Milosav Jelić

Milosav Jelić (Skobalj (Smederevo), Kingdom of Serbia, 13 March 1883 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 6 July 1947) was a Serbian chetnik active in Old Serbia and Macedonia. He was also a writer, war poet and one of the leading Belgrade journalists at the daily newspaper Politika before World War II.[1]

Biography

Born in Skobalj (Smederevo) to Serbian parents. After he graduated from the Belgrade gymnasium in 1903, he studied military history at the Military Academy in Belgrade. After he graduated, he joined the Serbian Chetnik Organization, participated in the Balkan Wars of 1912 and 1913 and the Great War. Later, he was assigned to a diplomatic legation. In the 1920s he joined the largest daily newspaper in Belgrade – Politika (Politics).[2]

During the Macedonian struggle and the Fight in Velika Hoča in particular, Milosav Jelić, published the poem Kujundžića majka (Kujundžić's Mother) in the collection of Srbijanski venac (Serbian Garland), memorializing voivode Lazar Kujundžić. In the same book, he wrote a poem about Stojan Koruba.[3] He also immortalized volunteer, Podnarednik (Lance sergeant) Mihajlo Jovanović for his acts of bravery at the height of World War I in 1917.[4] That poem and many others garnered him a reputation as a war poet.[5] He also co-wrote the lyrics for Stanislav Binički's popular composition – March on the Drina – with Miloje Popović.[6]

Legacy

Jelić fell out of favor in Communist times because of his support of the Old Order and association with the Chetnik movement, but now people want to celebrate him and his work again.

Works
  • Letopis Juga: Listine: Zapisi: Dnevnik: Pomenik. Belgrade, 1930[7]
  • Srbijanski venac, Novi Sad, 1919, Belgrade, 1931[8]
  • Albanija: zapisi o ljudima i dogadjajima, Belgrade, 1933[9]
  • Knjiga Stihova, Belgrade, 1937[10]

See also

References
  1. Brunnbauer, Ulf (2009). Transnational societies, transterritorial politics: Migrations in the (post-) Yugoslav region, 19th–21st century. ISBN 9783486591637.
  2. Brunnbauer, Ulf (2009). Transnational societies, trans-territorial politics: Migrations in the (post-) Yugoslav region, 19th–21st century. ISBN 9783486591637.
  3. Milan L. Rajić (1932). Život i rad. Vol. 13. p. 1734.
  4. skupština, Yugoslavia Ustavotvorna (18 June 2019). "Stenografske beleške Ustavotvorne skupštine Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca: 1920". Državna štamparija Kraljevine Srba, Hrvata i Slovenaca – via Google Books.
  5. Milojković-Djurić, Jelena (1 January 1988). Tradition and Avant-Garde: Literature and Art in Serbian Culture, 1900–1918. East European Monographs, Boulder. ISBN 9780880331319 – via Google Books.
  6. "ZBOG NJEGA JE NASTAO "MARŠ NA DRINU": Junačka pogibija na Kolubari". www.intermagazin.rs.
  7. Jelić, Milosav (1930). "Letopis juga: Listine : Zapisi : Dnevnik : Pomenik".
  8. Jelić, Milosav (1931). "Srbijanski venac".
  9. Jelić, Milosav (1933). "Albanija: Zapisi o ljudima i događajima".
  10. "Milosav Jelic KNJIGA STIHOVA (65413481) - Limundo.com". www.limundo.com.
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