Dušan Ivanić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Иванић; born 23 January 1946) is a Serbian literary scholar and literary historian.

Life and Work

Dušan Ivanić was born in

Gubavčevo Polje Gubavčevo Polje ( sr-cyr, Губавчево Поље) is a village in Croatia. Population According to the 2011 census, Gubavčevo Polje had 3 inhabitants. Napomena: ''Till 1948 it was part of the settlement (hamlet). In census period 1857� ...

, a village near Gračac, at the time PR Croatia,

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. He studied at the former Department of Yugoslav literature and

Serbo-Croatian Serbo-Croatian () – also called Serbo-Croat (), Serbo-Croat-Bosnian (SCB), Bosnian-Croatian-Serbian (BCS), and Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian (BCMS) – is a South Slavic language and the primary language of Serbia, Croatia, Bosnia an ...

language of the Philological Faculty of the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...

, graduated with

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in 1975 and obtained his doctorate with thesis on ''

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journals in

Serbian literature Serbian literature ( sr-Cyrl, Српска књижевност), refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia and all other lands where Serbs reside. The history of Serbian literature begins with the independent works from the Nema ...

Realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ...

'' (Zabavno-poučna periodika u srpskoj književnosti epohe realizma) in 1986. He was assistant (1979-1986),

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(1987-91), associate professor (1992-96), became

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in 1997, and he is

professor emeritus ''Emeritus'' (; female: ''emerita'') is an adjective used to designate a retired chair, professor, pastor, bishop, pope, director, president, prime minister, rabbi, emperor, or other person who has been "permitted to retain as an honorary title ...

at the department of Serbian literature of the faculty since 2015. The scholar was editor-in-chief of literary journal ''Književna istorija'' (

Literary history The history of literature is the historical development of writings in prose or poetry that attempt to provide entertainment, enlightenment, or instruction to the reader/listener/observer, as well as the development of the literary techniques ...

; 1989-2003), scientific editor of articles on literature of ''Serbian Encyclopedia'' (Srpska enciklopedija), published by SANU and

Matica srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...

since 2010, editor of Volume 26 on

Sima Milutinović Sima Milutinović ( sr-cyr, Сима Милутиновић, 12 July 1899 – 11 December 1981), was a Yugoslav mechanical engineer and a professor at the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, at the University of Belgrade, the most prolific Yugosla ...

of the anthology ''Ten centuries of Serbian literature'' (Deset vekova srpske književnosti), and editor of the collected works by

Đura Jakšić Georgije "Đura" Jakšić ( sr-Cyrl, Георгије Ђура Јакшић; 27 July 1832 – 16 November 1878) was a Serbian poet, painter, writer, dramatist and bohemian. Biography Đura Jakšić was born as Georgije Jakšić in Srpska Crnja, ...

in 1978. Ivanić was

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Goethe University Goethe University (german: link=no, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main) is a university located in Frankfurt am Main, Germany. It was founded in 1914 as a citizens' university, which means it was founded and funded by the wealt ...

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(1981-83) and visiting professor at Charles University in

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(1992). He is current president of the ''

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, polyglot and the first minister of education ...

Foundation''. Dušan Ivanić is laureate of

Isidora Sekulić Award The Isidora Sekulić Award ( sr, Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, italics=yes, sr-cyr, Награда Исидора Секулић) is a Serbian, and former Yugoslav, literary prize established by the Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and ...

1989 for his literary study ''Models of literary speech: from the history and poetics of Serbian literature''. He participated in the

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for political-cultural ''

Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria and his wife Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, in Sarajevo on 28 June 1914. Pr ...

Prize'' in 2017 and 2019.

Bibliography (selection)

*''Modeli književnoga govora : iz istorije i poetike srpske književnosti'' (Models of literary speech: from the history and poetics of Serbian literature), Nolit, Belgrade 1990, . *''Evropski okviri srpskog realizma'' (European conditions of Serbian

, Novi Sad 1997. *''Književnost Srpske Krajine'' (Literature of

Serbian Krajina The Republic of Serbian Krajina or Serb Republic of Krajina ( sh, Република Српска Крајина, italics=no / or РСК / ''RSK'', ), known as the Serbian Krajina ( / ) or simply Krajina, was a self-proclaimed Serb proto-state, ...

), BIGZ, Belgrade 1998, . *''Modeli srpske pripovijetke 19. vijeka'' (Models of Serbian narratives of 19th century), Matica srpska, Novi Sad 2008. *''Ka genezi srpske poezije'' (Genesis of Serbian poetry from 18th to 20th century), Licej, Belgrade 2011, .

Awards

*Isidora Sekulić Award 1989 * Nolit Award 1990 *Award of BIGZ publishing company 1998 * Gliša Elezović Award of the Foundation ''Gligorije Elezović Kulturna Manifestacija Leposavić'' 1999 * Sava Mrkalj Award of

Prosvjeta The Serbian Cultural Society "Prosvjeta" (abbreviated: SKD "Prosvjeta" or sr-cyrl, СКД "Просвјета") in Zagreb, Croatia is an independent, non-governmental cultural and scientific organization that takes special responsibility for pro ...

2009 *Charter ''Golden Serbian Literature'' (Povelja ''Zlatna srpska književnost'') 2010 *Mladen Leskovac Award 2010Report
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, retrieved 2018-12-02.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanic, Dusan 1946 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Serbian literary historians Academic staff of the University of Belgrade