *Nikola Vujičić *Stojan Vujičić *Joakim Vujić *Jovan Vukadinović (essayst) *Miroslav Vuksanović *Divna M. Vuksanović *Jelena Vukičević *Drenka Willen


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*Vane Bor, Stevan Živanović *Radojica Živanović Noe (Surrealist) *Nina Živančević *Nikola Živković *Branimir Živojinović *Vasa Živković *Zoran Živković (writer) *Massuka Živojinović


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{{reflist Lists of Serbian people by occupation, Writers Serbian writers, Lists of writers by nationality, Serbian