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Slobodan Rakitić

スロボダン・ラキティッチ

Slobodan Rakitić

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1940-09-30 (Raška, Kingdom of Yugoslavia)
Died
2013-01-01 (Belgrade, Serbia) age 72
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Religion
Serbian Orthodox Church
Residence History
Raška → Novi Pazar → Belgrade

Career

Occupations
writer, politician
Active Years
1967-2013
Affiliations
Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation, Association of Writers of Serbia
Memberships
Association of Writers of Serbia (President 1994-2005)

Education

Belgrade Medical School
Medical Faculty
Country: Yugoslavia
Initially attended but transferred
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Faculty of Philology / Department of Language and Literature
Country: Yugoslavia
Graduated

Awards

Milan Rakić award
1974
Result: 受賞
Isidora Sekulić Award
1982
Result: 受賞
Branko Miljković award
1989
Result: 受賞
Laza Kostić award
1995
Result: 受賞
Kočić's pen award
1997
Result: 受賞
Jovan Dučić award
1998
Result: 受賞
Gold Link award
1998
Result: 受賞
Prince Lazar's Gold Cross award
1998
Result: 受賞
The October Belgrade Prize
1990
Work: Deeds on Fire
Result: 受賞
Rade Drainac award
1991
Work: Deeds on Fire
Result: 受賞
Jelena Balšić award
2013
Organization: Metropolitanate of Montenegro and the Littoral
Result: 受賞(追賞)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Lights of Writings

1967 Poetry

Book of poetry

lightwritings

Raska Tunes

1968 Poetry

Book of poetry

Raškatunes

The world is not our home

1970 Poetry

Book of poetry

worldhome

Earth on the Tongue

1973 Poetry

Book of poetry

earthtongue

Poems of Tree and Fruit

1978 Poetry

Book of poetry

nature

Craving for the South

1981 Poetry

Book of poetry

south

A Descendant

1982 Poetry

Book of poetry

descendant

Basic Land

1988 Poetry

Book of poetry

land

Deeds on Fire

1990 Poetry

Book of poetry

firedeeds

A Soul and a Sandbar

1994 Poetry

Book of poetry

soulsandbar

Bibliography

  • Lights of Writings (1967)
  • Raska Tunes (1968)
  • The world is not our home (1970)
  • Earth on the Tongue (1973)
  • Poems of Tree and Fruit (1978)
  • Craving for the South (1981)
  • A Descendant (1982)
  • Basic Land (1988)
  • Deeds on Fire (1990)
  • A Soul and a Sandbar (1994)
  • From Ithaca to Illusion (1985)
  • Forms and Meanings (1994)
  • Yugoslav Peoples' Poetry of Romanticism (1978)
  • Selected Works in five volumes
  • Selected and New Poems (1998)
  • Letters Made of Water (2000)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
meditative lyricintimistelegiacreflexivereligiousneosymbolistic
Recurring Motifs
historyculturetraditional valueslife and deathposition of individualhistoric collective sufferings

Legacy

Serbian meditative lyric poet and politician who actively fought for human rights and democratic freedoms. Served as president of the Association of Writers of Serbia and received numerous literary awards.