Simo Matavulj ( sr, Симо Матавуљ, 14 September 1852 – 20 February 1908) was a Serbian writer. He was a representative of lyric

realism Realism, Realistic, or Realists may refer to: In the arts *Realism (arts), the general attempt to depict subjects truthfully in different forms of the arts Arts movements related to realism include: *Classical Realism *Literary realism, a move ...

, especially in short prose. As a writer, he is best known for employing his skill in holding up to ridicule the peculiar foibles of the Dalmatian folk. He was an honorary member of the

Matica srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

, the first president of the

Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia ( Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Milovan Vitezović. History The association ...

, president of the Society of Artists of Serbia and a member of the

Serbian Royal Academy The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts ( la, Academia Scientiarum et Artium Serbica, sr-Cyr, Српска академија наука и уметности, САНУ, Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti, SANU) is a national academy and the ...

Legacy

Nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić called him "the master storyteller".

Works

*''Noć uoči Ivanje'', Zadar, 1873. *''Naši prosjaci'', Zadar, 1881. *''Iz Crne Gore i Primorja I'', Novi Sad, 1888. *''Iz Crne Gore i Primorja II'', Cetinje, 1889. *''Novo oružje'', Belgrade, 1890. *''Iz prіmorskog žіvota'', Zagreb, 1890. *''Sa Jadrana, Belgrade'', 1891. *''Iz beogradskog života,'' Belgrade, 1891. *''Bakonja fra-Brne'', Belgrade, 1892. *''Uskok'', Belgrade, 1893. *''Iz raznijeh krajeva'', Mostar, 1893. *''Boka i Bokelji'', Novi Sad, 1893. *''Primorska obličja'', Novi Sad, 1899. *''Deset godina u Mavritaniji'', Belgrade, 1899. *''Tri pripovetke, Mostar'', 1899. *''Na pragu drugog života'', Sremski Karlovci, 1899. *''S mora i planine'', Novi Sad, 1901. *''Beogradske priče'', Belgrade, 1902. *''Pošljednji vitezovi i Svrzimantija'', Mostar, 1903. *''Život'', Belgrade 1904. *''Na slavi'', Belgrade, 1904. *''Zavjet'', Belgrade, 1904. *''Car Duklijan'', Mostar, 1906. *''Nemirne duše'', Belgrade, 1908. *''Bilješke jednoga pisca'', Belgrade, 1923. *''Golub Dobrašinović''

Translations

*''Na vodi'' by

Guy de Maupassant Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant (, ; ; 5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893) was a 19th-century French author, remembered as a master of the short story form, as well as a representative of the Naturalist school, who depicted human lives, destin ...

, 1893. *''Vilina knjiga'', a collection of fairy tales, 1894. *''

Bleak House ''Bleak House'' is a novel by Charles Dickens, first published as a 20-episode serial between March 1852 and September 1853. The novel has many characters and several sub-plots, and is told partly by the novel's heroine, Esther Summerson, and ...

'' by

Charles Dickens Charles John Huffam Dickens (; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best-known fictional characters and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian e ...

1893. *''Zimske priče'' by M. de Vogie, 1894. *''The dream'' by

Émile Zola Émile Édouard Charles Antoine Zola (, also , ; 2 April 184029 September 1902) was a French novelist, journalist, playwright, the best-known practitioner of the literary school of naturalism, and an important contributor to the development of ...

*''Pučanin kao vlastelin'' by Moliere, 1906. *''

The Misanthrope ''The Misanthrope, or the Cantankerous Lover'' (french: Le Misanthrope ou l'Atrabilaire amoureux; ) is a 17th-century comedy of manners in verse written by Molière. It was first performed on 4 June 1666 at the Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Paris b ...

'' by Moliere, *''

The Imitation of Christ ''The Imitation of Christ'', by Thomas à Kempis, is a Christian devotional book first composed in Medieval Latin as ''De Imitatione Christi'' ( 1418–1427).''An introductory Dictionary of Theology and Religious studies'', by Orlando O. Esp� ...

'' by

Thomas à Kempis Thomas à Kempis (c. 1380 – 25 July 1471; german: Thomas von Kempen; nl, Thomas van Kempen) was a German-Dutch canon regular of the late medieval period and the author of ''The Imitation of Christ'', published anonymously in Latin in the N ...

, unpublished during Matavulj's lifetime

References

* Translated and adapted from

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 ...

's ''Istorija nove srpske književnosti'' / History of New Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pp. 390–395.

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