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Jovan Hristić

ヨヴァン・フリストィチ

Jovan Hristić

Aliases: Jovan Vava Hristić

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1933-08-26 (Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Died
2002-06-20 (Sremska Kamenica, FR Yugoslavia) age 68
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Religion
Serbian Orthodox
Residence History
Belgrade → Novi Sad

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic, theater critic, translator, editor, professor
Active Years
1954-2002
Affiliations
IRO Nolit

Education

Second Men's Gymnasium
Country: Yugoslavia
Classmate with Slobodan Selenić
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philosophy / Philosophy and Architecture
Year of Graduation: 1958
Country: Yugoslavia
Studied architecture and philosophy.

Awards

Isidora Sekulić Award
1968
Category: 批評
Result: Winner
Sterija Award for Drama
Result: Winner
Sterija Award for Theatrology
Result: Winner
Djordje Jovanovic Award
Category: 批評
Result: Winner
Milan Rakic Award
Result: Winner
Pavle Bihalji Bookstore Award
1993
Work: New and latest songs
Category: 最優秀詩集
Organization: Pavle Bihalji Bookstore
Result: Winner
Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša International Award
2001
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Clean Hands

1961 Drama
Modern issues

Orestes

1961 Drama

Savonarola and his friends

1965 Drama

The Ulysses Diary

1954 Poetry

Bibliography

  • The Ulysses Diary
  • Poems 1952-1959
  • Alexandrian School
  • Old and new songs
  • New and latest songs
  • Collected Poems
  • Collected Poems (2002)
  • U tavni čas - posthumno (2003)
  • Clean Hands
  • Orestes
  • Savonarola and his friends
  • Seven: Today
  • Terrace
  • Poetry and the Critique of Poetry
  • Poetry and Philosophy
  • Forms of Modern Literature
  • Theater, Theater
  • Chekhov, playwright
  • Theater, Theater II
  • Drama Studies
  • Theatre Papers
  • Essays
  • Theater Papers II
  • About tragedy
  • On the Search for Theater
  • Selected Essays - Posthumous (2005)
  • Professor of Mathematics and Other Essays
  • Terrace on two seas - posthumously (2002)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Advocate of modern Serbian lyricsUsing classic characters to address modern human issues
Recurring Motifs
Eternal problems plaguing modern manModern phenomena in literature and art

Legacy

Recognized as an advocate of modern Serbian poetry, he blended classics and contemporary issues in plays, essays, and criticism.

Trivia

  • Great-grandson of Filip Hristić
  • High school classmate of Slobodan Selenić