Jovan Popović
Born18 November 1905
Kikinda, Austria-Hungary
Died13 February 1952(1952-02-13) (aged 46)
Belgrade, FPR Yugoslavia
Resting placeBelgrade New Cemetery
OccupationPoet, novelist

Jovan Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Поповић; 18 November 1905 – 13 February 1952) was a Serbian writer and academic.[1]

Popović was born in Kikinda, in modern-day Serbia. He joined the Yugoslav Partisans in the beginning of the armed struggle in Serbia in 1941. He became a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts on November 14, 1950. His statue stands on the square of his hometown of Kikinda and a grammar school in Belgrade is named after him.[2][3]

Selected works

  • Knjiga drugova (1929)[4]
  • Reda mora da bude (1932)[5]
  • Lica u prolazu (1941)
  • Istinite legende (1944)[6]

References

  1. ↑ Martinović, Jelena (2015-11-19). "Pre 110 godina rođen je pesnik Jovan Popović". Sjajne Vesti (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  2. ↑ Tambura: A Definition of the Shape, Dimensions, and Technology of Crafting Vojvodina System Tambure ... Tamburitza Association of America. 1998.
  3. ↑ "Jovan Popovic Grammar School". Jovan Popovic.
  4. ↑ Knjiga drugova. OCLC 42055599.
  5. ↑ Jovan Popović (1932). Reda mora da bude: 13 novela iz Vojvodine. Nolit.
  6. ↑ Jovan Popović (1955). Istinite legende. Dečja knjiga.
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