Milovan Glišić (6 January 1847 – 20 January 1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as the Serbian Gogol.
Legacy
Glišić is considered to be one of the best translators of his time and several of his short stories including Prva Brazda and Glava Šećera are studied in Serbian schools and included in various anthologies of short stories.Josić Višnjić, Miroslav, Filip Višnjić, Antologija srpskih pripovedača XIX i XX veka, Belgrade, 1999., p. 5. His translations of Russian writers Gogol and Tolstoy significantly influenced Serbian culture of that time and future writers Stevan Sremac, Svetozar Ćorović, Branislav Nušić and many others.
According to Slobodan Jovanović, Glišić was one of the first Serbian short story writers to attempt a more serious characterization in his works.
He was awarded Order of the Cross of Takovo and Order of St. Sava of the third and the fourth class.
Works
Comedies Two Farthings (Dva cvancika), 1882. The Hoax (Podvala), 1885.
Short stories Ni oko šta Vujina prosidba Učitelj Redak zver Tetka Desa Zlosutni broj Novi Mesija Glava šećera Prva brazda Posle devedeset godina Šetnja posle smrti U zao čas Svirač Raspis Sigurna većina Noć na mostu Nagraisao Roga Šilo za ognjilo Zadušnice
Translations Zla svekrva, Alexander Ostrovsky, 1881. Kola mudrosti, dvoja ludosti, Alexander Ostrovsky, 1882. Nov posao, Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko, 1883. Sve za sina, Emil Ožje, 1884. Naslednik, Emil Ožje, 1884. Gavran, Alphonse Daudet, 1888. La Peau de chagrin, Honoré de Balzac, 1888. Princess Maleine, Maurice Polydore-Marie-Bernard Maeterlinck, 1897. La Sanfelice, Alexandre Dumas, 1881. Plemićka, Fos, 1882. Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol, 1872. Taras Bulba, Nikolai Gogol, 1876. Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and His Aunt, Nikolai Gogol, 1870. Oblomov, Ivan Goncharov, 1876. The Kreutzer Sonata, Leo Tolstoy, 1890. War and Peace, Leo Tolstoy, 1899. Narodni borac, unknown author Polkanovi memoari, Nikolai Leykin Kolombo, Prosper Mérimée, 1877. Brđani, Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. Dva brata, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. Crna kuga, Émile Erckmann-Chatrian, 1878. Doctor Ox, Jules Verne, 1878. Tartarin of Tarascon, Alphonse Daudet Le Nabab, Alphonse Daudet The Man-wolf, Erckmann-Chatrian L’Invasion ou le Fou Yégof, Erckmann-Chatrian Ubistvo u ulici Morg, Edgar Allan Poe Srce izdajice, Edgar Allan Poe Strahovita noć Le Fils de Giboyer, Émile Augier La pierre de touche, Émile Augier
Translated works in English After Ninety Years: The Story of Serbian Vampire Sava Savanović, 2015, translated by James Lyon Tales of Fear and Superstition, 2021, translated by Miloš Pavlović
See also Ljubomir Nedić Bogdan Popović Pavle Popović Jovan Skerlić Svetozar Marković Andra Gavrilović Branko Lazarević Stanislav Vinaver Vojislav Jovanović Marambo
References
Sources Jovan Skerlić, Istorija nove srpske književnosti (Belgrade, 1921) pages 373–378