Momir Vojvodić (; 18 February 193910 March 2014) was a

Montenegrin Serb Serbs of Montenegro ( sr, / ) or Montenegrin Serbs ( sr, / ),, meaning "Montenegrin Serbs", and meaning "Serbs Montenegrins". Specifically, Their regional autonym is simply , literal meaning "Montenegrins",Charles Seignobos, Political Histo ...

poet and politician. Born in 1939 in Ponoševac, near

Đakovica Gjakova, ) and Đakovica ( sr-Cyrl, Ђаковица, ) is the seventh largest city of Kosovo and seat of Gjakova Municipality and Gjakova District. The city has 40,827 inhabitants, while the municipality has 94,556 inhabitants. Geographicall ...

, in Metohija, Vojvodić and his family were expelled from their village by the Bali Kombëtar and fled to

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as refugees. He finished middle school in Gornja Morača and

Morača Monastery The Morača ( sr-cyrl, Морача, ) is a major river in Montenegro that originates in the Statistical regions of Montenegro, northern region in Kolašin Municipality under Mount Rzača. It meanders southwards for before emptying into Lake S ...

, high school in

Nikšić Nikšić ( cnr, Никшић, italic=no, sr-cyrl, Никшић, italic=no; ), is the second largest city in Montenegro, with a total population of 56,970 located in the west of the country, in the centre of the spacious Nikšić field at the foot ...

and

Peć Peja ( Indefinite Albanian form: ''Pejë'' ) or Peć ( sr-Cyrl, Пећ ) is the fourth largest city of Kosovo and seat of Peja Municipality and Peja District. It is situated in the region of Rugova on the eastern section of the Accursed Moun ...

and then graduated at the Faculty of Philology,

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-ba ...

. He worked as a professor of

Serbian language Serbian (, ) is the standardized variety of the Serbo-Croatian language mainly used by Serbs. It is the official and national language of Serbia, one of the three official languages of Bosnia and Herzegovina and co-official in Montenegro and K ...

and

literature Literature is any collection of written work, but it is also used more narrowly for writings specifically considered to be an art form, especially prose fiction, drama, and poetry. In recent centuries, the definition has expanded to include ...

in high schools in

Podgorica Podgorica (Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; lit. 'under the hill') is the capital and largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd (Cyrillic: Титоград, ) between 1946 and 1992—in the period that Montenegro form ...

and was one of the founders of the People's Party, member of the

Parliament of Montenegro The Parliament of Montenegro ( cg, Скупштина Црне Горе, Skupština Crne Gore) is the unicameral legislature of Montenegro. The Parliament currently has 81 members, with each member elected to a four-year term. Following the 2006 ...

and the Parliament of FR Yugoslavia. He died on 10 March 2014 in Podgorica at the age of 75.

Poetry

* Tragovi (1970) * Nadolaženje praha (1971) * Miris mrtvih trava (1972) * Starostavnik (1974) * Groboslovi (1979) * Nasamo s kamenom (1981) * Groboslovi roda kurjačkog (1981) * Sa izvora mojih gora (Aus den quellen meiner Berge), in German and Serbian (West Berlin, 1981) * Lađa u kamenici (1982) * Putnik sa tisovim štapom (1983) * Grad nad oblakom (1984) * Glas vučje gore (1985) * Muke s ušima (1986) * Prolistala štula (1987) * Čuvar divljih riječi (1987) * Azbučna molitva (1988) * Zemlje jezik (1991) * Davni glasnik (1993)

Anthologies and poem selections

* Žertveno polje Kosovo (1389 – 1989), poem anthology about Kosovo (1989) * Sa izvora čarnih gora (1989)

References

1939 births 2014 deaths People from Gjakova Kosovo Serbs Serbs of Montenegro Montenegrin poets Montenegrin male writers People's Party (Montenegro, 1990) politicians Members of the Parliament of Montenegro {{Montenegro-poet-stub