Milorad Pavlović — Krpa (

Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...

, 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

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and

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, 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

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavlovic-Krpa, Milorad 1865 births 1957 deaths Writers from Belgrade 20th-century Serbian writers 21st-century Serbian writers People from the Kingdom of Serbia Serbian writers