Ljubomir Simović ( sr-Cyrl, Љубомир Симовић; 2 December 1935 – 17 April 2025) was a Serbian writer, playwright, scriptwriter and academic. He was a member of the

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. His works have been translated in more than twenty languages.

Life and career

Simović was born in the town of

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, where he finished Gymnasium and Teacher's school. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology (Department of History of Serbian and Yugoslav Literature) at the

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. He wrote poems, novels, essays, literary criticism, but he is best known for his plays. He wrote four plays: Hasanaginica, A Miracle in Sargan ( Serbian: Čudo u Šarganu), Traveling theatre Sopalovic ( Serbian: Putujuće pozorište Šopalović) and The Battle of Kosovo ( Serbian: Boj na Kosovu). His works have been translated into almost all

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and his plays were performed in almost all theatres in Serbia. Also his plays were performed in France, Hungary, the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Belgium, Croatia, North Macedonia, Canada, Mexico, and Morocco. In 1996 he published "A chronicle, which is occasionally a novel, or a novel, which is occasionally a chronicle" about his hometown called "Užice with the Crows" ( Serbian: Užice sa vranama). His selected works have been published in 12 books in 2008. Simović died on 17 April 2025, at the age of 89.

Works

* ''Slovenske elegije'', (1958) * ''Veseli grobovi'', (1961) * ''Poslednja zemlja'', (1964) * ''Šlemovi'', (1967) * ''Uoči trećih petlova'', (1972) * ''Hasanaga's Wife'', (1974) * ''Miracle in Šargan'', (1975) * ''Subota'', (1976) * ''Vidik na dve vode'', (1980) * ''Um za morem'', (1982) * ''Deset obraćanja Bogorodici Trojeručici hilandarskoj'', (1983) * ''Duplo dno'', (1983) * ''Istočnice'', (1983) * ''Snevnik'' I-II, (1987) * ''Gornji grad'', (1990) * ''Kovanica na Čakovina'', (1990) * ''Duplo dno, eseji o pesnicima'', (1991) * ''Igla i konac'', (1992) * ''Galop na puževima'', (1994) * ''Uzice with the Crows'', (1996) * ''Ljuska od jajeta'', (1998) * ''Snevnik, dnevnik snova'', (1998) * ''Novi galop na puževima'', (1999) * ''Duplo dno, eseji o srpskim pesnicima, o komedijama Sterije i Nušića, i o Životu i priključenijima Dositejevim'', (2001) * ''Čitanje slika, eseji o slikarima i vajarima'', (2006) * ''Kina: čitanje spaljenih knjiga'', (2007) * ''Planeta Dunav'', (2009) * ''Do Oba i Huangpua'', (2016) * ''Žabe u redu pred poktivačnicom'', (2016)

Awards

* Isidora Sekulić Award * Sterija Award for Hasanaginica (1975), A Miracle in Sargan (1993) and Traveling theatre Sopalovic (1986) *Honorable doctor of arts, University of Kragujevac *

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Dositej Obradović Dositej Obradović ( sr-Cyrl, Доситеј Обрадовић, ; 17 February 1739 – 7 April 1811) was a Serbian writer, biographer, diarist, philosopher, pedagogue, educational reformer, linguist and the first minister of education of Se ...

Award * Vasko Popa Award * Milan Rakić Award * Desanka Maksimović Award * Mića Popović Award * Đorđe Jovanović Award * Branko Miljković Award * Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Award * Ljubomir Nenadović Award * Zmaj Award *

Jovan Dučić Jovan Dučić ( sr-Cyrl, Јован Дучић, ; 15 February 1872 – 7 April 1943) was a Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serb poet-diplomat and academic. He is one of the most influential Serbian lyricists and Modernist poetry, modernist poe ...

Award *October Award *7 July Award *Despot

Stefan Lazarević Stefan Lazarević ( sr-Cyrl, Стефан Лазаревић, 1377 – 19 July 1427), also known as Stefan the Tall (), was a Serbian ruler as prince (1389–1402) and Despot (court title), despot (1402–1427). He was also a diplomat, legislat ...

Award

References

External links

* 1935 births 2025 deaths Serbian male poets Writers from Užice {{Serbia-poet-stub