Živana Antonijević or Blind Živana (died in Zemun in 1828) was Serbian storyteller,

gusle The gusle ( sr-cyrl, гусле) or lahuta ( sq, lahutë) is a single-stringed musical instrument (and musical style) traditionally used in the Dinarides region of Southeastern Europe (in the Balkans). The instrument is always accompanied by s ...

player ( sr, guslar) and one of the most important sources for

Serbian epic poetry Serbian epic poetry ( sr, Српске епске народне песме, Srpske epske narodne pesme) is a form of epic poetry created by Serbs originating in today's Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and North Macedonia. The ...

recorded by

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 mode ...

. Živana was one of favorite women singers of Vuk Karadžić who published seven songs recorded from her: * Како се крсно име служи * Ко крсно име слави оном и помаже * Marko Kraljević and Alil-Aga ( sr, Марко Краљевић и Алил-ага) * Marko Kraljević and the twelve Moors ( sr, Марко Краљевић и дванаест Арапа) * Perilous Bogdan and voivode Dragija ( sr, Љутица Богдан и војвода Драгија) * Vučko Ljubičić * Nahod Momir Some other songs are also recorded from her, including: * Marko and the vila ( sr, Марко Краљевић и вила) * The unfaithful wife of Grujica ( sr, Невјера љубе Грујичине) * The Wedding of Todor of Stalać ( sr, Женидба Тодора од Сталаћа)

Jelisaveta Marković Jelisaveta Marković (Belgrade, Serbia, 6 April 1876 - Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia, 7 April 1966) was a Serbian translator. She translated several foreign writers from English, French language, French, Latin and Norwegian language, Norwegian into ...

(Blind Jeca), who was also a blind storyteller (one of four whose songs were recorded by Karadžić) was Živana's pupil.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Antonijevic, Zivana 1770s births 1822 deaths Serbian women poets 18th-century Serbian people 19th-century Serbian people 18th-century Serbian women 19th-century Serbian women Serbian guslars