Mihajlo Lalić
Mihajlo Lalić , Serbian Михаило Лалић (born October 7, 1914 in Trepča , Montenegro , † December 30, 1992 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian writer from Montenegro.
Life
Lalić came from north-eastern Montenegro. He studied law. Since 1941 he was in the resistance fight. After the Second World War he exercised various cultural and political functions as a communist. For many years he was chairman of the Yugoslav Writers' Association and was a member of both the Serbian and Montenegrin Academy of Sciences , of which he was vice-president. In 1973 he won the NIN magazine's literature prize and the Njegoš prize. Lalić lived in Herceg Novi and Belgrade, where he eventually died.
Works
Lalić began to write prose after World War II, mainly dealing with the subject of partisan struggle during the war in Montenegro. Typical for him is the depiction of being rushed in combat and surviving in hopeless situations.
- Извидница, short stories 1948
- Свадба, Roman 1950 (German The Wedding, 1972)
- Први снијег, short stories 1951
- Зло прољеће, novel 1953
- Раскид, novel 1955
- На мјесечини, short stories 1956
- Лелејска гора, Roman 1957 (Eng. The Mountain of Lamentations, 1967)
- Хајка, Roman 1960
- Посљедње брдо, short stories 1967
- Прамен таме, novel 1970
- Ратна срећа, novel 1973
- Заточници, novel 1976
- Докле гора зазелени, novel 1982
- Гледајући доље на друмове, novel 1983
- Одлучан човјек, Roman 1990
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lalić, Mihajlo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian-Montenegrin writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1914 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Trepča , Montenegro |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 30, 1992 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |