Milovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a

Serbia Serbia (, ; Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), officially the Republic of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: , , ), is a landlocked country in Southeast Europe, Southeastern and Central Europe, situated at the crossroads of the Pannonian Bas ...

n writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as ''the Serbian

Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; uk, link=no, Мико́ла Васи́льович Го́голь, translit=Mykola Vasyliovych Hohol; (russian: Яновский; uk, Яновський, translit=Yanovskyi) ( – ) was a Russian novelist, ...

''.

Legacy

Glišić is considered to be one of the best translators of his time and several of his short stories including ''Prva Brazda'' and ''Glava Šećera'' are studied in Serbian schools and included in various anthologies of short stories.Josić Višnjić, Miroslav, Filip Višnjić, Belgrade, 1999., p. 5. His translations of Russian writers Gogol and Tolstoy severely influenced Serbian culture of that time and future writers

Stevan Sremac Stevan Sremac ( sr-cyr, Стеван Сремац, ; 11 November 1855 – 13 August 1906) was a Serbian realist and comedy writer. He is considered one of the best truly humorous Serbian writers. Biography Stevan Sremac was born in Senta in ...

Svetozar Ćorović Svetozar Ćorović (29 May 1875 – 17 April 1919) was a Bosnia and Herzegovina novelist.

Branislav Nušić Branislav Nušić ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Нушић, ; – 19 January 1938) was a Serbian playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist and founder of modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil servant. Life Bra ...

and many others. According to

Slobodan Jovanović Slobodan Jovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Јовановић; 3 December 1869 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, historian, lawyer, philosopher, literary critic, diplomat, politician and one of the most prominent int ...

, Glišić was one of the first Serbian short story writers to attempt a more serious characterization in his works. He was awarded

Order of the Cross of Takovo The Order of the Cross of Takovo was a Serbian state order. History It was instituted in the Principality of Serbia in 1865 to mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire, which had started in Takovo, Serbi ...

and

Order of St. Sava The Royal Order of St. Sava is an Order of merit, first awarded by the Kingdom of Serbia in 1883 and later by the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. It was awarded to nationals and foreigners for meritorious ach ...

of the third and the fourth class.

Works

Comedies

* Two Farthings (Dva cvancika), 1882. * The Hoax (Podvala), 1885.

Short stories

* Ni oko šta * Vujina prosidba * Učitelj * Redak zver * Tetka Desa * Zlosutni broj * Novi Mesija * Glava šećera * Prva brazda * Posle devedeset godina * Šetnja posle smrti * U zao čas * Svirač * Raspis * Sigurna većina * Noć na mostu * Nagraisao * Roga * Šilo za ognjilo * Zadušnice

Translations

* Zla svekrva,

Alexander Ostrovsky Alexander Nikolayevich Ostrovsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Никола́евич Остро́вский; ) was a Russian playwright, generally considered the greatest representative of the Russian realistic period. The author of 47 origina ...

, 1881. * Kola mudrosti, dvoja ludosti, Alexander Ostrovsky, 1882. * Nov posao,

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (russian: Владимир Иванович Немирович-Данченко; , Ozurgeti – 25 April 1943, Moscow), was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue, playwright, producer an ...

, 1883. * Sve za sina, Emil Ožje, 1884. * Naslednik, Emil Ožje, 1884. * Gavran,

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ''bo ...

, 1888. *

La Peau de chagrin ''La Peau de chagrin'' (, ''The Skin of Shagreen''), known in English as ''The Magic Skin and The Wild Ass's Skin'', is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tells t ...

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly , ; born Honoré Balzac;Jean-Louis Dega, La vie prodigieuse de Bernard-François Balssa, père d'Honoré de Balzac : Aux sources historiques de La Comédie humaine, Rodez, Subervie, 1998, 665 p. 20 May 179 ...

, 1888. *

Princess Maleine ''Princess Maleine'' (french: La Princesse Maleine) is a play by Belgian playwright Maurice Maeterlinck. It was the author's first play. It is an adaptation of the Brothers Grimm's Maid Maleen. Publication The play was first published in seri ...

, Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck, 1897. *

La Sanfelice ''La Sanfelice'' (or ''La San Felice'') is an 1864 novel by the French writer Alexandre Dumas.Maxwell p.275 It depicts the arrest and execution in Naples of Luisa Sanfelice, who was accused of conspiring with the French and their supporters agai ...

, Alexandre Dumas, 1881. * Plemićka, Fos, 1882. *

Dead Souls ''Dead Souls'' (russian: «Мёртвые души», ''Mjórtvyje dúshi'') is a novel by Nikolai Gogol, first published in 1842, and widely regarded as an exemplar of 19th-century Russian literature. The novel chronicles the travels and adv ...

, Nikolai Gogol, 1872. *

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

, Nikolai Gogol, 1876. *

Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt "Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt" (Иван Фёдорович Шпонька и его тётушка, ''Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka i yevo tyotushka''; 1832) is part of the collection ''Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka'' by Nikolai Gogol. Ori ...

, Nikolai Gogol, 1870. *

Oblomov ''Oblomov'' ( ru , link=no, Обломов; ) is the second novel by Russian writer Ivan Goncharov, first published in 1859. Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is the central character of the novel, portrayed as the ultimate incarnation of the superfluous man, ...

Ivan Goncharov Ivan Alexandrovich Goncharov (, also ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his ...

, 1876. *

The Kreutzer Sonata ''The Kreutzer Sonata'' (russian: Крейцерова соната, ) is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, named after Beethoven's Violin Sonata No. 9 (Beethoven), Kreutzer Sonata. The novella was published in 1889, and was promptly censored by the Rus ...

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich TolstoyTolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; russian: link=no, Лев Николаевич Толстой,In Tolstoy's day, his name was written as in pre-refor ...

, 1890. *

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (russian: Война и мир, translit=Voyna i mir; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy that mixes fictional narrative with chapters on history and philosophy. It was first published ...

, Leo Tolstoy, 1899. * Narodni borac, unknown author * Polkanovi memoari,

Nikolai Leykin Nikolai Alexandrovich Leykin (russian: Никола́й Алекса́ндрович Ле́йкин; December 19, 1841 – January 19, 1906) was a Russian writer, artist, playwright, journalist and publisher. Biography Leykin was born in Saint ...

* Kolombo,

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, and one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, and a ...

, 1877. * Brđani,

Erckmann-Chatrian Erckmann-Chatrian was the name used by French authors Émile Erckmann (1822–1899) and Alexandre Chatrian (1826–1890), nearly all of whose works were jointly written.Mary Ellen Snodgrass, ''Encyclopedia of Gothic Literature''. New York, Facts ...

, 1878. * Dva brata, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. * Crna kuga, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. *

Doctor Ox ''Doctor Ox'' (french: Le Docteur Ox) is a collection of short stories by Jules Verne, first published in 1874 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. It consists of four varied works by Verne: *" Une fantaisie du Docteur Ox" ("Dr. Ox's Experiment," 1872), il ...

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet, and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

, 1878. * Tartarin of Tarascon,

* Le Nabab, Alphonse Daudet * The Man-wolf, Erckmann-Chatrian * L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof, Erckmann-Chatrian * Ubistvo u ulici Morg,

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; Edgar Poe; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales of mystery and the macabre. He is wide ...

* Srce izdajice, Edgar Allan Poe * Strahovita noć * Le Fils de Giboyer,

Émile Augier Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (; 17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the Académie française on 31 March 1857. Biography Augier was born at Valence, Drôme Valence (, ...

* La pierre de touche, Émile Augier

Translated works in English

* ''After Ninety Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanović'', 2015, translated by James Lyon * ''Tales of Fear and Superstition'', 2021, translated by Miloš Pavlović

References

Sources

Jovan Skerlić Jovan Skerlić (, ; 20 August 1877 – 15 May 1914) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.''Jovan Skerlić u srpskoj književnosti 1877–1977: Zbornik radova''. Posebna izdanja, Institut za knjizevnost i umetnost, Belgrade. He is seen as on ...

, ''Istorija nove srpske književnosti'' (Belgrade, 1921) pages 373–378 {{DEFAULTSORT:Glisic, Milovan Serbian literary critics Literary critics of Serbian Serbian male poets Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian non-fiction writers Serbian dramatists and playwrights Serbian science fiction writers Serbian translators Writers from Valjevo 1847 births 1908 deaths 19th-century poets 19th-century Serbian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century translators 19th-century short story writers Male non-fiction writers