Dušan Ivanić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Иванић; born 23 January 1946) is a

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literary scholar and

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Life and work

Dušan Ivanić was born in Gubavčevo Polje, a village near

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, at the time

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. He studied at the former Department of Yugoslav literature and

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language of the Philological Faculty of the

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, graduated with

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in 1975 and obtained his doctorate with thesis on ''

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'' (Zabavno-poučna periodika u srpskoj književnosti epohe realizma) in 1986. He was

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(1979–1986),

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(1987-91),

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(1992-96), became

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in 1997, and he is

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at the department of Serbian literature of the faculty since 2015. The scholar was editor-in-chief of literary journal ''Književna istorija'' (

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; 1989-2003), scientific editor of articles on literature of ''Serbian Encyclopedia'' (Srpska enciklopedija), published by

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and

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since 2010, editor of Volume 26 on

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of the

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''Ten centuries of Serbian literature'' (Deset vekova srpske književnosti), and editor of the collected works by

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in 1978. Ivanić was

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(1981-83) and visiting professor at

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(1992). He is current president of the ''

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Foundation''. Dušan Ivanić is laureate of

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1989 for his

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''Models of literary speech: from the history and

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of Serbian literature''. He participated in the

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for political-cultural ''

Gavrilo Princip Gavrilo Princip ( sr-Cyrl, Гаврило Принцип, ; 25 July 189428 April 1918) was a Bosnian Serb student who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, heir presumptive to the throne of Austria-Hungary, and his wife Sophie, Duchess von ...

Prize'' in 2017 and 2019.

Bibliography (selection)

*''Modeli književnoga govora : iz istorije i poetike srpske književnosti'' (Models of literary speech: from the history and poetics of Serbian literature), Nolit, Belgrade 1990, . *''Evropski okviri srpskog realizma'' (European conditions of Serbian

, Novi Sad 1997. *''Književnost Srpske Krajine'' (Literature of Serbian Krajina), BIGZ, Belgrade 1998, . *''Modeli srpske pripovijetke 19. vijeka'' (Models of Serbian

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of 19th century), Matica srpska, Novi Sad 2008. *''Ka genezi srpske poezije'' (Genesis of Serbian poetry from 18th to 20th century), Licej, Belgrade 2011, .

Awards

*Isidora Sekulić Award 1989 * Nolit Award 1990 *Award of BIGZ publishing company 1998 * Gliša Elezović Award of the Foundation ''Gligorije Elezović Kulturna Manifestacija

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'' 1999 * Sava Mrkalj Award of

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2009 *Charter ''Golden Serbian Literature'' (Povelja ''Zlatna srpska književnost'') 2010 *Mladen Leskovac Award 2010Report
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, retrieved 2018-12-02.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Ivanic, Dusan 1946 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Serbian literary historians Academic staff of the University of Belgrade