Velibor Gligorić (27 July 1899 – October 1977) was a
Serbian
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university professor, literary and theatre critic, magazine editor and president of
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Biography
He was born to Dimitrije Gligorić Sokoljanin, a teacher from
Ljubovija
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Settlements
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, and mother Stana born Đurđević, a teacher from
Novi Sad
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. He began law studies in
France
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and graduated in Belgrade in 1924. After the graduation, he worked for fifteen years as an official at the Ministry of Trade and Industry of the
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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. Following
World War II
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Gligorić served as Director of the
National Theatre in Belgrade
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Founded in the later half of the 19th century, it is located on the Republic Square, at the corner of Vasina and Fra ...
and as the director of the
Yugoslav Drama Theatre in Belgrade for a period of ten years (1948-1958).
Gligorić was a full professor at the
Faculty of Philosophy
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in Belgrade, well known for his sharp critical style. Velibor Gligorić became a member of SANU in 1955 and its president in 1965.
In 1969 he was president of the Council of Yugoslav Academy of Science and Art.
Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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elected him as a corresponding member.
He was awarded the Vuk's award, 7 July Prize, AVNOJ award, Order for the People with the Golden Star, Order of the Republic with a golden wreath, Order of Fraternity and Unity and Order of labour.
He was married to Savka, a professor at the Faculty of Economics in Belgrade. Gligorić is buried in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens at the Belgrade New Cemetery.
Selected works
* ''Kritike'', 1945.
* ''Srpski realisti'', 1960.
* ''U Vihoru, fragmenti, ogledi, studije'', 1962.
* ''Ogledi i studije'', 1963.
* ''Branislav Nušić'', 1964.
* ''Portreti'', Beograd, 1965.
* ''Hronika jednog doba'', 1965.
* ''Jakov Ignjatović, predavanje održano na Kolarčevom narodnom univerzitetu'', 1949.
* ''Kritički radovi Velibora Gligorića'', 1983.
References
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1899 births
1977 deaths
Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts