Belgrade
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, 6 April 1876 - Belgrade, Serbia,
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, 7 April 1966) was a Serbian
translator
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. She translated several foreign writers from English, French,
Latin
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Serbian
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Biography
She finished primary and higher women's school (1883-1893) in Belgrade. She worked as a teacher in Belgrade (1893-1897, 1903–1904),
Niš
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(1897-1998) and
Kragujevac
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(1904-1912), teacher and principal of the Women's ''Grande école'' in
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from 1898 to 1903 and teacher at the Women's ''Grande école'' and Trade Academy in Belgrade from 1912 to 1914. From 1914 to 1919, she took early retirement, but after the end of
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, she returned to teaching from 1919 to 1925. She was fluent in French and German. She was one of the founders of the Association of Literary Translators of Serbia.
Translation work
She first appeared as a translator in 1898. She translated a large number of works from French, English, Latin and Norwegian, most of which have experienced multiple editions. She accompanied some of her translations with prefaces. Among her most significant translations are the works of:
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William Thackeray
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: " The History of Henry Esmond", Belgrade, SKZ, 1922; "Fair of Vanity", Belgrade, 1969;
* Honore de Balzac's " Cousin Bette", published in "Narodna prosveta", 1934;"Čiča Gorio" ( Père Goriot), Belgrade, "Narodna prosveta", 1934; '' Seljaci '', Belgrade, ''Narodna prosveta'', 1936; "Lost illusions", Belgrade, ''Kultura'', 1948,
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Anatole France
(; born ; 16 April 1844 – 12 October 1924) was a French poet, journalist, and novelist with several best-sellers. Ironic and skeptical, he was considered in his day the ideal French man of letters.Penguin Island", Belgrade, ''Kultura'', 1946;''Little Pierre'', Belgrade, ''Nove generacije'', 1950; "Life in Flower", Belgrade, ''Nove generacije'', 1951;
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Stendhal
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Mark Twain
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Huckleberry Finn
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", Belgrade, "New Generation", 1947;
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Thornton Wilder
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Sigrid Undset
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", Belgrade, ''Prosveta'', 1961;
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George Eliot
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Silas Marner
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The Imitation of Christ
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", published in Belgrade by ''Državna štamparija Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca'' (State Printing House of the
Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
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), 1926.
For the
National Theater in Belgrade
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she translated the play "Conflict" by Pierre Breton, 1910, and for the Youth Cultural and Artistic Association "Ivo Lola Ribar", "Our City" by
Thornton Wilder
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes, for the novel ''The Bridge of San Luis Rey'' and for the plays ''Our Town'' and ''The Skin of Our Teeth'', and a U. ...
, 1956, which was also performed at the Serbian National Theater in 1971.
The French government awarded her the Academic Palms and the title of ''Officier d’Académie'' in 1922. She was awarded the Order of St. Sava in 1926. For her translation work, she was on the "List of Winners of the 7th of July Award" in 1956 and 1962. She also received the "October Award" of the City of Belgrade for the best translation achievement for the novel "Kristina Lavransova" by
Sigrid Undset
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Born in Den ...
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She also wrote the book ''Méthode de lecture française pour les élèves serbes'' (Belgrade, 1923).
Sources
* "Translator Jelisaveta Marković celebrated the 45th anniversary of her work", ''
Politika
( sr-Cyrl, Политика, lit=Politics) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans.
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'', 17 January 1953.
* Stojanović, "Jelisaveta Marković", ''Politika'', 8 March 1959.
* B. Popović, "Visiting Jelisaveta Marković", , 8 November 1959
* L J. Sabljić, "Conversation with the winner of the October Award J. Marković ", ''Borba'', 11 November 1962.
* A. S. Petrović, ''Posle jedne nagrade'', ''Politika'', 2 December 1962.
* Stojanović, "Jelisaveta Marković", "Collection of Papers on Translation", Belgrade, 1966, p. 92-95.
* Z. P. Jovanović, "Bibliography of the translation of Jelisaveta Marković", "Collection of works on translation", Belgrade, 1966, p. 96-99.