Jela Spiridonović-Savić (11 January 1890 - September 1974) was a Serbian poet.

Biography

Jelena "Jela" Spiridonović-Savić was born in

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, 11 January 1890. She was the wife of a prominent Consul general of

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, Vladislav Savić. She spent three years in

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before

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studying at the parochial school of ''Nostra Signora della Provvidenza e di Sion'' (Notre Dame de Sion Parish School). Educated in the world's centers of culture, New York,

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, and

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, she had the opportunity to intersect the Orthodox theology as part of her traditional heritage with ideas of Western Christianity, especially in the area of mystical spirituality. Having researched the mosaic of Christian

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, Spiridonović opened the questions about the

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aspects of the world, as well as practical activities of the woman according to religious principles. Religious mysticism is deeply incorporated into the spiritual essence of her poetry, prose and essays. Her essays are based on the postulates of the scientific literature on

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, which raises questions, rediscovering marginalized writers and offering new interpretations of their works. She died in

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, Yugoslavia, September 1974.

Published works

* ''Čežnje: izabrana dela'' (Čežnje: Collected works; 2012) * ''Susreti'' (1944) * ''Pripovetke'' (1939)

References

Sources

* Jela Spiridonović-Savić, ''Večite čežnje'', 1926 *Jela Spiridonović-Savić, ''Pergamene rinvenute e trascritte dal fratello in cristo Stratonico'', 1927 *Francesco Babudri ''Intimi conflitti dello spirito umano nel poemetto di Jela Spiridonović-Savić'' *Umberto Urbanaz-Urbani ''Jela Spiridonović-Savić e le sue liriche'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Spiridonovic-Savic, Jela 1891 births 1974 deaths Serbian women poets Yugoslav poets Yugoslav women poets Yugoslav women writers