Dragomir Dujmov (''Serbian Cyrillic'': Драгомир Дујмов) is a Serbian poet, novelist and short story writer from

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Biography

Dujmov is considered to be one of the leading Serbian poet and writer in Hungary. Dragomir Dujmov was born on March 17, 1963 in

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(Hungary). He grew up in a patriotic Serbian family in Katymar near the Serbian-Hungarian border close to the town of Baja. He continued his education in

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in the Serbo-Croatian Secondary School. He graduated from the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

's Faculty of Philosophy in 1989.(

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). Dujmov is a teacher in Serbian Grammar-school in Budapest. Dragomir Dujmov started his literary career as a poet. There followed a period in which Dujmov concentrated on the writing of short stories, tales and novels about

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. In 1992 he published a book of poetry ''Sunce se nebom bori'' (Sun fightings with Heaven). His first novel B''eli putevi'' (White Roads) was published in 2000. Dujmov takes his material from the history and life of Serbs in Hungary or Austria-Hungary. The author describes the life of Serbs in Budapest and other places in Hungary. Dragomir Dujmov elected as a member of Union of Serbian Writers in

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. He received the literature Award of Matica iseljenika Srbije (Belgrade, 2006) and literature Award of Zadužbina "Jakova Ignjatovića" (Budapest, 2004).

Works

Poetry

* ''Generacijska antologija'', poetry, 1991 (joint edition of two poets, Hungarian Croat poet Stjepan Blažetin and Hungarian Serb poet Dragomir Dujmov; Blažetin's part of the book is titled ''Krhotine''; Dujmov's part is titled ''Pesme/Pjesme'') * ''Sunce se nebom bori'' Sun fightings with Heaven (Budapest, 1992) * ''Nemir boja'' Restlessness Colours (Budapest, 1997) * ''Meridijani'' Meridians (Budapest, 2000)

Tales

* ''Zgužvano doba'' Crumpled Epoch (Budapest, 2001) * ''Prevoznik tajni'' Transporter of Secrets (Budapest, 2005) * ''Budimske priče'' Tales from Buda (Budapest, 2007)

Novels

* ''Beli putevi'' White Roads (Budapest, 2000) * ''Voz savesti'' Train of Conscience (Budapest, 2005) Award of Matica iseljenika Srbije (Belgrade) * ''Voz savesti'' Train of Conscience (Budapest, 2009) http://snnovine.com/viewer/2016/24/pdfs/sm01.pdf * ''Voz savesti'' Train of Conscience (Budapest, 2018) * ''Raskršće'' Cross-road (Budapest, 2007) * ''Vreme mesečarenja'' Time of sleepwalking (Budapest, 2014) * ''Ogledalo od zelenog jaspisa'' The mirror of green jaspis (Budapest, 2015) * ''Sablja u jeziku'' The sword in tongue (Budapest, 2016) * ''Jesejevo stablo'' Tree of Jesse (Budapest, 2017) * ''Pod nebom boje purpura'' Under the purple sky (Budapest, 2018) * ''Kad na nebu zacari uštap''Time of the full moon (Budapest, 2020)

Rock-opera

* ''Pastir vukova'' Shepherd of Wolves - St. Sava - libretto (Budapest, 1994) Serbian Theatre in Budapest

Essay

* ''Čuvar peštanskog kandila'' Patron of lights in Budapest (Budapest, 2005) (Tribute to Stojan D. Vujičić, Serbian writer from Budapest)

Scientific work

* ''Zaboravljeni srpski listovi u Budimpešti'' Forgotten Serbian newspapers in Budapest (Budapest, 2007) * ''Santovački letopis sa dopunom'' Chronicle of Santovo with the additions (Budapest, 2010) * ''Hram svetog velikomučenika Georgija u Budimpešti'' St. George Serbian Orthodox Church in Budapest (Budapest, 2011) * ''Budimpeštom srpski znamen'' Serbian attractions in Budapest (Budapest, 2012) * ''Budimpeštom srpski znamen'' Serbian attractions in Budapest (Budapest, 2017) * ''Baranjski glasnik'' Baranya Messenger (Budapest, 2018)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dujmov, Dragomir 1963 births Living people Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian novelists Serbian male poets Serbian non-fiction writers 21st-century Serbian historians Serbian opera librettists Serbian literary critics Literary critics of Serbian University of Novi Sad alumni Male non-fiction writers