WRITER

Desanka Maksimović

1898 - 1993

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Desanka Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Десанка Максимовић; 16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, writer and translator. Her first works were published in the literary journal Misao in 1920, while she was studying at the University of Belgrade. Within a few years, her poems appeared in the Serbian Literary Herald, Belgrade's most influential literary publication. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Desanka Maksimović has received more than 134,154 page views. Her biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia. Desanka Maksimović is the 1,798th most popular writer (up from 1,912th in 2019), the 107th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 104th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Serbian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Desanka Maksimović ranks 1,798 out of 7,302. Before her are Jovan Jovanović Zmaj, Anthony Ulrich, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Manuel Puig, Betty Friedan, Frans Sammut, and Yevgenia Ginzburg. After her are Cangrande I della Scala, Lilya Brik, Elvira Madigan, Albert Gleizes, Sanai, and Bartolomeo Platina.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1898, Desanka Maksimović ranks 81. Before her are István Dobi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Emil Artin, Leo McCarey, Hastings Banda, and Fyodor Kuznetsov. After her are Luigi Fagioli, Helmuth von Pannwitz, Piero Sraffa, Berenice Abbott, Michel de Ghelderode, and Tawfiq al-Hakim. Among people deceased in 1993, Desanka Maksimović ranks 71. Before her are Luciano Leggio, Yen Chia-kan, Nina Berberova, C. Northcote Parkinson, Meliton Kantaria, and Kenneth E. Boulding. After her are Salah Jadid, Myrna Loy, John Connally, Maurice Yaméogo, Ishirō Honda, and Tatiana Nikolayeva.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Desanka Maksimović ranks 107 out of 661. Before her are Nikolaj Velimirović (1880), Beba Lončar (1943), Jovan Cvijić (1865), Dengizich (395), Ivan Stambolić (1936), and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833). After her are Ivan Stephen of Bulgaria (1300), Dragan Nikolić (1943), Ana Brnabić (1975), Svetozar Marković (1846), Monica Seles (1973), and Dimitrije Ljotić (1891).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Desanka Maksimović ranks 8. Before her are Milorad Pavić (1929), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Danilo Kiš (1935), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radoje Domanović (1873), and Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833). After her are Đura Jakšić (1832), Vasko Popa (1922), Aleksandar Tišma (1924), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Mika Antić (1932), and Laza Lazarević (1851).

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