Stevan Raičković

Stevan Raičković (Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Раичковић; 5 July 1928 – 6 May 2007) was a Serbian poet, writer and academic.

Stevan Raičković
Raičković in 1995
Born5 July 1928
Neresnica, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died6 May 2007(2007-05-06) (aged 78)
Belgrade, Serbia
Resting placeBelgrade New Cemetery
OccupationPoet, writer
LanguageSerbian
NationalitySerbian
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Notable worksKamena uspavanka

Biography

Raičković was born in to a family of teachers which moved a lot around the country as he was growing up. He pursued his gymnasium education in Senta, Kruševac, Smederevo and Subotica, where he graduated in 1947 and started writing for various newspapers at the age of 17 including Politika. Soon after Raičković started his studies at Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. His first job was at the redaction of Radio Belgrade and afterwards as an editor in Prosveta [1] publishing house.

He was elected as a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1972. and a full member nine years later.[2] Some of his awards include: Zmajeva, Neven, Njegoš's award, Goran's wraith ward, Branko Miljkovic award for poetry, Milos N. Djuric award for the best translation, Vuk's award, the 7 July award, October award of cities of Belgrade and Herceg-Novi.

Raičković translated numerous poets including Anna Akhmatova, Marina Tsvetaeva, Joseph Brodsky, Boris Pasternak, Shakespeare's sonnets[3] and Petrarch.

His collected works were published in 1998. and translated in more than 10 languages.[4]

Works
  • Detinjstva (1950)
  • Pesma tišine (1952)
  • Balada o predvečerju (1955)
  • Kasno leto (1958)
  • Tisa (1961)
  • Kamena uspavanka (1963)
  • Stihovi (1964)
  • Prolazi rekom lađa (1967)
  • Varke (1967)
  • Zapisi (1971)
  • Zapisi o crnom Vladimiru (1971)
  • Slučajni memoari (1978)
  • Točak za mučenje (1981)
  • Panonske ptice (1988)
  • Monolog na Topoli (1988)
  • Svet oko mene (1988)
  • Stihovi iz dnevnika (1990)
  • Fascikla 1999/2000 (2004)
  • Čarolija o Herceg-Novom (1989)
  • Suvišna pesma (1991)
  • Kineska priča (1995)
  • Intimne mape (1978)
  • Zlatna greda (1993)
  • Beleške o poeziji (1978)
  • Portreti pesnika (1987)
  • Dnevnik o poeziji (1990)
  • Dnevnik o poeziji II (1997)
  • Nulti ciklus (1998)
  • U društvu pesnika (2000)
  • Slova i besede (2000)
  • Linija magle (2001)
  • Monolog o poeziji (2001)
  • Veliko dvorište (1955)
  • Družina pod suncem (1960)
  • Gurije (1962)
  • Krajcara i druge pesme (1971)
  • Vetrenjača (1974)
  • Male bajke (1974)
  • Slike i prilike (1978)
  • Selidba (1983)
  • Jedan mogući život (Homo poeticus) (2002)

Translations

  • Shakespeare's sonnets (1964)
  • Six Russian poets (1970)
  • Love sonnets – Petrarch (1974)
  • Slovenske rime (1976)
  • Zlatna jesen – selection of poetry by Boris Pasternak (1990)

References
  1. Stevan Raičković: PESME, Srpska književnost u sto knjiga, knjiga 99, Matica srpska/Srpska književna zadruga, 1972.
  2. skazna. "Stevan Raičković". www.smrtnakazna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 19 August 2018.
  3. "Umro pesnik Stevan Raičković". Politika Online. Retrieved 25 August 2019.
  4. "Stevan Raičković (1928–2007)". riznicasrpska.net. Retrieved 19 August 2018.
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