Desanka Maksimović
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| Born | 16 May 1898 Rabrovica, near Valjevo, Kingdom of Serbia (present-day Rabrovica, Republic of Serbia) |
| Died | 11 February 1993 (aged 94) Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Poet and writer |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Period | 1920–1993 |
| Genre | Poetry |
| Spouse | Sergej Slastikov (1933-19??) |
Desanka Maksimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Десанка Максимовић, pronounced [dě̞saːŋka mâksimo̞ʋit͡ɕ]) (16 May 1898 – 11 February 1993) was a Serbian poet, professor of literature, and a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
Maksimović was born in 1898 in Rabrovica, near Valjevo, the oldest child of father Mihailo, a teacher, and mother Draginja. Right after her birth, her father was transferred, and they moved to Brankovina, where Desanka spent her childhood. She graduated from the gymnasium in Valjevo and the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.
Maksimović was a professor of Serbian language from 1923 until 1953 in several schools. First, she was a teacher at the Obrenovac gymnasium, then she moved to the Third Female Gymnasium in Belgrade. Eventually, she was transferred to the teachers' school in Dubrovnik, where she spent one year. After that, she worked in First female gymnasium in Belgrade. One of her best students was Mira Alečković. In August 1933 she married Sergej Slastikov, but they had no children.
When she heard of German soldiers shooting primary school children in Kragujevac, she wrote Krvava Bajka (The Legend of Blood, or more literally, A Bloody Fairy Tale), a poem about the terror practiced by the German forces during World War II. The poem was not published until after the war had ended. She traveled across Yugoslavia, and befriended writers and poets such as Miloš Crnjanski, Ivo Andrić, Isidora Sekulić, Gustav Krklec, Branko Ćopić and Oton Župančič. Some of her other poems are: Anticipation (Предосећање), Tremble (Стрепња), Spring poem (Пролећна песма), Warning (Опомена), In storm (На бури), I seek amnesty (Тражим помиловање), and Sheared meadow ("Покошена ливада).
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