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Osmoknjižje Vaska Pope #5
Вучја со [Vučja so]
Пета збирка поезије песника Васка Попе, обајвљена исте године када и КУЋА НАСРЕД ДРУМА.
78 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1975
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Vasko Popa
91 books65 followersPopa was born in the village of Grebenac, Vojvodina, Serbia. After finishing high school, he enrolled as a student of the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. He continued his studies at the University of Bucharest and in Vienna. During World War II, he fought as a partisan and was imprisoned in a German concentration camp in Bečkerek (today Zrenjanin, Serbia).
After the war, in 1949, Popa graduated from the Romanic group of the Faculty of Philosophy at Belgrade University. He published his first poems in the magazines Književne novine (Literary Magazine) and the daily Borba (Struggle).
From 1954 until 1979 he was the editor of the publishing house Nolit. In 1953 he published his first major verse collection, Kora (Bark). His other important work included Nepočin-polje (No-Rest Field, 1956), Sporedno nebo (Secondary Heaven, 1968), Uspravna zemlja (Earth Erect, 1972), Vučja so (Wolf Salt, 1975), and Od zlata jabuka (Apple of Gold, 1978), an anthology of Serbian folk literature. His Collected Poems, 1943–1976, a compilation in English translation, appeared in 1978, with an introduction by the British poet Ted Hughes.
On May 29, 1972 Vasko Popa founded The Literary Municipality Vršac and originated a library of postcards, called Slobodno lišće (Free Leaves). In the same year, he was elected to become a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Vasko Popa is one of the founders of Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts, established on December 14, 1979 in Novi Sad. He is the first laureate of the Branko’s award (Brankova nagrada) for poetry, established in honour of the poet Branko Radičević. In the year 1957 Popa received another award for poetry, Zmaj’s Award (Zmajeva nagrada), which honours the poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. In 1965 Popa received the Austrian state award for European literature. In 1976 he received the Branko Miljković poetry award, in 1978 the Yugoslav state AVNOJ Award, and in 1983 the literary award Skender Kulenović.
In 1995, the town of Vršac established a poetry award named after Vasko Popa. It is awarded annually for the best book of poetry published in Serbian language. The award ceremony is held on the day of Popa’s birthday, 29 June.
Vasko Popa died on January 5, 1991 in Belgrade and is buried in the Aisle of the Deserving Citizens in Belgrade’s New Cemetery.
After the war, in 1949, Popa graduated from the Romanic group of the Faculty of Philosophy at Belgrade University. He published his first poems in the magazines Književne novine (Literary Magazine) and the daily Borba (Struggle).
From 1954 until 1979 he was the editor of the publishing house Nolit. In 1953 he published his first major verse collection, Kora (Bark). His other important work included Nepočin-polje (No-Rest Field, 1956), Sporedno nebo (Secondary Heaven, 1968), Uspravna zemlja (Earth Erect, 1972), Vučja so (Wolf Salt, 1975), and Od zlata jabuka (Apple of Gold, 1978), an anthology of Serbian folk literature. His Collected Poems, 1943–1976, a compilation in English translation, appeared in 1978, with an introduction by the British poet Ted Hughes.
On May 29, 1972 Vasko Popa founded The Literary Municipality Vršac and originated a library of postcards, called Slobodno lišće (Free Leaves). In the same year, he was elected to become a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Vasko Popa is one of the founders of Vojvodina Academy of Sciences and Arts, established on December 14, 1979 in Novi Sad. He is the first laureate of the Branko’s award (Brankova nagrada) for poetry, established in honour of the poet Branko Radičević. In the year 1957 Popa received another award for poetry, Zmaj’s Award (Zmajeva nagrada), which honours the poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. In 1965 Popa received the Austrian state award for European literature. In 1976 he received the Branko Miljković poetry award, in 1978 the Yugoslav state AVNOJ Award, and in 1983 the literary award Skender Kulenović.
In 1995, the town of Vršac established a poetry award named after Vasko Popa. It is awarded annually for the best book of poetry published in Serbian language. The award ceremony is held on the day of Popa’s birthday, 29 June.
Vasko Popa died on January 5, 1991 in Belgrade and is buried in the Aisle of the Deserving Citizens in Belgrade’s New Cemetery.
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October 1, 2024
Vasko Popa se u ovoj zbirci dotakao praiskonskog – pevao je o praroditelju i prapretku vuku. Znalački. Bez patetike. Čitava zbirka je prepuna simbolistike i jedna je velika metafora.
Kroz pažljivo nazvana poglavlja, Popa odaje počast hromom vuku, peva o mukama koje praroditeljka vučica trpi od onih koji je nisu vredni a od nje su potekli, o vučjoj zemlji krvlju natopljenoj i vučjem pastiru koji pokušava da okupi stado dok dušmani prate trag hromog vuka i trijumfuju zbog rađanja vučjeg kopileta. Nema potrebe da šire od ovoga elaboriram ovu zbirku koja na svojih 80 strana udara u najtananije atavističke arhetipove i ruši tabue.
Trebalo je hrabrosti da se ovakvo štivo objavi 1975. godine.
Kroz pažljivo nazvana poglavlja, Popa odaje počast hromom vuku, peva o mukama koje praroditeljka vučica trpi od onih koji je nisu vredni a od nje su potekli, o vučjoj zemlji krvlju natopljenoj i vučjem pastiru koji pokušava da okupi stado dok dušmani prate trag hromog vuka i trijumfuju zbog rađanja vučjeg kopileta. Nema potrebe da šire od ovoga elaboriram ovu zbirku koja na svojih 80 strana udara u najtananije atavističke arhetipove i ruši tabue.
Trebalo je hrabrosti da se ovakvo štivo objavi 1975. godine.
December 15, 2023
a masterpiece with almost divinely inspired symbolism and infinite potency
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