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Milorad Pavic

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Milorad Pavic

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Full Name: Milorad Pavic
Born: October 15, 1929
Belgrade, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died: November 30, 2009
Belgrade, Serbia
Occupation: Writer, poet, literary historian, translator
Nationality: Serbian
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Biography

Milorad Pavic was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published many poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars (1984). Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." Pavic's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was vastly popular in Europe and in South America, and was deemed "one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century." He won numerous prizes in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was mentioned several times as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Belgrade in 2009.


Works in the WWEnd Database

 Non Series Works

 (1984)