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Gordana Kuić ( sr-cyr, Гордана Куић, ; 29 August 1942 – January 2023) was a Serbian novelist.


Biography

Kuić was born on 29 August 1942.''
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Miris kiše na Balkanu
(11 May 2009)
She was the winner of numerous literature awards in the countries that made up former
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Official Biography
/ref> Her work has been mainly inspired by her mother Blanka Levi and her aunts, such as
Laura Papo Bohoreta Laura Papo ( yi, לָאוּרָה פָּאפּוֹ; born Luna Levi; 15 March 1891, also known under her pseudonym Bohoreta, was a Bosnian Jewish feminist, writer, and translator who devoted her research to the Sephardic condition of women in ...
, to whom she dedicated two novels, who were
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Story About My Writing
/ref> Kuić is probably best known for her first novel ''
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans ''The Scent of Rain in the Balkans'' ( sr, Мирис кише на Балкану, ) is a historical novel written by Gordana Kuić. The novel was published in 1986, becoming an instant bestseller. It centers on the Salom family, most notably f ...
'', an unexpected hit initially published by the Jewish community imprint in Belgrade in 1986. The book was subsequently made into a ballet, a theatre play and
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. Kuić died in January 2023, at the age of 80.Preminula književnica Gordana Kuić


Bibliography


Novels

* ''
The Scent of Rain in the Balkans ''The Scent of Rain in the Balkans'' ( sr, Мирис кише на Балкану, ) is a historical novel written by Gordana Kuić. The novel was published in 1986, becoming an instant bestseller. It centers on the Salom family, most notably f ...
'' (''Miris kiše na Balkanu'') * '' The Blossom of Linden in the Balkans'' (''Cvat lipe na Balkanu'') * '' Twilight in the Balkans'' (''Smiraj dana na Balkanu'') * '' Ghosts over the Balkans'' (''Duhovi nad Balkanom'') * '' The Legend of Luna Levi'' (''Legenda o Luni Levi'') * '' The Fairytale of Benjamin Baruh'' (''Bajka o Benjaminu Baruhu'') * '' The Ballad of Bohoreta'' (''Balada o Bohoreti'')


Other work

* ''
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'' (''Preostale priče'') — stories * ''On the Other Side of the Night'' (''S druge strane noći'') - stories


References


External links


Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kuic, Gordana 1942 births 2023 deaths Writers from Belgrade 21st-century Sephardi Jews Serbian Sephardi Jews Serbian novelists Jewish women writers Serbian women novelists Serbian people of Spanish descent Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent