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Serbian poet and writer (1898–1949)

Rastko Petrović Растко Петровић
Photo of Petrović in his 40s
Born	(1898-03-03)3 March 1898 Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Died	15 August 1949(1949-08-15) (aged 51) Washington, D.C., United States
Occupation	Poet, novelist, short story writer

Rastko Petrović (1898–1949) was a Serbian poet and writer.

After serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. during World War II, he remained in the United States after the war and died there in 1949. In 1986, after official recognition, his remains were brought to Belgrade.

Works

Burleska gospodina Peruna, boga groma (A burlesque of Lord Perun, god of thunder), 1921.
Otkrovenje (Revelation), 1922.
Afrika, 1930.
Ljudi Govore (The people speak), 1931.
Dan šesti (The sixth day), 1961.

References

^ Robert B. Pynsent; Sonia I. Kanikova (1993). The Everyman Companion to East European Literature. Dent. p. 311. ISBN 978-0-460-87201-0. Retrieved 7 April 2013.

External links

Translated works by Rastko Petrović

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