Bogdan Popović
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Богдан Поповић December 20, 1863 Belgrade, Principality of Serbia |
| Died | November 7, 1944 (aged 80) Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Nationality | Serbian, Yugoslavian |
| Occupation | literary critic |
Bogdan Popović (Belgrade, Principality of Serbia, 20 December 1863 – Belgrade, Yugoslavia 7 November 1944), member of the Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, was one of the most important literary critics in Serbia and the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He was the brother of Pavle Popović (1868–1939), also a literary critic and professor, and also one of the most influential critics in the period from just before World War I to just before World War II.
Bogdan Popović, a Serbian writer, aesthetic and literary theorist, university professor, member of the Serbian Royal Academy, one of the founders of the Serbian Literary Herald and the creator of the 'Belgrade literary style,' was born in Belgrade on 20 December 1863. His work signalled the city's leadership of Serbian cultural aspirations.
Popović studied literature and philosophy at both Belgrade's Grandes écoles and at the University of Paris. Returning home in 1893, he became a professor at his alma mater, and twelve years later when the Grandes écoles became accredited as the University of Belgrade he continued teaching French, comparative literature, literary theory and aesthetics until his retirement in 1934. Pavle Popović, his brother, was also a professor of Serbian Literature at the University of Belgrade.
Bogdan Popović published his Anthology of Modern Serbian Lyric (Antologija novije srpske lirike) in 1911, the first attempt to create a literary canon of the most significant poems down the ages. He chose examples that reveal a constant and highly developed poetic expression as the hallmark of Serbian literary achievement. He was the first to distance poetry from folk heritage, proposing an alternative view of sophisticated forms with a broad poetic range and insight into the kind of understanding art offers.
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