Slobodan Selenić (
Serbian Cyrillic
The Serbian Cyrillic alphabet ( sr, / , ) is a variation of the Cyrillic script used to write the Serbian language, updated in 1818 by Serbian linguist Vuk Karadžić. It is one of the two alphabets used to write standard modern Serbian, t ...
: Слободан Селенић; 7 June 1933 – 27 October 1995) was a Serbian writer, literary critic, dramatist,
academic
An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary or tertiary higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membership). The name traces back to Plato's school of philosophy, ...
and university professor of
20th century literature
Literature of the 20th century refers to world literature produced during the 20th century (1901 to 2000).
In terms of the Euro-American tradition, the main periods are captured in the bipartite division, Modernist literature and Postmodern lite ...
.
One of the main themes in his work is the destruction of the civic class from
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Kraljevina Jugoslavija, Краљевина Југославија; sl, Kraljevina Jugoslavija) was a state in Southeast and Central Europe that existed from 1918 until 1941. From 1918 ...
, its values and later destruction with the formation of the
second Yugoslavia. He became the director of
Avala Film at the age of 29. The
Slobodan Selenić Award is annually awarded in his honour for the best graduate work at his alma mater.
He won the
NIN literary prize in 1980 and was Belgrade's Poet Laureate.
Works
His works include:
*''Avangardna drama'', anthology (1964)
*''Angažman u dramskoj formi'' (1965)
*''Memoari Pere Bogalja'' (1968)
*''Dramski pravci XX vijeka'' (1971)
*''Pismo glava'' (1972)
*''Antologija savremene srpske drame'', anthology (1977)
*''Prijatelji'' (1980)
*''Kosančićev vijenac 7'' (1982)
*''Očevi i oci'' (1985); English translation, ''Fathers and Forefathers'', Ellen Elias-Bursac, tr. (The Harvill Press, 2003)
*''Ruženje naroda'' (1987)
*''Timor mortis'' (1989)
*''Knez Pavle'' (1991)
*''Ubistvo s predumišljajem'', novel and screenplay for
film (1993);
English translation, ''Premeditated Murder'', Jelena Petrovic, tr. (The Harvill Press, 1997)
*''Iskorak u stvarnost'' (1995)
*''Dramski pravci XX vijeka'' (2003)
*''Malajsko ludilo'' (2003)
*''Dramsko doba'' (2005)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Selenic, Slobodan
1933 births
1995 deaths
People from Pakrac
Serbs of Croatia
20th-century Serbian writers
Serbian male writers
Serbian novelists
Serbian literary critics
Serbian dramatists and playwrights
Serbian non-fiction writers
University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts alumni
Academic staff of the University of Belgrade
Male non-fiction writers