Svetislav Cvijanović (

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, Slavonia,

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, 1877 -

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, Serbia,

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

, 1961) was one of Belgrade's most prominent Serbian booksellers and publishers, and a great patron of writers of the first half of the 20th century. Publishers Svetislav B. Cvijanović, Gaetz Kohn (

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) and Gavrilo Dimitrijević were the three largest booksellers and publishers in Belgrade during that period. Cvijanović and his Belgrade publishing house were noted for printing the first works of

war poet War poetry is poetry on the topic of war. While the term is applied especially to works of the First World War, the term can be applied to poetry about any war, including Homer's ''Iliad'', from around the 8th century BC as well as poetry of th ...

Milutin Bojić Milutin Bojić ( sr-Cyrl, Милутин Бојић; – ) was a Serbian war poet, theatre critic, playwright, and soldier. A native of Belgrade, he began writing poetry at an early age and published a number of literary reviews under a p ...

, Nobel-laureate

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

, Pavle Popović,

Isidora Sekulić Isidora Sekulić ( sr-cyr, Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic. She was "the first woman academic in the history of Serbia" after she joined the Serb ...

, and other internationally-acclaimed writers and poets. In 1928, he wrote a book of poetry entitled ''Granice'' (Borders)

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