Mitar Milošević (1924–1995), also known by his

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Frederik Ešton (Frederick Ashton), was a

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n and Yugoslav writer from

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Professional career

Milošević wrote a dozen of historical novels, but is best known for his work on ''Lun, kralj ponoći'' (''Lun, the King of Midnight''), a series of

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featuring Donald Sikert, a fictional character inspired by

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. Pulps and

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s were very popular in former

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; from 1971 to 1981, 11,611 issues were printed, a total of 717 million copies in the country of 22 million people. ''Lun, kralj ponoći'' reached the circulation of 100,000 copies and sold a total of 10 million copies, including numerous reprints. From 1959 to the mid-1990s, Milošević wrote more than 70 novels featuring Lun.

Influence

The character became a popular icon in Yugoslavia, but it was not until a 1970s interview that his audience learned Milošević was a domestic author. From 1984 to 1987, a team of Serbian writers and artists produced 30 issues of ''Lun'' comics for Dnevnik. Only the first episode was based on the source material whereas the rest featured original stories. An unrelated comic book series, ''Lunov magnus strip'', was named after Milošević's character. The first issue did have a Lun story but the feature was dropped with #2 because it was decided Lun readers were older, whereas the young preferred comics to novels.

Personal life

Milošević was born in Uvač,

Kingdom of Yugoslavia The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast Europe, Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 unt ...

(presently in Montenegro). As a high schooler he joined the

Yugoslav Partisans The Yugoslav Partisans,Serbo-Croatian, Macedonian, Slovene: , or the National Liberation Army, sh-Latn-Cyrl, Narodnooslobodilačka vojska (NOV), Народноослободилачка војска (НОВ); mk, Народноослобод ...

in 1941 and fought in

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. Milošević was a decorated officer who rose to the rank of a captain when he left the

Yugoslav Army The Yugoslav People's Army (abbreviated as JNA/; Macedonian and sr-Cyrl-Latn, Југословенска народна армија, Jugoslovenska narodna armija; Croatian and bs, Jugoslavenska narodna armija; sl, Jugoslovanska ljudska a ...

in 1953, due to a fight with a superior officer. Milošević lived in

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(presently Serbia), where he worked as a reporter, editor and writer.

Sources

{{DEFAULTSORT:Milosevic, Mitar 1924 births 1995 deaths Writers from Novi Sad Yugoslav Partisans members Pulp fiction writers Pulp fiction Royal Yugoslav Army personnel

Professional career

Influence

Personal life

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