Labud Dragić ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Лабуд Драгић; born 24 October 1954, Ljevišta,

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) is a

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writer of Montenegrin origin.

Life and Work

Labud Dragić was born in Ljevišta, a very small village of

Morača The Morača ( sr-cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake Skadar. Its drainage basin covers . ...

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in Montenegrin municipality of Kolašin. Dragić attended a gymnasium in

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with

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in 1973, then he studied literary science with a focus on

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at the Philological Faculty of Belgrade's University and graduated in 1979. The writer is current member of the

Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia ( Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Milovan Vitezović. History The association ...

. Dragić has already been a frequent visitor to

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community in

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. The artist lives in New Belgrade. So far, his

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were published in

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such as ''Polja'' (

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: Fields), ''

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'' (Serbian: Literary Word), ''Nova Zora'' (Serbian: New Zora), ''Trag'' (Serbian: Trace), the

weekly

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''Novine

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'' (Serbian: Toronto News) and some others. In 2017, he received the

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 ...

, the

Momo Kapor Momčilo "Momo" Kapor ( sr-cyr, Момчило Момо Капор; 8 April 1937 – 3 March 2010) was a Serbian novelist and painter. He authored several screenplays, over forty novels, short stories, travel and autobiographic books and essays. H ...

Award, the

Svetozar Ćorović Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist.

Award and the Seal of Time Award for Science and Social Theory (

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vremena za nauku i društvenu teoriju) for his

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''Kukavičja pilad'' (Cuckoo Chicks). The plot and the fate of its characters deals with the events at the time of last Montenegrin King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš towards the end of

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. The title of the novel has a

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meaning: the

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word ''cuckoo'' can be used synonymously for ''coward''. The multiple laureate already commented on prizes many years ago in an article (''Literary Evaluation of the Day'') of Hereticus magazine as follows:

Bibliography (selection)

* ''Koji nemaju pečata : pripovetke'' (Those Who Do Not Have A Stamp : short stories),

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, Belgrade 1985. * ''Sram u katedrali : pripovetke'' (Shame In Cathedral : short stories), Rad, Belgrade 1990, . * ''Dolinom senki'' (Valley Shadows;

), Pobjeda, Titograd 1994, . * ''Divlji anđeo'' (Wild Angel; short stories), Prosveta, Belgrade 1999. * ''U zatonima Lete'' (In

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Of Lethe; short stories),

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, Belgrade 2003, . * ''Krv i voda'' (Blood And Water; novel), Edit print, Belgrade 2007, . * ''Bele noći sivog sokola'' (White Nights Of Grey Falcon; novel), Službeni glasnik, Belgrade 2013, . * ''Kukavičja pilad'' (Cuckoo Chicks; novel), Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade 2016, .Catalogue
of National Library of Serbia, retrieved on 2017-10-12.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dragić, Labud 1954 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Serbian writers Serbian novelists Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers People from Kolašin Serbs of Montenegro Serbian people of Montenegrin descent