Simo Matavulj (Serbian: Симо Матавуљ, 14 September 1852 – 20 February 1908) was a Serbian writer.[1]
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Born | Šibenik, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austrian Empire | 14 September 1852
Died | 20 February 1908 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia | (aged 55)
Occupation | Novelist |
Language | Serbian |
Period | Realism |
Genre | Satire |
Subject | Dalmatian people |
Notable works | Bakonja fra-Brne, Pilipenda, Biljeske Jednog Pisca |
He was a representative of lyric realism, especially in short prose. As a writer, he is best known for employing his skill in holding up to ridicule the peculiar foibles of the Dalmatian folk.
He was an honorary member of the Matica srpska of Novi Sad, the first president of the Association of Writers of Serbia, president of the Society of Artists of Serbia and a member of the Serbian Royal Academy.
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Legacy
editNobel prize winner Ivo Andrić called him "the master storyteller".[2]
Works
edit- Noć uoči Ivanje, Zadar, 1873.
- Naši prosjaci, Zadar, 1881.
- Iz Crne Gore i Primorja I, Novi Sad, 1888.
- Iz Crne Gore i Primorja II, Cetinje, 1889.
- Novo oružje, Belgrade, 1890.
- Iz prіmorskog žіvota, Zagreb, 1890.
- Sa Jadrana, Belgrade, 1891.
- Iz beogradskog života, Belgrade, 1891.
- Bakonja fra-Brne, Belgrade, 1892.
- Uskok, Belgrade, 1893.
- Iz raznijeh krajeva, Mostar, 1893.
- Boka i Bokelji, Novi Sad, 1893.
- Primorska obličja, Novi Sad, 1899.
- Deset godina u Mavritaniji, Belgrade, 1899.
- Tri pripovetke, Mostar, 1899.
- Na pragu drugog života, Sremski Karlovci, 1899.
- S mora i planine, Novi Sad, 1901.
- Beogradske priče, Belgrade, 1902.
- Pošljednji vitezovi i Svrzimantija, Mostar, 1903.
- Život, Belgrade 1904.
- Na slavi, Belgrade, 1904.
- Zavjet, Belgrade, 1904.
- Car Duklijan, Mostar, 1906.
- Nemirne duše, Belgrade, 1908.
- Bilješke jednoga pisca, Belgrade, 1923.
- Golub Dobrašinović
Translations
edit- Na vodi by Guy de Maupassant, 1893.
- Vilina knjiga, a collection of fairy tales, 1894.
- Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1893.
- Zimske priče by M. de Vogie, 1894.
- The dream by Émile Zola
- Pučanin kao vlastelin by Moliere, 1906.
- The Misanthrope by Moliere,
- The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, unpublished during Matavulj's lifetime
References
edit- ^ "Родослов породице Матавуљ из Шибеника". Порекло (in Serbian). 29 October 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2021.
- ^ "[Projekat Rastko] Simo Matavulj: Pripovetke".
- Translated and adapted from Jovan Skerlić's Istorija nove srpske književnosti / History of New Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pp. 390–395.
External links
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- (in Serbian) Extensive biography