Danilo Kiš





Danilo Kiš

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born
February 22, 1935 in Subotica, Serbia

died
October 15, 1989

gender
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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


Average rating: 4.18 · 1,280 ratings · 73 reviews · 19 distinct works
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 403 ratings — published 1977 — 20 editions
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Encyclopedia of the Dead
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4.33 of 5 stars 4.33 avg rating — 323 ratings — published 1983 — 20 editions
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Garden, Ashes
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Rani jadi
3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1970 — 7 editions
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Hourglass
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Mansarda
3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 47 ratings — published 1962 — 9 editions
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Homo Poeticus
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Čas anatomije
4.67 of 5 stars 4.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Porodični cirkus: Rani jadi...
4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Gorki talog iskustva
4.4 of 5 stars 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1991 — 3 editions
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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

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

“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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