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Milorad Pavić

1929 - 2009

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Milorad Pavić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милорад Павић, pronounced [mîloraːd pǎːʋitɕ]; 15 October 1929 – 30 November 2009) was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published a number of poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars (1984). Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." Pavić's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Milorad Pavić has received more than 134,661 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia. Milorad Pavić is the 812th most popular writer (up from 815th in 2019), the 44th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 41st in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Serbian Writer.

Milorad Pavić is most famous for his novel "The Dictionary of the Khazars," which is a work of historical fiction.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Milorad Pavić ranks 812 out of 5,755. Before him are Menippus, Theognis of Megara, Theodoret, Hans Fallada, Emilio Salgari, and Heliodorus of Emesa. After him are Jean Anouilh, Philip Pullman, Stesichorus, Zhang Sanfeng, V. S. Naipaul, and Aelius Donatus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1929, Milorad Pavić ranks 62. Before him are Zoltán Czibor, Isamu Akasaki, Ralf Dahrendorf, Jerry Goldsmith, Mohamed Al-Fayed, and E. O. Wilson. After him are Pierre Brice, Gudrun Burwitz, Stirling Moss, Werner Arber, Patriarch Alexy II of Moscow, and Violeta Chamorro. Among people deceased in 2009, Milorad Pavić ranks 23. Before him are Robert McNamara, Vivian Maier, Karl Malden, Maurice Druon, Ralf Dahrendorf, and Jean Dausset. After him are Jennifer Jones, Vitaly Ginzburg, Bobby Robson, Abdurrahman Wahid, Juan Almeida Bosque, and Robert F. Furchgott.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Milorad Pavić ranks 44 out of 564. Before him are Quintillus (220), Dušan Ivković (1943), Dragutin Dimitrijević (1876), Nikola Pašić (1845), Milan Nedić (1878), and Krum (710). After him are Tomislav Nikolić (1952), Alexander Karađorđević, Prince of Serbia (1806), Mihajlo Pupin (1858), Aleksandar Ranković (1909), Dragan Džajić (1946), and Bora Milutinović (1944).

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Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Milorad Pavić ranks 2. Before him are Vuk Karadžić (1787). After him are Danilo Kiš (1935), Dobrica Ćosić (1921), Branislav Nušić (1864), Radoje Domanović (1873), Desanka Maksimović (1898), Jovan Jovanović Zmaj (1833), Dezső Kosztolányi (1885), Isidora Sekulić (1877), Vasko Popa (1922), and Đura Jakšić (1832).

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