Milovan Glišić

Milovan Glišić

Birth : 1847-01-06, Gradac, Kolubarski okrug, Serbia

Death : 1908-01-20

History

Milovan Glišić (1847–1908) was a Serbian writer, dramatist, translator, and literary theorist. He is sometimes referred to as 'the Serbian Gogol'. Glišić was the first Serbian prose realist to deal with rural themes and the patriarchal milieu. Based on peasant life and often built upon popular legend, his stories accurately depict the life of the down-trodden and poor in the Balkans, exposing the usurers, and the insincere love of the ruling class for the common folk. Though best known for his realist stories, several of his works included horror motifs of Serbian folklore and superstition.

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Milovan Glišić

Movies

Sugar Loaf
Sugar Loaf
Novel
It describes the social process of stratification in the Serbian countryside during late 19th century, which occurs with the penetration of the commodity-money in the countryside. Under new conditions, peasants and farmers are unable to adapt, and rot under the burden of debts.
Leptirica
Leptirica
Story
A young man wants to marry the beautiful daughter of a landowner who refuses to allow the marriage. To prove his worth, the young man becomes a miller in a vampire-infested local mill.