Pradevojčica

by Desanka Maksimović

Роман о дјетињству човјечанства – Десанка Максимовић писала је поезију и прозу за дјецу свих узраста. Прадевојчица сматра се њеним најуспјешнијим прозним дјелом за одраслију дјецу. Објављен је 1970. године када је она иза себе имала већ педесет година књижевног стажа…

196 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1970

About the author

She graduated from the gymnasium in Valjevo and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.
Desanka was a professor of Serbian language from 1923 until 1953 in several schools: Obrenovac gymnasium, then the Third Female Gymnasium in Belgrade, after that she spent a year teaching in Dubrovnik (Croatia), as well as the First female gymnasium in Belgrade. One of her best students was Mira Alečković, who also became a poet and a close friend.

In August 1933 she married Sergij Slastikov, but they had no children of their own.

Because of the undying value of her poetry, Desanka Maksimović was elected on December 17, 1959 as an associate member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), and on December 16, 1965 she became a regular member.

Reviews

[Alhemičar želja · Rating 4 out of 5]

Pravo otkrovenje! Nikad nisam čitala Desanku u prozi i baš sam prijatno iznenađena. Pradevojčica je roman napisan 1970.godine, inspirisan prirodom, životom, običajima, ritualima, porodičnim odnosima i fazama odrastanja u praistorijskom dobu. Roman prati život devojčice Gave, njeno detinjstvo, odrastanje i mladost. Ona je umetnička duša, slikarka, sanjalica koja se izdvaja iz zajednice zbog slikarskog dara, posebnog odnosa sa prirodom, bogatijeg rečnika i specifičnog, nekonvencionalnog ponašanja koje nije karakteristično za devojčice. Pradevojčica nas zaista podseća koliko smo zaboravili da osluškujemo, dodirujemo i doživljavamo prirodu onako kako su to radili prvi ljudi.

[Marko · Rating 4 out of 5]

Preslatka <3

[gotsa · Rating 2 out of 5]

I had this book for my school book assignment, and when I saw the cover, I immediately knew I wouldn't like the book. Maybe it's just me, but it was really boring and had a flat storyline. There wasn't any build-up to a big event.

[Sasa Pavlovic · Rating 5 out of 5]

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