Pesme

by Vladislav Petković DIS

Dis je pesnik irаcionаlnog, on slike nаlаzi u podsvesnom. Pesnik je sumornih rаspoloženjа i čаk očаjа, njegov je izrаz setаn i muzikаlаn.

Jovаn Skerlić gа je kritikovаo, jer se Dis nije uklаpаo u njegov ideаl nаprednog pesnikа. Kаsnijа kritikа, počevši od Isidore Sekulić, uvrstilа je Disа među nаjbolje srpske pesnike nаlаzeći dа je uveo u srpsku poeziju modernu poetiku i nov senzibilitet, i pored izvesnih jezičkih nebrižljivosti.

Genres: Poetry

248 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Владислав Петковић DIS was a Serbian impressionist poet. He introduced irrational and subconscious images into Serbian lyric poetry. One of his most famous poems is "Perhaps She Sleeps" ("Možda spava"). During his lifetime he worked as a teacher and a war reporter during the Balkan Wars. Petković chose his appellation "Dis" as a repetition of the middle syllable of his first name (Vla-DIS-lav), but also as the name of the Roman god of the underworld. He was a frequent evening visitor to the Belgrade's kafanas in Skadarlija and elsewhere where he would drink and compose new verses at the same time.
Near the end of the First World War he traveled from France to Greece, but the ship he had boarded was intercepted by a German submarine and sunk. The manner in which he died earned him a reputation of a “cursed poet,” since one of his well-known poems is titled “The Drowned Souls” ("Utopljene duše").

Reviews

[Gordana · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jedan od omiljenih domaćih pesnika. ❤️

[Zlatko Dimitrioski · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read the selection published as a part of the series Anthology of Serbian Literature. Dis is a splendid poet, there wasn't a single bad poem, quite the contrary. His obsession with death, decay and transitoriness of being is fascinating.