Simo Matavulj

Simo Matavulj

Simo Matavulj , ( Serbian - Cyrillic Симо Матавуљ ; born September 14, 1852 in Šibenik , † February 20, 1908 in Belgrade ) was a Serbian writer.

biography

Matavulj came from the Dalmatian coastal country, which was inhabited by people of both Catholic and Orthodox faith. He therefore knew both milieus well. Matavulj stayed for a while in Krupa Monastery , the center of Orthodoxy in Dalmatia .

Simo Matavulj is one of the most important authors of Serbian realism. He described the Dalmatian and Montenegrin coastal country, Montenegro and Belgrade and its inhabitants with humor and irony. The old society is critically examined.

The novel Bakonja Fra-Brne , in which the author tries to give a panorama of the whole of Dalmatian life, is considered the main work or a key work of Serbian realism . Matavulj's own experiences are reflected in it, although he lets the story take place in a Catholic Franciscan monastery . It describes the development of a boy who grows up in a monastery and gradually becomes a monk, although he is not at all suitable for it. In the end, like all other monks, he maintains a relationship with a woman. Matavulj has also been referred to as the “Serbian Rabelais ” because of its critical and humorous portrayal .

Works

• Pošljednji vitezovi - The Last Knights, describes the decay of the old patrician world
• Dogadjaji u Seocu - Events in Seoce
• Ljudi i prilike - people and circumstances
• Novi svijet u starom Rozopeku - New World in old Rozopek
• Ljudi i prilike u Gulinu - people and circumstances in Gulin
• Bakonja Fra-Brne , Roman 1892 (German His Glory Frater Brne, 1979)
• Zavjet , drama 1897
• Uskok , 1902
• Car Duklijan , 1918
• Iz raznijeh krajeva , short stories 1923
• Izabrane pripovijetke , 1947
• Sabrana dela 7 vols. 1953–54
• Odabrana dela , 2 vols. 1962

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