Stevan Jakovljević ( sr-cyr, Стеван Јаковљевић; 7 December 1890 – 2 November 1962) was a Serbian author, biologist and professor. He is most known as the author of the novel ''Likovi u senci'' and the

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''Srpska trilogija''.

Biography

Jakovljević graduated with a degree in biology from the

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where he also later earned his

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. He was a professor at the University's Faculty of Pharmacy. As an officer in the

Royal Serbian Army The Army of the Kingdom of Serbia ( sr-cyr, Војска Краљевине Србије, Vojska Kraljevine Srbije), known in English language, English as the Royal Serbian Army, was the army of the Kingdom of Serbia that existed between 1882 a ...

, he fought in the

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. During

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, he was held in

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and

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prisoner-of-war (POW) camps. Jakovljević was a professor at the

and its

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from 1945 to 1950. He was also a member of the

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts 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 ...

Published work

He made a name for himself in the literary world with his trilogy of novels published in 1937 titled ''Srpska trilogija'' which consist of the novels ''Devetstočetrnaesta'' (1935), ''Pod Krstom'' (1936) and ''Kapija slobode'' (1937). His other works include the novels ''Smena generacija'' (1939) about the social life in

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during the

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, ''Velika zabuna'' (1952) which is a war chronicle of World War II and ''Likovi u senci'' (1956) which describes life as a POW in Italy and Germany. He also published

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papers titled ''Studije o biljnom svetu Prespanskog jezera'', ''Makrofitska vegetacija Ohridskog jezera'' i ''Sistematika lekovitog bilja''.

Personal life

His sister was Serbian author Milica "Mir-Jam" Jakovljević.

Death and legacy

Jakovljević died on 2 November 1962 and he is interred in the

Belgrade New Cemetery The New Cemetery ( sr, Ново гробље, ''Novo groblje'') is a cemetery complex in Belgrade, Serbia, with a distinct history. It is located in Ruzveltova street in Zvezdara municipality. The cemetery was built in 1886 as the third Christia ...

. The gymnasium in

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is named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jakovljevic, Stevan 1890 births 1962 deaths People from Knjaževac Serbian writers Serbian novelists Serbian biologists Serbian botanists 20th-century Serbian novelists 20th-century biologists University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts Royal Serbian Army soldiers Serbian military personnel of World War I World War II prisoners of war held by Italy World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery