Ljubomir Simović
Ljubomir Simović | |
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 Simović signing a book in 2017 | |
| Born | 2 December 1935 |
| Occupation(s) | Poet and writer |
Ljubomir Simović (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Симовић; born 2 December 1935) is a Serbian writer, playwright, scriptwriter and academic. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.[1] His works have been translated in more than twenty languages.
Biography
[edit]Simović was born in the town of Užice,[2] where he finished Gymnasium and Teacher's school. He graduated at Faculty of Philology(Department of History of Serbian and Yugoslav Literature) at University of Belgrade.[2] He writes poems, novels, essays, literary criticism, but he is best known for his plays. He wrote 4 plays: Hasanaginica, A Miracle in Sargan (Serbian: Čudo u Šarganu), Traveling theatre Sopalovic (Serbian: Putujuće pozorište Šopalović) and The Battle of Kosovo (Serbian: Boj na Kosovu).[3] His works have been translated into almost all European languages and his plays were performed in almost all theatres in Serbia. Also his plays were performed in France, Hungary, Czhez Republic, Germany, Switzerland, Slovenia, Russia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Poland, Belgium, Croatia, North Macedonia, Canada, Mexico, and Morocco.
In 1996 he published "A chronicle, which is occasionally a novel, or a novel, which is occasionally a chronicle" about his hometown called "Uzice with the Crows" (Serbian: Užice sa vranama).
His selected works have been published in 12 books in 2008.[4]
Works
[edit]- Slovenske elegije, (1958)
- Veseli grobovi, (1961)
- Poslednja zemlja, (1964)
- Šlemovi, (1967)
- Uoči trećih petlova, (1972)
- Hasanaga's Wife, (1974)
- Miracle in Šargan, (1975)
- Subota, (1976)
- Vidik na dve vode, (1980)
- Um za morem, (1982)
- Deset obraćanja Bogorodici Trojeručici hilandarskoj, (1983)
- Duplo dno, (1983)
- Istočnice, (1983)
- Snevnik I-II, (1987)
- Gornji grad, (1990)
- Kovanica na Čakovina, (1990)
- Duplo dno, eseji o pesnicima, (1991)
- Igla i konac, (1992)
- Galop na puževima, (1994)
- Uzice with the Crows, (1996)
- Ljuska od jajeta, (1998)
- Snevnik, dnevnik snova, 1998
- Novi galop na puževima, (1999)
- Duplo dno, eseji o srpskim pesnicima, o komedijama Sterije i Nušića, i o Životu i priključenijima Dositejevim, (2001)
- Čitanje slika, eseji o slikarima i vajarima, (2006)
- Kina: čitanje spaljenih knjiga, (2007)
- Planeta Dunav, (2009)
- Do Oba i Huangpua, (2016)
- Žabe u redu pred poktivačnicom, (2016)
Awards
[edit]- Isidora Sekulić Award
- Sterija Award for Hasanaginica (1975), A Miracle in Sargan (1993) and Traveling theatre Sopalovic (1986)
- Honorable doctor of arts, University of Kragujevac[5]
- Dis Award
- Dositej Obradović Award
- Vasko Popa Award
- Milan Rakić Award
- Desanka Maksimović Award
- Mića Popović Award
- Đorđe Jovanović Award
- Branko Miljković Award
- Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša Award
- Ljubomir Nenadović Award
- Zmaj Award
- Jovan Dučić Award
- October Award
- 7 July Award
- Despot Stefan Lazarević Award[6]
References
[edit]- ^ "Akademik Ljubomir Simovic". www.vreme.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ a b Miroslav Egerić (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon]. Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia: Matica srpska. p. 483.
- ^ "Ljubomir Simović | Lektire.rs". www.lektire.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Odabrana dela Ljubomira Simovića : u 12 knjiga : Ljubomir Simović : 978-86-7590-210-2 : Knjizara.com: Knjige". Knjizara.com. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Univerzitet u Kragujevcu". www.kg.ac.rs. Retrieved 2018-11-05.
- ^ "Љубомир Симовић добитник награде "Деспот Стефан Лазаревић"". Politika Online. Retrieved 2020-10-30.
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