Anica Savić-Rebac ( sr-Cyrl, Аница Савић-Ребац; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the

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. She wrote a number of essays and books about Njegoš,

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, Greek mystical philosophers,

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, theory of literature. Svetlana Slapšak
Anica Savić Rebac (1894 – 1953)
Gegenworte - Zeitschrift für den Disput über Wissen, Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Lemmens Verlag, Berlin 2010.Petar II Petrović-Njegoš
''The Ray of the Microcosm''
, translated by Anica Savić Rebac, Svet Knjige, Beograd 2013. She also translated a number of works from Serbian into English, most notably '' The Ray of the Microcosm'' by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Anica Savić Rebac appears under the name of ''Milica'' in travel book '' Black Lamb and Grey Falcon'' by

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. In this book she is not only a new friend, but also the intellectual guide who eventually reveals to Rebecca West the rituals which would lead the author to the clue metaphor of her vision of the Balkans.

Works

* ''Geteov Helenizam'' (1933) * ''Ljubav u filozofiji Spinozinoj'' (1933) * ''Mistična i tragična misao kod Grka'' (1934) * ''Štefan George'' (1934) * ''Platonska i hrišćanska ljubav'' (1936) * ''Kallistos'' (1937) * ''Tomas Man i problematika naših dana'' (1937) * ''Njegoš, Kabala i Filon'' * ''Njegoš i bogumilstvo'' * ''Pesnik i njeogova pozicija'' * 'Večeri na moru'' (1929) * ''Predplatonska erotologija'' (1932), * ''Antička estetika i nauka o književnosti'' (1954) * ''Helenski vidici'' (1966) ;Translations * ''The Ray of the Microcosm'' (1957) * ''Der Strahl des Mikrocosmos''

References

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