Branko Mikasinovich (born November 6, 1938) is a Serbian American scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature, as well as a noted Slavist. Much of Croatian literature accessible in English are credited to him.
Branko Mikasinovich | |
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| Born | Belišće, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Slavist |
| Language | Serbian, English |
Education and career
Mikasinovich was born in Belišće.[1] He received his B.A. from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1965, his M.A. from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in 1967, and a Ph.D. from the University of Belgrade in 1984.[1] He was a professor of Russian and Slavic literature at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans, and president of the Louisiana Association of Professors of Slavic and Eastern European languages.[2]
His television appearances include ABC's Press International in Chicago, PBS's International Dateline in New Orleans as well as Voice of America and the Serbian Service television program, Open Studio.[3]
Works
- Introduction to Yugoslav Literature (Twayne, 1973). Mikasinovich was responsible for the Croatian section while Vasa D. Mihailovich was responsible for Serbian, and Dragan Milivojevich for Slovenian and Macedonian.
- Five Modern Yugoslav Plays (Cyrco Press, 1977)
- Modern Yugoslav Satire (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1979) (selected for "Best Titles of 1979" by Library Journal and included in the Pushcart Prize V: The Best of the Small Presses)[4]
- Yugoslav Fantastic Prose (Proex, 1991)
- Yugoslavia: Crisis and Disintegration (Plyroma Publishing Co., 1994).
References
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