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Milo Dor

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Milo Dor

Pen Names: Alex LutinPen name, Alexander DormannPen name

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1923-03-07 (Budapest)
Died
2005-12-05 (Vienna) age 82
Nationality
Austrian, Serbian
Languages
German, Serbo-Croatian
Residence History
Banat → Belgrade → Vienna → Rovinj

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, journalist
Active Years
1940-2005
Affiliations
Group 47, Austrian PEN Club, Austrian Writers Federation
Memberships
Member of the Austrian PEN Club and president of the Professional Association of Austrian writers

Education

University of Vienna
Drama and Romance languages
Year of Graduation: 1949
Country: Austria

Awards

Austrian state award for literature
1962
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: 受賞
Anton Wildgans Prize
1972
Result: 受賞
Literary award of Vienna
1977
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: 受賞
Austrian Prize for Literature
1980
Result: 受賞
Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
1983
Result: 受賞
Honorary Gold Medal of Vienna
1988
Organization: City of Vienna
Result: 受賞
Austrian State Prize for services to the Austrian culture abroad
1989
Organization: Austrian Government
Result: 受賞
Honorary Award of the Austrian book trade for tolerance in thought and action
1990
Organization: Austrian book trade
Result: 受賞
Andreas Gryphius Prize
1998
Result: 受賞
Bruno Kreisky Prize for the Political Book
2001
Result: 受賞
Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria
2003
Result: 受賞
Gold Medal for Meritorious Service to the Province of Vienna
2004
Organization: Province of Vienna
Result: 受賞
Theodor Kramer Prize
2006
Result: 受賞(追賞)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Raikow Saga

Historical novel

A trilogy with autobiographical elements about the Yugoslav Resistance: Dead men on leave, Nothing but memories, The white town

Yugoslav historyCriticism of nationalism
Translations
  • Available in English

Translations by Author

  • Translated Serbo-Croatian literature into German, including Ivo Andrić, Miroslav Krleža etc.

Translations of Works

  • Dead men on leave (1962), On the wrong track (1993), International zone (1999)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Historical novelsCrime fictionEssays
Recurring Motifs
Criticism of nationalismYugoslav historyIdentity

Health

  • Heart failure
    2005年
    Cause of death

Legacy

Serbian-Austrian writer known for historical novels on Yugoslav and European history, critic of nationalism. Received numerous literary awards.

Quotes

  • My forefathers took themselves for Serbs because they had fled from the Turks to Austria... The more I think about it, the more I feel as a Thracian.
    Source: Ein Fremder unter lauter Ausländern (1993)

Trivia

  • Real name: Milutin Doroslovac