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Đorđe Trifunović

ジョルジェ・トリフノヴィッチ

Đorđe Trifunović

Aliases: Ђорђе Трифуновић

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1934-04-13 (Yugoslavia, Belgrade)
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian, Old Church Slavonic, Ancient Greek, Modern Greek
Residence History
Belgrade

Career

Occupations
literary scholar, literary historian
Active Years
1957-2024
Affiliations
Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade

Education

Sixth Belgrade Gymnasium
Secondary school
Degree: 高校卒業
Country: Serbia
Zvezdara
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philology / Department of Yugoslav literature and Serbo-Croatian language
Degree: 博士号
Period: 1957-1965
Year of Graduation: 1965
Country: Serbia
Graduated 1957, Magister 1961, PhD 1965 with thesis on Serbian medieval records about Knez Lazar and the Battle of Kosovo
University of Athens
Byzantine hagiography
Period: 1967-1968
Country: Greece
As assistant

Awards

Isidora Sekulić Award
1994
Work: complete work on medieval Serbian literature
Result: 受賞
Rača Charter of Honor
2007
Work: contributions to the study of Serbian literature
Organization: Rača monastery
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Iz tmine pojanje: stari srpski pesnički zapisi

1962 Literary study

Study on old Serbian poetry records

Medieval Serbian literature

Žitije svetog patrijarha Jefrema od episkopa Marka

1967 Hagiography

Hagiography of Patriarch Ephraim by Bishop Marko

Medieval hagiography

Bibliography

  • Chanting From the Darkness: Old Serbian Poetry Records
  • Hagiography About Patriarch Ephraim of Bishop Marko
  • Hymn of Nikephoros Kallistos Xanthopoulos from 1382, in Serbian translation of Makarije
  • Đura Daničić: Lectures on Slavic Studies
  • A brief overview of the Yugoslav literature of the Middle Ages
  • Prose of Archbishop Danilo II
  • Notes on Inok Isaija in the Printed Work of Count Đorđe Branković
  • Translation of Hagiographic Narrations About George in Panoplia Dogmatica of Euthymios Zigabenos

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Demetrius Kantakouzenos into Serbian
  • Translations of Angelos Sikelianos poetry into Serbian

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly styleMedieval text analysis
Recurring Motifs
Medieval Serbian literatureByzantine influence

Legacy

Renowned as a leading expert in medieval Serbian literature, contributing to studies on medieval records and hagiography. Dismissed in 1998 by Milošević regime but highly regarded for academic achievements.

Trivia

  • Dismissed from university in 1998 due to participation in 1997 protests.