Oskar Davičo

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Not to be confused with Oskar Danon.
Oskar Davičo
Faculty of Philosophy
Notable awardsNIN Award
1956 Beton i svici
1963 Gladi
1964 Tajne

Oskar Davičo (

revolutionary socialist activist and a politician. Davičo was awarded prestigious literary NIN Award a record three times.[2]

Biography

Early life

Oskar Davičo was born on 18 January 1909

World War I in Serbia, Šabac was the scene of heavy fighting, so the whole family moved temporarily to Negotin.[3]

Interwar period

Davičo finished the

Sremska Mitrovica prison.[3] While incarcerated, he wrote a novel titled "Detinjstvo" (Childhood), but did not finish it. The manuscript was lost during his transfer from Lepoglava to Sremska Mitrovica in 1935.[3] After his release, he lived in Belgrade and worked as a co-editor of a magazine called "Naša stvarnost" (Our Reality).[3]

After a broad police action in Belgrade in 1938, Davičo was arrested again, but released soon after. He left Belgrade and moved to

April War broke out soon after, and the novel was never printed.[3]

World War II

Working illegally for the CPY, Davičo moved to Italian-occupied

Belgrade Offensive.[3]

Post-World War II

After the liberation, Davičo stayed in Belgrade and worked for a month in the newly established

travel novel about his experiences in Greece in 1947, Davičo left journalism and became a full-time writer. He spent the rest of his life in Belgrade.[3]

Death

Oskar Davičo died on 30 September 1989 in Belgrade. He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery.[3]

Literary work

Handwritings of the novel "Beton i svici" by Davičo

Davičo's literary work belongs to the

leftist elements to his poetry.[5] Although mainly social, his 1938 poetry book "Pesme" (Poems) also contains humor, word play, and eroticism.[5] His next two poetry books, "Hana" (1939) and "Višnja za zidom" (1950) are thematically linked to "Pesme" and they form a poetic trilogy.[5] The main theme of "Hana" is love, while the theme of "Višnja za zidom" is revolutionary. Similar theme is explored in the poem "Zrenjanin" (1949) about the life and death of Partisan leader Žarko Zrenjanin. The climax of Davičo's surrealist poetry is reached in the poem "Čovekov čovek" (1953).[5] After "Čovekov čovek", Davičo published a dozen more poetry books, which were poorly received with both critic and readers.[5]

Davičo started writing novels during and after the World War II. Novels are the most important part of his work after the poetry.[5] In the novels "Ćutnje" (1963), "Gladi" (1963) "Tajne" (1964), and "Bekstva" (1966), he wrote about the prison life of Yugoslavian Communists in the interwar period. In "Pesma" (1952) and "Gospodar zaborava" (1981), he writes about the World War II in Yugoslavia and the people's liberation movement. Finally, in "Beton i svici" (1956) and "Radni naslov beskraja" (1958), Davičo writes about the post-war build-up of Yugoslavia.[5] The main characters of his novels are usually young revolutionary communists.[5]

For his literary work, Davičo received numerous awards. He was the only author to be awarded the NIN Award for the novel of the year three times: in 1956 for "Beton i svici", in 1963 for "Gladi", and in 1964 for "Tajne".[3]

Novels

  • "Pesma" (Poem), 1952[3]
  • "Beton i svici" (Concrete and Fireflies), 1955
  • "Radni naslov beskraja" (Working Title of the Eternity), 1958
  • "Generalbas", 1962
  • "Ćutnje" (Silences), 1963
  • "Gladi" (Hungers), 1963
  • "Tajne" (Secrets), 1964
  • "Bekstva" (The Escapes), 1966
  • "Zavičaji" (Homelands), 1971
  • "Gospodar zaborava" (The Master of Oblivion), 1980

Poetry

  • "Anatomija" (Anatomy), 1930
  • "Pesme" (Poems), 1938
  • "Hana", 1939[5]
  • "Zrenjanin", 1949
  • "Višnja za zidom" (A Cherry Tree Behind a Wall), 1950
  • "Čovekov čovek" (A Man's Man), 1953
  • "Nastanjene oči" (Occupied Eyes), 1954
  • "Flora", 1955
  • "Pesme" (Poems), 1958
  • "Kairos", 1959
  • "Tropi" (Tropics), 1959
  • "Sunovrati" (Downfalls), 1963
  • "Snimci" (Recordings), 1963
  • "Pročitani jezik" (A Language Read), 1972
  • "Telo telu" (Body to Body), 1975
  • "Veverice-leptiri ili nadopis obojenog žbuna" (Squirrel-butterflies, or By-writing of the Colored Bush), 1976
  • "Misterije dana" (Mysteries of a Day), 1979

Other

References

  1. ^ a b "Na današnji dan – 18. januar" [On this day: 18th of January] (in Serbian). B92. 18 January 2003. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Ko će dobiti NIN-ovu nagradu?" [Who Wins the NIN Award?] (in Serbian). B92. 14 January 2012. Retrieved 8 February 2015.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v Šašić, Branko (1998). Znameniti Šapčani i Podrinci [Famous People of Šabac and Podrinje] (in Serbian). Šabac: Dragan Srnić.
  4. ^ Petranović, Branko (1981). Istorija Jugoslavije 1918–1978 [History of Yugoslavia 1918–1978] (in Serbo-Croatian). Belgrade: NOLIT. p. 65.
  5. ^
    ISBN 978-86-86761-13-2
    .

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