Milan Bogdanović (Belgrade, January 4, 1892 – Belgrade, February 28, 1964) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža/BOGDANOVIĆ, Milan
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Biography

He finished elementary school and gymnasium in Pozarevac where his father was the then administrator of the royal estate Ljubičevo (where the Ljubičevo Equestrian Games are now being held).Историчар Иван Ђурић
/ref> He was a volunteer in Serbian Army during the

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in 1912–1913. He was wounded during the

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and he subsequently received the Medal of Miloš Obilić. He was the editor of the "Republika" (1920–1930), the "Serbian Literary Messenger" (1928–1932), the newspaper "Danas" (1932, together with

Miroslav Krleža Miroslav Krleža (; 7 July 1893 – 29 December 1981) was a Croatian writer who is widely considered to be the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century. He wrote notable works in all the literary genres, including poetry ('' The Ballads o ...

) and "Književne novine" (1949–1950), as well as the theater manager in Novi Sad and Belgrade. He was a member of the

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. His works were published in the multicultural book entitled "Old and New". In 1968, Milan Bogdanović Award for literary criticism was introduced. In the marriage with Mileva Mihailović, he had two children. His son is an architect and former Mayor of

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Bogdan Bogdanović, and daughter Ivana Bogdanović was a professor of the Faculty of Philology at the

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and the mother of writer Ivan Đurić. Milan Bogdanović is buried in the

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's Alley of the Greats.

References

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