Jovan Popović (writer)

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

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

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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