Blažo Šćepanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Блажо Шћепановић; 7 April 1934 – 26 August 1966) was a Montenegrin and Yugoslav writer.

Blažo Šćepanović
Born7 April 1934[1]
Bijelo Polje, Kingdom of Yugoslavia[1]
Died26 August 1966(1966-08-26) (aged 32)[1]
Struga, SR Macedonia, SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Resting placeBelgrade New Cemetery
OccupationWriter
LanguageSerbo-Croatian
NationalityYugoslav
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy
GenrePoetry
Notable worksSmrću protiv smrti

Biography

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Šćepanović was born in 1934 in the Bijelo Polje settlement Livadice. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. He worked in the Cultural and Educational Council of the SFR Yugoslavia.[2]

Together with the poet Lazar Vučković, he drowned in Lake Ohrid, during his stay at the Struga Poetry Evenings, one of the most important cultural events in the former Yugoslavia.[3] Another poet, Oskar Davičo, was with them and also fell in the water when the boat capsized but survived because he knew how to swim while Vučković and Šćepanović did not.

Although Šćepanović died at the very beginning of his poetry career, he managed to leave behind several collections of poetry.

Works

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Books
  • Lobanja u travi (1957)[4]
  • Ivicom zemlje zmija (1958)[5]
  • Smrću protiv smrti (1959) – together with Branko Miljković
  • Smrt pjesnikova (1961)[6]
  • Zlatna šuma (1966)[7]
  • Ljubavlju izmjereno vrijeme (1973)[8] – published posthumously
  • Pjesnikov dvojnik (1976)[9] – published posthumously

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Draško Ređep (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 521.
  2. ^ Smrću protiv smrti
  3. ^ Zdravko ili Paterson
  4. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1957). Лобања у трави. Цетиње: Народна књига.COBISS 80327687
  5. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1958). Ивицом земље змија. Београд: Нолит.COBISS 48134151
  6. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1961). Смрт пјесникова. Београд: Нолит.COBISS 90187527
  7. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1966). Златна шума. Београд: Нолит.COBISS 97488135
  8. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1973). Љубављу измјерено вријеме. Titograd: Графички завод.COBISS 114469127
  9. ^ Шћепановић, Блажо (1976). Пјесников двојник. Бијело Поље: Одзиви.COBISS 513595284