Mira Alečković
Mira Alečković | |
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| Native name | Мира Алечковић |
| Born | 2 February 1924 Novi Sad, Kingdom of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes |
| Died | 27 February 2008 (aged 84) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Occupation | Writer, poet, translator |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade, Sorbonne |
Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet.[1]
Biography
[edit]She lived in Belgrade since age two, but spent her childhood between villages in Vojvodina, Dalmatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo, where her aunt Jelena Trpinac worked as a school teacher. Alečković finished primary and secondary school in Belgrade.[2][3] She received a degree in Slavic Studies at University of Belgrade, and went to further study at the Sorbonne.[4] She participated in the pre-World War II leftist movement. During World War II in Yugoslavia she participated in Yugoslav Partisans movement actions.[5]
After the war, Alečković published her first collection of poems Zvezdane balade in 1946, inspired by the struggle of people in the Yugoslav region. In 1949, she published poetry collections Dani razigrani and Tri proleća, while her first novel Srebrna kosa appeared in 1953.[4]
She edited some of the first newspapers for young people after the war, including the newspapers Omladina, Mladost and Pionir.[3] Together with fellow writers, she founded the youth literary magazine Zmaj, where she was the editor-in-chief for 40 years.[4]
In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.[1][6]
Her works have been translated in more than 20 languages.[4][7]
Works
[edit]- Collections of poems
- Zvezdane balade, 1946
- Dani razigrani, 1949
- Tri proleća,1949
- Pionirsko proleće, 1955
- Prijatelji, 1956
- Lastavica, 1957
- Srebrni voz, 1963
- Sunčani soliteri, 1970
- Da život bude ljubav, 1972
- Sanjalica, 1975
- Ne mogu bez snova, 1980
- Staza srebrom izvezena, 1982
- Novels
- Srebrna Kosa, 1953
- Zbogom velika tajno, 1960
- Zašto grdiš reku?
- Jutro
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alečković, Mira", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved 2 March 2014
- ^ Portal, BUKA (2020-02-27). "Nevjerovatni život Mire Alečković, heroine jednog vremena | 6yka". 6yka.com (in Bosnian). Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b "Mira Alečković biografija | Moja Lektira". www.mojalektira.com. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ a b c d "Mira Alečković Biografija". Biografija.org (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 14.
- ^ "Mira Alečković - Biografija". ART mozaik (in Bosnian). 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
- ^ "Mira Alečković - dobra vila iz čitanki". Knjige na dlanu (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
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