serbian november october serbian poet theatre critic playwright soldier native belgrade began writing poetry early age published number literary reviews pseudonym teenager rose prominence balkan wars writing experiences territories newly ottoman_empire outbreak world war interrupted studies forced postpone marrying girlfriend couple separated chaos war left belgrade family relocated worked military censor wrote articles local newspaper pay family bills october overwhelmed combined austro hungarian bulgarian german invasion forced retreat neutral greece albania younger brother joined exodus marching weeks montenegro northern albania finally reunited fiancée allowed accompany brother fiancée ship destined italy fighting age continue marching greece early reached greek island recruited work serbian military intelligence summer transferred continued working military august granted leave sailed france reunited fiancée brother returned greece weeks later diagnosed tuberculosis september following year owing political connections patrons managed find care exclusive military hospital late october condition worsened died early november age initially buried allied military cemetery siblings remains relocated belgrade parents popularity grew following death poems received widespread critical acclaim portrayal retreat winter stay thousands soldiers succumbed disease exhaustion buried sea work remained popular yugoslavia 20th century reputation greatest serbian poets romantic period life career family born belgrade eldest child née father family originally following serbian uprising great grandfather fled ancestral homeland settled austro hungarian city modern escape ottoman persecution father grandfather born good standing members town fledgling community father shortly entered argument high ranking hungarian officer insulted fled serbian capital escape punishment attended trade school belgrade successful line traces origins town northern macedonia mother family fled town settled modern maternal grandfather lived border town child married started family like father successful offered marry daughter initial disagreement price gave marriage blessing parents soon married time birth parents living small flat street situated father shop belgrade decade children children survived adulthood child family frequently visited mother cousin brother said greatly influenced young having introduced serbian folk tales medieval legends early age education publications began attending finished excellent grades likely began writing poetry ages caught attention teachers taught serbian school wrote pupils writing poetry year elementary school father street proud son work keeps poems locked away safe great treasures convinced immense value proof son brilliant future moved small house street autumn enrolled belgrade taught children ages eighteen years distinguished excellent student recognized best student school exempt final examinations time poems started appearing school periodical began writing literary reviews daily news list paper youngest contributor contributions written pseudonym feared taken seriously true age uncovered authored articles newspapers artwork serbian literary gazette austro hungarian annexation penned stage play titled blind meant play trilogy titled crown shared play friend showed director belgrade end secondary school studies elected chairman school literary club turning eighteen deemed unfit serve mandatory service graduation autumn enrolled studied works german italian south slavic literature varying rates success shortly entering university began contributing theatrical reviews ultra nationalist daily strongly opposed prime minister serbia serbian quasi official paper secret organization better known played important role serbian political life greatest influences teenage years secondary school teachers literary critic member artistic committee advised continue writing poetry dramatic verse shared draft stage play titled chains encouraged submit competition held belgrade play works submitted number prominent writers took competition including chains rejected youthful prize went contestant father died suddenly heart attack aged rise prominence coverage balkan wars despite busy schedule university years spent nights bars artists belgrade bohemian quarter extremely popular writers artists generation time belgrade merchant elite art patrons patrons wife power influence works balkan wars accompanied war reporter wrote experiences macedonia expulsion turks occupied balkans years fill optimism future czech volunteer nurse 17th reserve hospital recalled spirit constant opposition time desires drank life senses historian writes young man rare photographs testimony contemporaries emerges figure medium stature slightly shoulders thick brown hair pale oval face dark raised giving face expression intense irony eyes burned constant passion lips young vulnerable smile conversation reputed brilliant wars wrote historical drama titled king autumn received considerable praise drama premiered october works premiered soon early publishing magnate printed poetry collection consisting works retreat outbreak world war final year gotten engaged girlfriend war stop education decided postpone marriage peace restored remained employed left belgrade family return remained city moved town serbian interior shortly moved worked military censor wrote articles gazette pay family bills early february mother died cancer leaving care younger siblings devoted creative energy completion epic poem titled published combined austro hungarian bulgarian german invasion serbia october deeply patriotic work compares bulgaria impending attack serbia biblical story murdering brother capturing burned copy poem survived carried city leaving brother joined retreat adriatic coast sisters infant brother went live cousin occupied brothers journey took continued intended join retreating columns head hoped allied ships evacuate serbian troops italy serbs quickly realized hope evacuated austro hungarian naval presence northern coast serbian military elected retreat interior surrender serbs marched south intended meet french expeditionary force evacuate greek island thousands soldiers died hunger succumbed cold ambushed hostile killed traversing countryside marching wilderness began writing poetry anthology titled songs pride suffering comprise best known works started working new drama verse titled marriage friend accompanied difficult journey recalled dressed strange way pulled head completely covered forehead hardly visible weight ears collapsed wore kind long black coat covered mud held place string piece string belt hung pot boiling water tea useful things walked slightly bent forward followed noise things waist occupation serbia central powers far everyday struggles exodus said slept little telling don realize missing sleeping circumstances like entire soul kept constantly awake centuries painted vast death heroes indifferent december reunited fiancée recalled shall forget day saw sea begin speak future making plans vast novel verse comedies dramas intended bring great events history life reaching coast told board ship italy fighting age fiancée allowed board year old brother judged young military service granted passage unable companions continued length coast reached allies sent ships transport remnants greek mainland reaching thousands troops began showing symptoms island died span months seven thousand buried sea space remains interred land corpses simply barges tossed overboard appalled suffering church bells toll dead instead hours wrote witnessing disposal bodies inspired write poem ode describes best masterpiece serbian patriotic poetry shortly arriving recruited work serbian military intelligence transferred years death reaching spent spare time reading works french authors writing poetry august received month leave sailed france fiancée brother gone escape war shortly landing italy spent month fiancée nice returning greece resumed army service continued writing poetry songs pride suffering published nearly copy anthology destroyed great fire august copy survived sent fiancée france basis post war edition september diagnosed tuberculosis owing influence old patron admitted military hospital central tended exclusively officers wife visited continued writing poetry condition deteriorated poems began melancholy tone remained optimistic recover illness family month death sent fiancée brother telegram assuring slightly ill promised reunited died tuberculosis november october hours death appeared convinced survival according fellow patient died half sleep fit destroyed tissues lungs buried military cemetery family shocked news death particularly brother fiancée believed road recovery remains transferred belgrade parents siblings survived war brother diplomat worked axis invasion country april left yugoslavia family emigrated west youngest brother spent rest life belgrade high school geography teacher sister married lived belgrade death youngest sister died single fiancée remained loyal married death returned serbia war died belgrade influences themes legacy studied bible free time read works victor hugo notes early poems reflect degree influenced works contends influence early work unfortunate imitate style failed achieve originality instead merely absence spontaneous emotion matured influenced works irish writer particularly play performed belgrade university years play influenced extent later composed poem according thrilled beauty descriptions reading work inspired use biblical rhythm notes archaic phrase thou art appears poems began reading influence observed lyric plays especially king autumn inspired french playwright play dramatic ideal influence clearly felt marriage paid homage writing entire drama verse style considered obsolete time serbian history medieval legends greatest influence plays notes dramas published inspired serbian medieval motifs balkan wars inspired write patriotic poetry attempted emulate hugo verse poetry revolved patriotic themes theme overtaken months non patriotic poems wrote love felt fiancée historian personal suffering embodied serbian history crossroads greatness disaster cox considers famous serbian artists writers perished world war contends achieved short career number writers poets led far longer lives writes influence serbian literature greater survived war praises great poets 20th century inaugural awarded student library belgrade based learning institution dedicated exclusively studies life work library funded operates extensive online database known august researchers discovered original manuscript ode blue sea tomb library archives slip paper immediately given experts went restoring prevent decay
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