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Jovan Deretić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Деретић, ǒʋan derětit͡ɕ 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history. His work ''Istorija Srpske književnosti'' (1983) is the standard work in Serbian literary history. He is sometimes confused with pseudohistorian Jovan I. Deretić. Deretić was born in the village of Orahovac near
Trebinje Trebinje ( sr-Cyrl, Требиње, ) is a city and municipality in Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It is the southernmost city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and is situated on the banks of the Trebišnjica river in the region of East Her ...
on 22 January 1934. He completed gymnasium high school in Trebinje and Vrbas and graduated from the
Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy (), established in 1838 within the University of Belgrade#History, Belgrade Higher School, is the oldest Faculty at the University of Belgrade. The Faculty building is located at the meeting point ...
in 1958. He completed his doctoral degree in Belgrade as well in 1965 with a thesis under the title "Composition of the Gorski Vijenac".


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Deretic, Jovan Serbian literary historians 20th-century Serbian historians 2002 deaths 1934 births People from Trebinje Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina