Veljko Petrovic
Veljko Petrović , Serbian - Cyrillic Вељко Петровић (* 23 January July / 4 February 1884 greg. In Sombor , Vojvodina ; † July 27, 1967 in Belgrade ) was a Yugoslav writer.
Life
Petrović attended high school in his hometown and then studied law in Budapest until he graduated in 1906. He then worked as a journalist for various magazines ( Srbroban in Zagreb , Sloboda in Sremska Mitrovica , Srpska riječ in Sarajevo). In 1912 he emigrated from Austria-Hungary to Serbia, where he was again active as a journalist and was active in propaganda for Serbia during the First World War. Immediately after the war he received a post in the new Yugoslav state in terms of cultural policy. He worked for a long time in the Ministry of Culture in Belgrade. In 1936 he became a member of the Serbian Academy and was director of the Belgrade National Museum for many years.
Works
Petrović began with journalistic work and poetry before he turned to the narrative, which makes up the main part of his writing. As a member of Serbian modernism, he did not change his style later, after the Second World War. His themes are the struggle for existence of the common people in Vojvodina, his style is deliberately simple and emphatically patriotic. Petrović's oeuvre is quite extensive, it includes over 100 stories, numerous collections of poetry and volumes of essays. There are almost no translations into German.
- Rodoljubive pesme , poems 1911
- Bunja i drugi iz Ravangrada , short stories 1920
- Pomeree svesti , Stories 1921
- Pripovetke 1-11 , short stories 1925–1936
- Prepelica u ruci i druge slične pripovetke , short stories 1948
Web links
- Biography , website of the city of Sombor
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Petrović, Veljko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 4, 1884 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sombor , Vojvodina |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 1967 |
| Place of death | Belgrade |