Milorad Pavlović — Krpa (
Belgrade
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, 4 October 1865 — Belgrade, 29 January 1957) was a Serbian writer, publicist, translator, and editor and publisher of ''Glasnik za zabavu i nauku'' (Entertainment and Science Herald).
While studying abroad, in the German Empire, his interest in the work of
Anton Chekhov
Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (; 29 January 1860 Old Style date 17 January. – 15 July 1904 Old Style date 2 July.) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who is considered to be one of the greatest writers of all time. His career ...
and
Afanasy Fet
Afanasy Afanasyevich Fet ( rus, Афана́сий Афана́сьевич Фет, p=ɐfɐˈnasʲɪj ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ˈfʲɛt, a=Ru-Afanasiy Afanas'yevich Fyet.oga), later known as Shenshin ( rus, Шенши́н, p=ʂɨnˈʂɨn, a=Ru-Afa ...
led him to study the Russian language and try his hand in translating. He eventually translated several of Chekhov's
short stories
A short story is a piece of prose fiction that typically can be read in one sitting and focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of evoking a single effect or mood. The short story is one of the oldest t ...
and
novellas
A novella is a narrative prose fiction whose length is shorter than most novels, but longer than most short stories. The English word ''novella'' derives from the Italian ''novella'' meaning a short story related to true (or apparently so) facts ...
, entitled ''Čehovjevih Pripovedaka'' and ''Ruski ljudi'' (both published in 1890) and Fet's poetry.
He also authored several books, including a memoir that appeared in 1963 in Belgrade's newspaper ''Politika'' entitled "A Witness to an Era."
Works
* ''Slika i karakteri iz srpskoga društva'' (Picture and Characters from Serbian Organizations);
* ''Napuljska šetnja'' (Neapoletan Walks), 1911;
* ''Prica iz života kralja Petra (Stoies from King Peter's Life), 1922;
* ''Kralj Aleksandar I Karađorđević u ratu i Mir'' (King Alexander I Karadjordjević in War and Peace);
* ''Sunćana Prašina'' (Sunny Dust), 1941–1944;
* ''Svedok jednog stoleća'' (A Witness to an Era), 1963
* ''Stevan Sremac'' (1936)
* ''Unique item: delta novel with a hundred endings''
* ''Tvorci Srbije i Jugoslavije: Radovi Archdjakona Lukijana Bibića akademskog slikara'' (1941)
* ''Naš u ratu'' (1928)
* ''Anegdote iz života naših književnika i umetnika'' (1953).
References
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1865 births
1957 deaths
Writers from Belgrade
20th-century Serbian writers
21st-century Serbian writers
People from the Kingdom of Serbia
Serbian writers