Proka Jovkić
Proka Jovkić | |
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| Born | 27 August 1886 |
| Died | 27 April 1915 (aged 28) |
| Cause of death | Typhus |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Occupation | Writer |
Proka Jovkić (
Biography
Vivid pictures of Proka Jovkić's boyhood are to be found in the pages of his poems, published in Serbian newspapers in San Francisco before the First Balkan War of 1912. Born in
Early resolved to be a poet and journalist, Jovkić found his best material in
Jovkić's life as an itinerant worker had made him a rebel and study had made him a
Encouraged by positive reviews of Jovan Skerlić from back home (in Belgrade), he soon published his second book Poezije neba i zemlje (Poetry of Heaven and Earth, first published in San Francisco, 1910). After moving back to Serbia to join the army in the First Balkan War, he published his third and final poetry book – Kniga borbe i života (The Book of Battles and Life Struggles, 1912) in Serbia. He succumbed to typhus some three years later in Niš.
Work
The first Serbian-American poet, Proka Jovkić lived in San Francisco and Oakland at the beginning of the century, from 1903 to 1911. The epithet “the poet-torch” underlines the character of his poetry; his work was greatly influenced by the tempestuous events at the turn of the century in his native land menaced by war. Under the impact of
See also
- Milutin Bojić
- Vladislav Petković Dis
- Miloš Crnjanski
- Dušan Vasiljev
- Ljubomir Micić,
- Rastko Petrović
- Stanislav Vinaver
- Branislav Milosavljević
References
- Jovan Skerlić, Istorija nove srpske književnosti// (Belgrade, 1914 and 1921), page 465
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