Vojin Jelić

Vojin Jelić
Vojin Jelić
Vojin Jelić
Native name
Војин Јелић
Born(1921-11-27)27 November 1921
Knin, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes[1]
(now Croatia)
Died19 December 2004(2004-12-19) (aged 83)
Zagreb, Croatia[1]
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
Notable awardsVladimir Nazor Award for Life Achievement

Vojin Jelić[pronunciation?] (Serbian Cyrillic: Војин Јелић; 27 November 1921 – 19 December 2004) was a Croatian Serb writer and poet. His literally work was focused on neo-veristic introspective and retrospective interaction with Serb culture and stories from the Knin region and the wider Dalmatian Hinterland.[2]

Jelić's work was translated into Czech, Slovene, Macedonian and English.[3]

Biography

He was born in Knin in 1921.[4] Jelić finished gymnasium in Šibenik in 1940.[3] He went on to study pharmacy in Belgrade.[3]

During the World War II in Yugoslavia Jelić joined Yugoslav Partisans where he joined their units in 1943.[4][3] From 1944 je joined editorijal board of the Srpska riječ ("The Serb Word") magazine.[3]

Following the end of war Jelić initiated forestry studies in Prague in Czechoslovakia in 1945 and he completed his studies in Zagreb 1949.[4][3] He wrote about Serbian culture and stories from the Knin region and Dalmatian Hinterland. He contributed to various publications and worked as a faculty lecturer and cultural advisor in various institutions in the Socialist Republic of Croatia.[4] Jelić was the secretary general of the SKD Prosvjeta.[4]

Jelić distanced himself from public life in Croatia in 1992 during the Croatian War of Independence and after Nedjeljko Mihanović verbally attacked him on ethnic basis.[1] He died in Zagreb in 2004.

Published works

  • 1950: Đukin đerdan[5]
  • 1952: Ljudi kamenjara[5]
  • 1952: Limeni pijetao[5]
  • 1952: Ni brige te sivi tiću[5]
  • 1953: Anđeli lijepo pjevaju[5]
  • 1956: Nebo nema obala[5]
  • 1959: Trka slijepih konja[5]
  • 1960: Lete slijepi miševi[5]
  • 1961: Ne damo vam umrijeti[5]
  • 1963: Trči mali život[5]
  • 1969: Domino[5]
  • 1970: Kirvaj[5]
  • 1975: Pobožni đavo[5]
  • 1977: Gorki bajami[5]
  • 1981: Doživotni grešnici[5]
  • 1986: Kozji dvorac[3]
  • 1996: Pogledajte svoje ruke[6]
  • 2000: Dražba zavičaja[3]

Sources

  • "IN MEMORIAM – Književnik Vojin Jelić (1921. – 2004.)". Vjesnik (in Croatian). 2004-12-27. p. 16.
  1. ^ a b c n.a. (n.d.). "Vojin Jelić – književnik". Serb National Council. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  2. ^ Siniša Vuković (30 December 2021). "Sto je godina od rođenja Vojina Jelića, hrvatskog Srbina koji je hrabro razračunao sa zločincima iz svog naroda i izgradio pleter opće humanosti". Slobodna Dalmacija. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Nevenka Videk (2005). "Vojin Jelić". Miroslav Krleža Institute of Lexicography. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  4. ^ a b c d e Relić, Ratko (December 2021). "Писац камена и крша" [Writer of Stone and Karst]. Bijela pčela: list za svu djecu (in Serbian) (272). Rijeka: Prosvjeta: 12–13.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o n.a. (17 June 2015). "Vojin Jelić (Knin, 27. 11. 1921. – Zagreb, 19. 12. 2004.)". The Town of Knin. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
  6. ^ A.A. (27 November 2020). "Rođen u Kninu prije 99 godina Vojin Jelić pisao je o nesposobnosti Srba iz Kninske krajine da se otrgnu zovu beogradske politike". Šibenski portal. Retrieved January 12, 2022.
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