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Erih Koš

エリフ・コシュ

Erih Koš

Aliases: Erich Kosch

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1913-04-15 (Sarajevo)
Died
2010-05-25 age 97
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Religion
Judaism

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, lawyer, literary critic
Active Years
1935-2010
Affiliations
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Memberships
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Education

University of Belgrade
Faculty of Law
Year of Graduation: 1935
Country: Serbia

Awards

NIN Prize
1967
Work: Mreža (The Net)
Organization: NIN
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Mreža (The Net)

1967 novel

A novel dealing with themes of resistance and problems in Yugoslav society.

resistancesocial issues
Translations
  • Translations published in around ten countries across Europe and in the USA

Bibliography

  • U vatri
  • Tri hronike
  • Zapisi o mladim ljudima
  • Vreme
  • Čudnovata povest o Kitu Velikom takođe zvanom Veliki Mak (The Strange Story of the Great Whale Also Known as Big Mac)
  • Il tifo
  • Kao vuci
  • Sneg i led
  • Novosadski pokolj
  • Vrapci Van Pea
  • Prvo lice jednine
  • Imena
  • Taj prokleti zanat spisateljski
  • Mreža
  • Satire
  • Mešano društvo
  • Zašto da ne
  • Dosije Hrabak
  • Cveće i bodlje
  • The best years
  • Na autobuskoj stanici
  • U potrazi za Mesijom
  • Bosanske priče
  • Satira i satiričari
  • Šamforova smrt
  • Pisac govora
  • Uzgredne zabeleške
  • Miševi

Translations by Author

  • Translations of Goethe and Chamisso into Serbian

Translations of Works

  • Translations published in around ten countries across Europe and in the USA

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Novels and narrations treating topics of resistance and problems in Yugoslav society

Legacy

Jewish Serbian writer who won the NIN Prize and was elected to the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He wrote mainly novels and narrations on resistance and Yugoslav society issues, and translated Goethe and Chamisso into Serbian.

Academic Societies

  • Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts