Milorad Pavić (Author)

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Milorad Pavić ( Cyrillic Милорад Павић; born October 15, 1929 in Belgrade , † November 30, 2009 ibid) was a Serbian writer .

Life

Pavić wrote prose, poetry and was a historian of Serbian literature from the 17th to the 19th centuries. He was a specialist in the field of baroque and symbolism , translator of Pushkin and Byron and professor at the universities of Novi Sad (1974–1982) and Belgrade (1982–1992). From 1991 he was a member of both the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Société européenne de culture . He lived in Belgrade and was married to the writer and literary critic Jasmina Mihajlović for the second time . He had two children from his first marriage.

Building his non-linear and interactive novels

Milorad Pavić became famous primarily for the non-linear and interactive structure of his novels. He was of the opinion that the reader should decide for himself how he will read his novels.

  • The novel The Khazarian Dictionary is like a lexicon : It consists of individual articles that are linked together by cross-references . It is about a polemic between representatives of the Jewish , Christian and Islamic faith. The course is shown from all three perspectives; the lexicon therefore consists of three alphabetically arranged parts, with central articles being present several times and often deviating from one another in essential points. It is up to the reader which of the articles to read in which order.
  • Landscape painted in tea is structured like a crossword puzzle.
  • The inner side of the wind or The novel by Hero and Leander tells the story of a man and a woman (based on the Greek legend Hero and Leander ). The book can be read from both sides (from the first page to the middle and from the last page to the middle). Thus, the two main characters literally meet in the middle of the book.
  • The Last Love in Constantinople is a novel, the course of which is decided by the reader by placing tarot cards. Each card has a chapter in the book.
  • A chest for writing utensils is a novel in which the reader gradually opens the various compartments of an old chest and discovers its secrets. The reader chooses the order himself.

The Khazarian dictionary and The Last Love in Constantinople exist in 2 versions - a male and a female version, which differ only in a few critical passages.

Works

  • The Khazarian dictionary. Lexicon novel in 100,000 words ("Hazarski rečnik", 1984). Hanser, Munich 1988 (2 issues)
  • Landscape painted in tea. Roman ("Predeo slikan čajem"). Hanser, Munich 1991, ISBN 3-446-15753-0 .
  • The Inner Side of the Wind or The novel by Hero and Leander ("Unutrašnja strana vetra. Ili roman o Heri i Leandru"). Hanser, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-446-17041-3 .

literature

  • Tatjana Aleksić: National Definition through Postmodern Fragmentation. Milorad Pavić's "Dictionary of the Khazars" . In: Slavic and East European Journal , Vol. 53 (2009), pp. 86-104, ISSN  0037-6752 .
  • Edeltraude Ehrlich: The historical and the fictional in the “Khazarian Dictionary” by Milorad Pavić . Dissertation, University of Klagenfurt 1994.
  • Andreas Leitner: Milorad Pavić's novel “The Khazarian Dictionary”. A poetic signature of contemporary forms of consciousness . Carinthia publishing house, Klagenfurt 1991, ISBN 3-85378-382-1 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Translated from Serbo-Croatian by Bärbel Schulte.

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personal data
SURNAME Pavic, Milorad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 15, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgrade
DATE OF DEATH November 30, 2009
Place of death Belgrade