Jovan Hristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Христић;

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, 26 August 1933 -

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, 20 June 2002) was a Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator, editor of Literature, ''Danas'' and editor at ''IRO Nolit''.

Biography

Jovan Hristić was born on 26 August 1933 in Belgrade. He graduated from the Second Men's Gymnasium, together with

Slobodan Selenić Slobodan Selenić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Селенић; 7 June 1933 – 27 October 1995) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, dramatist, academic and university professor of 20th century literature. One of the main themes in his w ...

. He studied architecture and philosophy. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in 1958. He was a full professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts and has been teaching dramaturgy to all generations since 1967. He is an advocate of modern Serbian lyrics; in dramas, he tries to speak through well-known characters from the classics about the eternal problems that plague modern man; in the essay, he examines modern phenomena and forms in literature and art. He is the winner of two Sterija Awards for Drama, Sterija Awards for Theatrology, Isidora Sekulic Award for Criticism, Djordje Jovanovic Award for Criticism, Milan Rakic Award, Pavle Bihalji Bookstore Award for Best Poetry Book of the Year 1993, ''Nolit'', ''Borbina'' and ''Vinaver'' awards. In August 2001, he received the "

Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša Stjepan (modernist: Stefan) Mitrov Ljubiša ( sr-cyr, Стјепан Митров Љубиша; 29 February 1824 – 11 November 1878), was a Serbian and Montenegrin writer and politician. He is famous for his unique short stories, generally r ...

International Award". He died in

on June 20, 2002. Jovan Hristić was the great-grandson of

Filip Hristić Filip Hristić ( sr-Cyrl, Филип Христић; 27 March 1819, Belgrade – 29 January 1905, Menton, France) was a Serbian, politician serving as the Prime Minister of Serbia, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Education, Governo ...

, named after his son Jovan Hristić.

Works

Poetry books: *The Ulysses Diary (1954) *Poems 1952-1959 (1959) *Alexandrian School (1963) *Old and new songs (1988) *New and latest songs (1993) *Collected Poems (1996), *Collected Poems (2002) *U tavni čas - posthumno (2003) Drama: *Clean Hands (1961) *Orestes (1961) *Savonarola and his friends (1965) *Seven: Today (1968) *Terrace (1972) Books of criticism, study and review: *Poetry and the Critique of Poetry (1957) *Poetry and Philosophy (1964) *Forms of Modern Literature (1968) *Theater, Theater (1977) *Chekhov, playwright (1981) *Theater, Theater II (1982) *Drama Studies (1986) *Theatre Papers (1992) *Essays (1994) *Theater Papers II (1996) *About tragedy (1998) *On the Search for Theater (2002) *Selected Essays - Posthumous (2005) Critical prose: *Professor of Mathematics and Other Essays (1988) *Professor of Mathematics and Other Essays (1997) *Terrace on two seas - posthumously (2002)

References

Sources

*Marko Magarašević, "Lights of Literature", Belgrade, ''Idea'', 1991. *Jovan Ćirilov, "Playwrights, My Contemporaries: Portraits",

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, Sterijino pozorje, 1989. *Radomir Putnik, "''Čitajući iznova: ogledi iz dramaturgije i teatrologije,''" Novi Sad, ''Sterijino pozorje'', 1990. *Slobodan Rakitić, "Poet Jovan Hristić", ''Književne novine'', year 43, no. 790. pp. 14 *Petar Milosavljević, "Tradition and Avant-Garde", Novi Sad,

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, 1968. *Mihajlo Pantić, "Man is not alone in his feelings", ''Književne novine'', year 42, no. 779. pp. 12-13 *Gordan M. Maričić, "''Antički motivi u dramama Jovana Hristića i Velimira Lukića''", Ph.D. thesis,

, 1999.

External links

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20th-century Serbian poets People from Belgrade People from Novi Sad 1933 births 2002 deaths {{Improve categories, date=October 2021