Novica Šaulić (1888–1959) was a major

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and

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along with

Nikola Kašiković Nikola () is a given name which, like Nicholas, is a version of the Greek ''Nikolaos'' (Νικόλαος) and it means "the winner of the people". It is common as a masculine given name in the South Slavic countries (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulg ...

and

Andrija Luburić Andrija Luburić (16 November 1891 – 19 March 1944) was a Serbian historian and collector of folk songs. He is remembered as one of three major Serbian folklorists of the early 20th century along with Nikola T. Kašiković and Novica Šaulić. ...

. Šaulić always fought for

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during political strife in Montenegro. Folklorists

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and

Albert Lord Albert Bates Lord (15 September 1912 – 29 July 1991) was a professor of Slavic and comparative literature at Harvard, Harvard University who carried on Milman Parry's research on epic poetry after Parry's death. Early life Lord was born in Bos ...

used the collections of Šaulić, Kašiković and Luburić to record on

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s the works of Serbian epic verse recited by guslars.

Works

* ''Narodne priče iz zbirke Novice Šaulića'' (Folk tales from the collection of Novica Šaulić) (1953) * ''Prvi srpski ustanak: narodne pjesme'' (The first Serbian uprising: folk songs) (1954) * ''Srpske narodne pesme: iz zbirke narodnih pesama'' (1936) * ''Srpske narodne priče iz zbirke narodnih pripovjedaka'' (1922) * ''Srpske narodne priče'' (1925)

References

1888 births 1959 deaths Serbian folklorists Serbian ethnographers {{Serbia-bio-stub