Danilo Kiš

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born

February 22, 1935 in Subotica, Serbia

died

October 15, 1989

gender

male

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Nonfiction

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Danilo Kiš was born in Subotica, Danube Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, the son of Eduard Kiš (Kis Ede), a Hungarian Jewish railway inspector, and Milica Kiš (born Dragićević) from Cetinje, Montenegro. During the Second World War, he lost his father and several other family members, who died in various Nazi camps. His mother took him and his older sister Danica to Hungary for the duration of the war. After the end of the war, the family moved to Cetinje, Montenegro, Yugoslavia, where Kiš graduated from high school in 1954.

Kiš studied literature at the University of Belgrade, and graduated in 1958 as the first student to complete a course in comparative literature. He was a prominent member of the Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 1,280 ratings · 73 reviews · 19 distinct works

	A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš, Duska Mikic-Mitchell, Joseph Brodsky (Introduction) 4.19 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1977 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš, Michael Henry Heim (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions	My rating:
	Garden, Ashes by Danilo Kiš, William J. Hannaher (Translator), Aleksandar Hemon (Introduction) 4.16 avg rating — 174 ratings — published 1965 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Rani jadi 3.84 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Hourglass by Danilo Kiš, Ralph Manheim (Translator) 4.30 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1972 — 12 editions	My rating:
	Mansarda 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1962 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Homo Poeticus by Danilo Kiš, Ralph Manheim (Translator), Francis Jones (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.26 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Čas anatomije 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Porodični cirkus: Rani jadi, Bašta, Pepeo, Peščanik 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Gorki talog iskustva 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions	My rating:

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“Kad budu svi roktali svojim svinjskim srcima, poslednji koji će još gledati ljudskim očima i osećati ljudskim srcem biće oni kojima ne bejaše strano iskustvo umetnosti.”
― Danilo Kiš

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“Otela mi je, Igore brate, moju sebičnost, moje remekdelo!”
― Danilo Kiš, Mansarda

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“Ne volim ljude koji se izvlace iz sveta kao kisne gliste. Bez oziljka i bez ogrebotine. Komedijasi. Agnosceo veteris vestigia flamme. Oziljkom jednim obogacen.”
― Danilo Kiš, Mansarda

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