Milan Bogdanović (Belgrade, January 4, 1892 - Belgrade, February 28, 1964) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.

Biography

He finished elementary school and gymnasium in Pozarevac where his father was the then administrator of the royal estate Ljubičevo (where the

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are now being held). He was a volunteer in Serbian Army during the Balkan Wars 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

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) 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 Belgrade Bogdan Bogdanović,Историчар Иван Ђурић
/ref> 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bogdanović, Milan Serbian writers 1892 births 1964 deaths Recipients of the Medal for Bravery (Serbia)