Isidora Sekulić





Isidora Sekulić

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born
in Mošorin, Serbia
February 17, 1877

died
April 05, 1958

gender
female


About this author

Isidora Sekulić was a famous Serbian prose writer, novelist, essayist, adventurer, polyglot and art critic. Sekulić's lyrical, meditative, introspective and analytical writings come at the dawn of Serbian prose writing. Sekulić is concerned with the human condition of man in his new, thoroughly modern sensibility. In her main novel, The Chronicle of a Small Town Cemetery (Кроника паланачког гробља), she writes in opposition to the usual chronological development of events. Instead, each part of the book begins in the cemetery, eventually returning to the time of bustling life, with all its joys and tragedies. Characters such as Gospa Nola, are the first strong female characters in Serbian literature, painted in detail in all their courage,...more


Average rating: 3.75 · 105 ratings · 2 reviews · 9 distinct works · Similar authors
Kronika palanačkog groblja
4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 48 ratings
Gospa Nola
3.53 of 5 stars 3.53 avg rating — 34 ratings
Pisma iz Norveške i drugi p...
3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 2001
Saputnici
3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
Proza
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1971
Govor i jezik - kulturna sm...
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Đakon Bogorodičine Crkve
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1919
Sabrana Dela 9
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2002
Apostol samoće
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
Avanture Gordona Pima
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 1838 — 20 editions
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