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Labud Dragić

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Labud Dragić

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1954-10-24 (Ljevišta, Morača Highland, Kolašin Municipality, Montenegro)
Nationality
Serbian, Montenegrin
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
New Belgrade, Serbia

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1985-2024
Memberships
Association of Writers of Serbia

Education

Gymnasium in Sarajevo
Degree: maturity diploma
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: Yugoslavia
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philology / literary science with focus on literary theory
Year of Graduation: 1979
Country: Yugoslavia

Awards

Isidora Sekulić Award
2017
Work: Kukavičja pilad
Result: winner
Momo Kapor Award
2017
Work: Kukavičja pilad
Result: winner
Svetozar Ćorović Award
2017
Work: Kukavičja pilad
Result: winner
Seal of Time Award for Science and Social Theory
2017
Work: Kukavičja pilad
Organization: Pečat
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kukavičja pilad

2016 novel

The plot and the fate of its characters deals with the events at the time of last Montenegrin King Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš towards the end of World War I. The title has a metaphorical meaning: the Serbian word cuckoo can be used synonymously for coward.

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Bele noći sivog sokola

2013 novel

Krv i voda

2007 novel

Divlji anđeo

1999 short stories

Bibliography

  • Those Who Do Not Have A Stamp: short stories (1985)
  • Shame In Cathedral: short stories (1990)
  • Valley Shadows (1994)
  • Wild Angel (1999)
  • In Backwater Of Lethe (2003)
  • Blood And Water (2007)
  • White Nights Of Grey Falcon (2013)
  • Cuckoo Chicks (2016)

Legacy

Serbian writer of Montenegrin origin, known for novels and short stories often dealing with historical themes in Montenegrin and Serbian contexts. Multiple award winner in 2017.

Quotes

  • I have never thought about prizes, nor did I deal with that form of social games.
    Source: Hereticus magazine, Literary Evaluation of the Day (2005)