Mira Alečković

Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet.[1]

Mira Alečković
A photo of Mira Alečković
Native name
Мира Алечковић
Born(1924-02-02)2 February 1924
Novi Sad, Kingdom of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes
Died27 February 2008(2008-02-27) (aged 84)
Belgrade, Serbia
OccupationWriter, poet, translator
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade, Sorbonne

Biography

She received a degree in Slavic Studies in Belgrade, and went to further study at the Sorbonne.[2] She participated in the pre-World War II leftist movement. During the World War II in Yugoslavia she participated in Yugoslav Partisans movement actions.[3] In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.[1][4]

Her works have been translated in more than 20 languages.[5]

Works
Collections of poems
  • Zvezdane balade, 1946
  • Pionirsko proleće, 1955
  • Prijatelji, 1956
  • Lastavica, 1957
  • Srebrni voz, 1963
  • Sunčani soliteri, 1970
  • Da život bude ljubav, 1972
  • Sanjalica, 1975
  • Ne mogu bez snova, 1980
  • Staza srebrom izvezena, 1982
Novels
  • Srebrna Kosa, 1953
  • Zbogom velika tajno, 1960
  • Zašto grdiš reku?
  • Jutro

References
  1. "Alečković, Mira", Croatian Encyclopedia (in Croatian), Leksikografski zavod Miroslav Krleža, 1999–2009, retrieved 2 March 2014
  2. "Mira Alečković Biografija". Biografija.org (in Serbian). 2018-06-02. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  3. Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 14.
  4. "Mira Alečković - Biografija". ART mozaik (in Bosnian). 2018-02-02. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  5. "Mira Alečković - dobra vila iz čitanki". Knjige na dlanu (in Serbian). 2017-10-24. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
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