Mihailo Lalić ( sr-cyr, Михаило Лалић, ; 7 October 1914 – 30 December 1992) was a
Serbian writer.
Biography
He was born in Trepča (
Andrijevica municipality) village in north-eastern
Montenegro
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in 1914. His most important novels are "Svadba", "Zlo proljeće", "Raskid", "Hajka", "Ratna sreća", and his masterpiece, "Lelejska gora".
He won the
NIN Award (''
NIN'' magazine's prize for the novel of the year) for "Ratna sreća" in 1973, and was the first recipient of "
Njegoš Award" for "Lelejska gora". In his novels he depicted major events in modern history of Montenegro,
World Wars in particular, and battling between communist
Partisans and royalist
Chetniks
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.
He lived in
Herceg-Novi and
Belgrade
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and was a member of both the
Montenegrin and
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, whose vice-president he was. He was also a member of SKOJ and Communist Party. He died in
Belgrade
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in 1992.
Bibliography
Short stories
* Izvidnica (The Patrol) (1948)
* Prvi snijeg (The First Snow) (1951)
* Na mjesečini (In the Moonlight) (1956)
* Posljednje brdo (The Last Hill) (1967)
Novels
* Svadba (The Wedding) (1950)
* Zlo proljeće (The Evil Spring) (1953)
* Raskid (Separation) (1955)
* Lelejska gora (The Mountain of Cries) (1957, 1962)
* Hajka (The Pursuit) (1960)
* Pramen tame (The Lock of Darkness) (1970)
* Ratna sreća (The Luck of War) (1973)
* Zatočnici (The Advocates) (1976)
* Dokle gora zazeleni (Until the Mountain Turns Green) (1982)
* Gledajući dolje na drumove (Looking Down on the Roads) (1983)
* Odlučan čovjek (Determined Man) (1990)
References
External links
Montenegrin Literary Works Online
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1914 births
1992 deaths
People from Andrijevica
People of the Kingdom of Montenegro
Vasojevići
Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
Montenegrin novelists
Members of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
Yugoslav Partisans members
Yugoslav novelists
Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour