Simo Matavulj
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Simo Matavulj (Template:Langx; 12 September 1852 – 20 February 1908) was a Serbian writer and translator.[1][2]
Biography
After finishing elementary school in his hometown of Šibenik, he continued his education in Krupa Monastery and Zadar. He started working as a teacher in Montenegro in 1881 and moved to Serbia in 1887.[3]
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.
Matavulj 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.[2]
Legacy
Nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić called him "the master storyteller".[3]
Works
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- 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
- 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- The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, unpublished during Matavulj's lifetime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
Sources
- 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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- 1852 births
- 1908 deaths
- People from Šibenik
- Writers from the Kingdom of Dalmatia
- Serbs of Croatia
- Serbian short story writers
- Serbian male short story writers
- Serbian novelists
- 19th-century novelists
- Writers from Austria-Hungary
- Immigrants to the Kingdom of Serbia