Mihailo Lalić
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| Native name | Михаило Лалић |
| Born | 7 October 1914 Trepča, Andrijevica, Kingdom of Montenegro |
| Died | 30 December 1992 (aged 78) Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Montenegrin |
| Citizenship | Yugoslavian |
| Genre | Realism, social realism |
| Years active | 1948–1992 |
| Notable works | Lelejska gora, Hajka, Zlo proljeće |
| Notable awards | NIN Award, Njegoš Award |
Mihailo Lalić (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Лалић, pronounced [mixǎilɔ lâlit͡ɕ]; 7 October 1914 – 30 December 1992) was a Montenegrin and Serbian[1][2][3][4][5][6] writer.
Biography
[edit]He was born in Trepča (Andrijevica municipality) village in north-eastern Montenegro in 1914. His most important novels are "Svadba", "Zlo proljeće", "Raskid", "Hajka", "Ratna sreća", and his masterpiece, "Lelejska gora".
He won the NIN Award (NIN magazine's prize for the novel of the year) for "Ratna sreća" in 1973, and was the first recipient of "Njegoš Award" for "Lelejska gora". In his novels he depicted major events in modern history of Montenegro, World Wars in particular, and battling between communist Partisans and royalist Chetniks.
He lived in Herceg-Novi and Belgrade and was a member of both the Montenegrin and Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, whose vice-president he was. He was also a member of SKOJ and Communist Party. He died in Belgrade in 1992.
Bibliography
[edit]Short stories
[edit]- Izvidnica (The Patrol) (1948)
- Prvi snijeg (The First Snow) (1951)
- Na mjesečini (In the Moonlight) (1956)
- Posljednje brdo (The Last Hill) (1967)
Novels
[edit]- Svadba (The Wedding) (1950)
- Zlo proljeće (The Evil Spring) (1953)
- Raskid (Separation) (1955)
- Lelejska gora (The Mountain of Cries) (1957, 1962)
- Hajka (The Pursuit) (1960)
- Pramen tame (The Lock of Darkness) (1970)
- Ratna sreća (The Luck of War) (1973)
- Zatočnici (The Advocates) (1976)
- Dokle gora zazeleni (Until the Mountain Turns Green) (1982)
- Gledajući dolje na drumove (Looking Down on the Roads) (1983)
- Odlučan čovjek (Determined Man) (1990)
References
[edit]- ^ "Čitač knjiga". digitalna.nb.rs. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
- ^ "Jovan Deretic: Kratka istorija srpske knjizevnosti". www.rastko.rs. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "- Crnogorski đaci bez najvećih pisaca". www.politika.rs. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Nova ratna proza". www.vreme.com. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ "Zaborav nad zlim prolećem". www.novosti.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 13 December 2018.
- ^ Radisavljević, Z. "Posveta Mihailu Laliću". Politika Online. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
External links
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- 1914 births
- 1992 deaths
- People from Andrijevica
- People of the Kingdom of Montenegro
- Vasojevići
- Members of the Central Committee of the 13th Congress of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia
- Montenegrin novelists
- Members of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Yugoslav Partisans members
- Yugoslav novelists
- Recipients of the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour