Milovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a

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n writer,

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, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as ''the Serbian

Gogol Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol; ; (; () was a Russian novelist, short story writer, and playwright of Ukrainian origin. Gogol used the grotesque in his writings, for example, in his works " The Nose", " Viy", "The Overcoat", and " Nevsky Prosp ...

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Legacy

Glišić is considered to be one of the best translators of his time and several of his short stories including ''Prva Brazda'' and ''Glava Šećera'' are studied in Serbian schools and included in various anthologies of short stories. His translations of Russian writers

and

Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using pre-reform Russian orthography. ; ), usually referr ...

greatly influenced Serbian culture of that time and future writers Stevan Sremac, Svetozar Ćorović,

Branislav Nušić Branislav Nušić ( sr-Cyrl, Бранислав Нушић, ; – 19 January 1938) was a Serbian playwright, satirist, essayist, novelist and founder of Modern Rhetoric, modern rhetoric in Serbia. He also worked as a journalist and a civil ...

and many others. According to Slobodan Jovanović, Glišić was one of the first Serbian short story writers to attempt a more serious characterization in his works. He was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo and Order of St. Sava of the third and the fourth class.Cite web, url=http://www.novosti.rs/vesti/kultura.71.html:568955-Sabrana-dela-Milovana-Glisica-Znalac-srpske-duse, title=Sabrana dela Milovana Glišića: Znalac srpske duše

Works

Comedies

* Two Farthings (Dva cvancika), 1882. * The Hoax (Podvala), 1885.

Short stories

* Ni oko šta * Vujina prosidba * Učitelj * Redak zver * Tetka Desa * Zlosutni broj * Novi Mesija * Glava šećera * Prva brazda * Posle devedeset godina * Šetnja posle smrti * U zao čas * Svirač * Raspis * Sigurna većina * Noć na mostu * Nagraisao * Roga * Šilo za ognjilo * Zadušnice

Translations

* Zla svekrva, Alexander Ostrovsky, 1881. * Kola mudrosti, dvoja ludosti, Alexander Ostrovsky, 1882. * Nov posao,

Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko Vladimir Ivanovich Nemirovich-Danchenko (; – 25 April 1943) was a Soviet and Russian theatre director, writer, pedagogue Pedagogy (), most commonly understood as the approach to teaching, is the theory and practice of learning, and how t ...

, 1883. * Sve za sina, Emil Ožje, 1884. * Naslednik, Emil Ožje, 1884. * Gavran,

Alphonse Daudet Alphonse Daudet (; 13 May 184016 December 1897) was a French novelist. He was the husband of Julia Daudet and father of Edmée, Léon and Lucien Daudet. Early life Daudet was born in Nîmes, France. His family, on both sides, belonged to the ' ...

, 1888. *

La Peau de chagrin ''La Peau de chagrin'' (, ''The Skin of Shagreen''), known in English as ''The Magic Skin'' and ''The Wild Ass's Skin'', is an 1831 novel by French novelist and playwright Honoré de Balzac (1799–1850). Set in early 19th-century Paris, it tel ...

Honoré de Balzac Honoré de Balzac ( , more commonly ; ; born Honoré Balzac; 20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. The novel sequence ''La Comédie humaine'', which presents a panorama of post-Napoleonic French life, is ...

, 1888. * Princess Maleine, Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck, 1897. * La Sanfelice, Alexandre Dumas, 1881. * Plemićka, Fos, 1882. * Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol, 1872. *

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809–1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons Andriy and Ostap. The sons study at th ...

, Nikolai Gogol, 1876. * Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt, Nikolai Gogol, 1870. * Oblomov,

Ivan Goncharov Ivan Aleksandrovich Goncharov ( , ; rus, Ива́н Алекса́ндрович Гончаро́в, r=Iván Aleksándrovich Goncharóv, p=ɪˈvan ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪdʑ ɡənʲtɕɪˈrof; – ) was a Russian novelist best known for his n ...

, 1876. * The Kreutzer Sonata,

Leo Tolstoy Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy Tolstoy pronounced his first name as , which corresponds to the romanization ''Lyov''. () (; ,Throughout Tolstoy's whole life, his name was written as using Reforms of Russian orthography#The post-revolution re ...

, 1890. *

War and Peace ''War and Peace'' (; pre-reform Russian: ; ) is a literary work by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Set during the Napoleonic Wars, the work comprises both a fictional narrative and chapters in which Tolstoy discusses history and philosophy. An ...

, Leo Tolstoy, 1899. * Narodni borac, unknown author * Polkanovi memoari, Nikolai Leykin * Kolombo,

Prosper Mérimée Prosper Mérimée (; 28 September 1803 – 23 September 1870) was a French writer in the movement of Romanticism, one of the pioneers of the novella, a short novel or long short story. He was also a noted archaeologist and historian, an import ...

, 1877. * Brđani, Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. * Dva brata, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. * Crna kuga, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. * Doctor Ox,

Jules Verne Jules Gabriel Verne (;''Longman Pronunciation Dictionary''. ; 8 February 1828 – 24 March 1905) was a French novelist, poet and playwright. His collaboration with the publisher Pierre-Jules Hetzel led to the creation of the ''Voyages extraor ...

, 1878. * Tartarin of Tarascon,

* Le Nabab, Alphonse Daudet * The Man-wolf, Erckmann-Chatrian * L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof, Erckmann-Chatrian * Ubistvo u ulici Morg,

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe (; January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849) was an American writer, poet, editor, and literary critic who is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his tales involving mystery and the macabre. He is widely re ...

* Srce izdajice, Edgar Allan Poe * Strahovita noć * Le Fils de Giboyer,

Émile Augier Guillaume Victor Émile Augier (; 17 September 182025 October 1889) was a French dramatist. He was the thirteenth member to occupy seat 1 of the on 31 March 1857. Biography Augier was born at Valence, Drôme, the grandson of Pigault Lebrun, an ...

* La pierre de touche, Émile Augier

Translated works in English

* ''After Ninety Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanović'', 2015, translated by James Lyon * ''Tales of Fear and Superstition'', 2021, translated by Miloš Pavlović

References

Sources

* Jovan Skerlić, ''Istorija nove srpske književnosti'' (Belgrade, 1921) pages 373–378 {{DEFAULTSORT:Glisic, Milovan Serbian literary critics Literary critics of Serbian Serbian male poets Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian non-fiction writers Serbian dramatists and playwrights Serbian science fiction writers Serbian translators Writers from Valjevo 1847 births 1908 deaths 19th-century poets 19th-century Serbian dramatists and playwrights 19th-century translators 19th-century short story writers Serbian male non-fiction writers