Montenegrin Literature

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Montenegrin literature is literature written in South Slavic country of Montenegro in the Montenegrin/Serbian language.

Although there are works written at least 800 years ago (like the Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja), the most important representatives are writers who lived in 19th and 20th century century:

The first literary works written in the region are ten centuries old, and the first Montenegrin book was printed five hundreds years ago. The first state-owned printing press (Printing House of Crnojevići) was located in Cetinje in 1494, where the first South Slavic book was printed the same year (Oktoih). A number of medieval manuscripts, dating from the 13th century, are kept in the Montenegrin monasteries.

On the substratum of traditional oral folk epic poetry, authors like Petar II Petrović Njegoš have created their own expression. His epic Gorski Vijenac (The Mountain Wreath), written in the Montenegrin vernacular, presents the central point of the Montenegrin culture, for many surpassing in importance even the bible. Other poets include:

Contents 1 Notable Works 2 Authors 2.1 18th and 19th Century 2.2 20th Century 2.3 Modern

[edit] Notable Works

• Chronicle of the Priest of Duklja a.k.a "Slavonic Kingdom" (Sclavorum Regnum)
• Oktoih
• The Mountain Wreath (Gorski Vijenac)
• Death of Smail-aga Čengić (Smrt Smail-age Čengića)

[edit] Authors

• Giovanni Bona Boliris

[edit] 18th and 19th Century

• Andrija Zmajević, the baroque poet and theologist,
• Vladika Vasilije
• Petar I Petrović-Njegoš
• Petar Petrović Njegoš, known simply as Njegoš, Montenegrin prince-bishop from 1830 to 1851 who is considered to be the greatest Montenegrin writer (to Montenegrins he is what is Shakespeare to English or Dante to Italians)
• Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša, from Budva, who wrote short stories, mainly about his hometown area.
• Marko Miljanov, a reknown tribe leader turned writer, described ethical ideal of 19-th century Montenegrins.
• Ivan Mažuranić - a Croat, wrote a Montenegrin epic: Death of Smail-aga Čengić (Smrt Smail-age Čengića)

[edit] 20th Century

• Mihailo Lalić
• Milovan Đilas
• Matija Bećković
• Nikola Lopičić
• Radovan Zogović
• Ćamil Sijarić
• Miodrag Bulatović
• Čedo Vuković
• Anto Staničić
• Mirko Kovač
• Dragan Radulović
• Danilo Kiš
• Borislav Pekić
• Branimir Šćepanović
• Sreten Asanović
• Zuvdija Hodžić
• Husein Bašić
• Aleksandar Leso Ivanović
• Risto Ratković
• Mirko Banjević
• Janko Ðonović
• Vito Nikolić
• Radonja Vesović

[edit] Modern

• Ognjen Spahić
• Balša Brković
• Jevrem Brković
• Andrej Nikolaidis
• Husnija Hodžić
• Dragana Kršenković Brković
• Andrija Radulović
• Milutin Micovic
• Kosta Ninkovic
• Radomir Uljarevic