Jovan Deretić
Serbian historian and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the literary historian. For the pseudohistorian, see Jovan I. Deretić.
Jovan Deretić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Деретић, [jǒʋan derětit͡ɕ]; 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history.[1] His work Istorija Srpske književnosti (1983) is the standard work in Serbian literary history.[2] He is sometimes confused with pseudohistorian Jovan I. Deretić.[2]
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Born | January 22, 1934 |
Died | June 16, 2002(2002-06-16) (aged 68) |
Nationality | Serbian, Yugoslav |
Years active | 1969–2002 |
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Deretić was born in the village of Orahovac near Trebinje on 22 January 1934.[3] He completed gymnasium high school in Trebinje and Vrbas and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in 1958.[3] He completed his doctoral degree in Belgrade as well in 1965 with a thesis under the title "Composition of the Gorski Vijenac".[3]