Simo Matavulj

Serbian writer

Simo Matavulj
Born	(1852-09-14)14 September 1852 Šibenik, Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austrian Empire
Died	20 February 1908(1908-02-20) (aged 55) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Occupation	Novelist
Language	Serbian
Period	Realism
Genre	Satire
Subject	Dalmatian people
Notable works	Bakonja fra-Brne, Pilipenda, Biljeske Jednog Pisca

Simo Matavulj (Serbian: Симо Матавуљ, 14 September 1852 – 20 February 1908) was a Serbian writer.^[1]

He was a representative of lyric realism, especially in short prose. As a writer, he is best known for employing his skill in holding up to ridicule the peculiar foibles of the Dalmatian folk.

He was an honorary member of the Matica srpska of Novi Sad, the first president of the Association of Writers of Serbia, president of the Society of Artists of Serbia and a member of the Serbian Royal Academy.

Legacy

Nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić called him "the master storyteller".^[2]

Works

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Simo Matavulj

• Noć uoči Ivanje, Zadar, 1873.
• Naši prosjaci, Zadar, 1881.
• Iz Crne Gore i Primorja I, Novi Sad, 1888.
• Iz Crne Gore i Primorja II, Cetinje, 1889.
• Novo oružje, Belgrade, 1890.
• Iz prіmorskog žіvota, Zagreb, 1890.
• Sa Jadrana, Belgrade, 1891.
• Iz beogradskog života, Belgrade, 1891.
• Bakonja fra-Brne, Belgrade, 1892.
• Uskok, Belgrade, 1893.
• Iz raznijeh krajeva, Mostar, 1893.
• Boka i Bokelji, Novi Sad, 1893.
• Primorska obličja, Novi Sad, 1899.
• Deset godina u Mavritaniji, Belgrade, 1899.
• Tri pripovetke, Mostar, 1899.
• Na pragu drugog života, Sremski Karlovci, 1899.
• S mora i planine, Novi Sad, 1901.
• Beogradske priče, Belgrade, 1902.
• Pošljednji vitezovi i Svrzimantija, Mostar, 1903.
• Život, Belgrade 1904.
• Na slavi, Belgrade, 1904.
• Zavjet, Belgrade, 1904.
• Car Duklijan, Mostar, 1906.
• Nemirne duše, Belgrade, 1908.
• Bilješke jednoga pisca, Belgrade, 1923.
• Golub Dobrašinović

Translations

• Na vodi by Guy de Maupassant, 1893.
• Vilina knjiga, a collection of fairy tales, 1894.
• Bleak House by Charles Dickens 1893.
• Zimske priče by M. de Vogie, 1894.
• The dream by Émile Zola
• Pučanin kao vlastelin by Moliere, 1906.
• The Misanthrope by Moliere,
• The Imitation of Christ by Thomas à Kempis, unpublished during Matavulj's lifetime

References

• Translated and adapted from Jovan Skerlić's Istorija nove srpske književnosti / History of New Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pp. 390–395.

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Presidents of the Association of Writers of Serbia

• Simo Matavulj (1905–11)
• Borisav Stanković (1911–14)
• Branislav Nušić (1918–37)
• Veljko Petrović (1937–41)
• Isidora Sekulić (1946–???)
• Jovan Popović
• Dragan M. Jeremić
• Miodrag Bulatović
• Matija Bećković (1988–92)
• Jovan Hristić (1992–94)
• Slobodan Rakitić (1994–2005)
• Srba Ignjatović (2005–10)
• Radomir Andrić (2010–18)
• Milovan Vitezović (2018–22)
• Miloš Janković (2023–)