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Dobrica Ćosić

ドブリツァ・チョシッチ

Dobrica Ćosić

Aliases: Dobrosav Ćosić

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1921-12-29 (Velika Drenova)
Died
2014-05-18 (Belgrade) age 92
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
Belgrade

Career

Occupations
writer, politician, political theorist, President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Active Years
1951-2014
Affiliations
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Memberships
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Education

Vocational agriculture school in Valjevo
Agriculture
Country: Yugoslavia

Awards

NIN Award
1954
Work: Daleko je sunce
Organization: NIN
Result: 受賞
NIN Award
1961
Work: Deobe
Organization: NIN
Result: 受賞
Medal of Pushkin
2010
Organization: Russian Federation
Result: 受賞
Order of Bravery
Organization: Yugoslavia
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Daleko je sunce

1951 Novel

A novel about the Partisan war

warrevolution

Koreni

1954 Novel

Depicts life in Serbian villages

rural lifeidentity

Deobe

1961 Novel

Depicts the divisions in Yugoslavia

nationalismdivision

Bibliography

  • Daleko je sunce (1951)
  • Koreni (1954)
  • Deobe I-III (1961)
  • Akcija (1964)
  • Bajka (1965)
  • Odgovornosti (1966)
  • Vreme smrti I-IV (1972–1979)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
realismepic
Recurring Motifs
Serbian nationalismwarhistory

Legacy

Giant of Serbian literature and politician who served as President of FR Yugoslavia, known as Father of the Nation

Academic Societies

  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

In Popular Culture

  • A street in Belgrade named after him

Trivia

  • Books translated into 30 languages
  • Won NIN Award twice