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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
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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
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. He lived in Herceg-Novi and
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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
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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
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lalic, Mihailo 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