Massuka Živojinović
Velimir Živojinović Massuka (1886–1974) — also sometimes written as ''Masuka'' ( sr-Cyrl, Масука), in a wrong transliteration from Serbian Cyrillic, as he used Massuka in Latin alphabet alongside his name in Cyrillic, namely "Велимир Живојиновић Massuka" — was a Serbian poet, playwright, literary critic, and translator. Most of his activities were devoted to the theater. He was active as a theater director in Belgrade, Skopje, and Niš. Biography He was born in Velika Plana, lost his mother at the age of one and his father when he was ten. He read German at the University of Belgrade and Leipzig University and finished his studies in 1914. During the First World War he was in the Serbian army and caught pneumonia in San Giovanni in 1916, was captured in Ulcinj and transferred to camp Boldogasszony (today Frauenkirchen, Austria) until 1918. After the war he worked as a teacher in Belgrade. From 11 November 1924 to 21 August 1925 he was the director o ...
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