Blažo Šćepanović ( sr-cyr, Блажо Шћепановић; 7 April 1934 – 26 August 1966) was a Montenegrin and Yugoslav writer.

Biography

Šćepanović was born in 1934 in the Bijelo Polje settlement Livadice. He graduated from the

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. He worked in the Cultural and Educational Council of the SFR Yugoslavia. Together with the poet

Lazar Vučković Lazar Vučković (1937 – 26 August 1966) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet. Along with poets and writers Petar Šarić, Vukašin Filipović, Darinka Jevrić, Radosav Stojanović and Vladan Virijević, he is considered one of the leading 20th ...

, he drowned in

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, during his stay at the

Struga Poetry Evenings Struga Poetry Evenings (SPE) (, СВП; tr. ''Struški večeri na poezijata'', ''SVP'') is an international poetry festival held annually in Struga, North Macedonia. During the several decades of its existence, the Festival has awarded its most ...

, one of the most important cultural events in the former Yugoslavia. Another poet,

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, was with them and also fell in the water when the boat capsized but survived because he knew how to swim while Vučković and Šćepanović did not. Although Šćepanović died at the very beginning of his poetry career, he managed to leave behind several collections of poetry.

Works

;Books * ''Lobanja u travi'' (1957) * ''Ivicom zemlje zmija'' (1958) * ''Smrću protiv smrti'' (1959) – together with

Branko Miljković Branko Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Миљковић; 29 January 1934 – 12 February 1961) was a Serbian poet. Biography Miljković was born in Niš to a Serb father Gligorije Miljković, who hails from Gadžin Han, and a Croat m ...

* ''Smrt pjesnikova'' (1961) * ''Zlatna šuma'' (1966) * ''Ljubavlju izmjereno vrijeme'' (1973) – published posthumously * ''Pjesnikov dvojnik'' (1976) – published posthumously

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Scepanovic, Blazo 1934 births 1966 deaths People from Bijelo Polje Serbs of Montenegro Serbian male poets Serbian male writers Montenegrin poets Montenegrin male writers University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Deaths by drowning Accidental deaths in Yugoslavia Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery