Stevan Sremac
Stevan Sremac , Cyrillic Стеван Сремац (born November 11 . Jul / 23. November 1855 greg. In Senta , Backa ; † August 12 jul. / 25. August 1906 greg. In Sokobanja ) was a Serbian writer.
Life
Sremac attended school in his hometown. After the death of his parents, he studied in Belgrade and became a teacher. As such, he worked all his life in the southern Serbian cities of Niš and Sokobanja, where he began to write relatively late, at the age of 33. Politically, Sremac was a supporter of the Liberal Party, a strictly nationalist party that supported the monarchy in Serbia under the Obrenović dynasty .
Works
Sremac was one of the main exponents of Serbian realism. He mainly wrote prose works, which describe the social conditions in Serbia in a humorous way, whereby his sympathy was the traditional, patriarchal conditions, but without idealizing them.
- Божићна печеница , 1893
- Ивкова слава , story 1895; Filming: Serbia 2005 (Director: Z. Šotra)
- Лимунација на селу , 1896
- Поп Ћира и поп Спира , Roman 1898 (translated into German, Alfred von Buttlar-Moscon : Popen are also only people, Wancura, Vienna, 1955); Film adaptation: Yugoslavia 1957 (Director: S. Jovanović); TV series in the 1980s
- Вукадин , novel 1903
- Из књига староставних , Stories 1903
- Зона Замфирова , novel 1906; Filming: Serbia 2002 (Director: Z. Šotra)
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sremac, Stevan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Senta |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 25, 1906 |
| Place of death | Sokobanya |