Најлепше приповетке Вељка Милићевића

by Veljko Milićević, Saša Hadži Tančić (Foreword)

Pisac koji je mnogo obećavao, ali prerano utihnuo. Negovao je psihološku pripovetku, sa seoskom, gradskom i velegradskom tematikom, i svrstava se u regionalne pisce, no i u moderniste, sa internacionalnim hronotopom. Milićevićeve priče su priče gorčine i nekog novog bola. Život, smrt i sudbina valjaju se u grudima njegovih junaka i kipe od sudbonosnog preokreta. Vrhunskim Milićevićevim dometom može se smatrati pripovetka "Vihor" - suptilna analiza najskrivenijih dubina ljudske intime i tragične usudnosti.

Sadrži:
Božićna priča
Mutna priča
Vihor
Bespuće
Mrtvi život

163 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Veljko M. Milićević was a Serbian writer, translator, publicist and journalist. He is considered "the first authentic narrator of a modern formal stylistic and thematic orientation in Serbian literature at the beginning of the twentieth century."

Veljko M. Milićević was born in Donji Čaglić in Slavonia on the 14th of January 1886, being the son of a rich merchant who travelled and settled in Lika when Veljko was still a boy. At the age of ten Veljko was placed in one Lika's better grammar schools in Donji Lapac and high schools in Gospić and then in Zagreb. After graduating, he enrolled in the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade. From Belgrade, he continued his law studies in Geneva, but switched over to the Faculty of Philosophy where he studied Romance languages and Literature (1904/1905). Afterward, he went to London where he studied the French language and literature (1905-1906). He resumed his post-graduate studies in French at the University of Paris (1906-1908), where he graduated with honours. During this time, he was contributing writer for Sarajevo's famed literary periodical Srpski riječi. Upon his return from abroad, he was contributing to practically every major Serbian newspaper, magazine, and periodical in the country, including Sarajevo's Narod; Zagreb's Vremena, Novi List, Epoha; and Belgrade's Politika. He was a staff writer for the Belgrade daily newspaper Politika from 1923 until 1929.