Milorad Pavić
Novelist, Author
1929 – 2009
Who was Milorad Pavić?
Milorad Pavić was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published many poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars. Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." Pavić's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was vastly popular in Europe and in South America, and was deemed "one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century." He won numerous prizes in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was mentioned several times as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Belgrade in 2009.
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- Born
- Oct 15, 1929
Belgrade - Also known as
- Milorad Pavić
- Milorad Pavic
- Spouses
- Jasmina Mihajlović
( - 2009/11/30)
- Jasmina Mihajlović
- Children
- Nationality
- Serbia
- Profession
- Education
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Belgrade
Literature
(1949 - 1953) - PhD, University of Zagreb
History of literature
- Bachelor of Arts, University of Belgrade
- Died
- Nov 30, 2009
Belgrade
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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