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Svetlana Velmar-Janković

1933 - 2014

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Svetlana Velmar-Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Светлана Велмар-Јанковић, Serbian pronunciation: [sʋɛ̌tlana ʋɛ̂lmaːr jaːnkɔʋitɕ], 1 February 1933 – 9 April 2014) was a Serbian novelist, essayist, chronicler of Belgrade, and first female laureate of the Isidora Sekulić Award. She was considered to be one of the most important Serbian female authors of her time. In 2001, the French President Jacques Chirac honored her with the Chevalier medal of Legion of Honor because she always took care to preserve the humanist values which unite her and her country with the rest of Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Svetlana Velmar-Janković is the 5,321st most popular writer (down from 5,231st in 2019), the 285th most popular biography from Serbia (down from 278th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Serbian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 5,321 out of 7,302Before her are Terry Bisson, Honorat de Bueil, seigneur de Racan, Lev Kassil, José Bergamín, Tony Duvert, and Roger Hargreaves. After her are Eva Ibbotson, Alain de Botton, Ramón de Campoamor y Campoosorio, František Halas, Claude Mauriac, and Henjō.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1933, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 403Before her are Irina Beglyakova, László Kovács, Luka Lipošinović, Janusz Sidło, Aleksandr Privalov, and Eldar Shengelaia. After her are Lee Calhoun, Michael Frayn, Barbara Feldon, Harve Presnell, Anatoly Krutikov, and Robert Goulet. Among people deceased in 2014, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 381Before her are Piero D'Inzeo, David Malet Armstrong, Kira Zvorykina, Fyodor Cherenkov, William Jones, and Roberto Telch. After her are Joe Sample, Jaroslav Walter, Jorge Romo, Acker Bilk, Richard Dürr, and Lode Wouters.

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In Serbia

Among people born in Serbia, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 285 out of 661Before her are Aleksandar Atanacković (1920), Slobodan Živojinović (1963), Sanja Ilić (1951), Milunka Lazarević (1932), Zoran Živković (1945), and Luka Lipošinović (1933). After her are Goran Karan (1964), László Szabados (1911), Dragan Šakota (1952), Ivan Jovanović (1962), Mihailo Petrović (1957), and Milorad Arsenijević (1906).

Among WRITERS In Serbia

Among writers born in Serbia, Svetlana Velmar-Janković ranks 24Before her are Mika Antić (1932), Milovan Glišić (1847), Jovan Sterija Popović (1806), Dušan Kovačević (1948), Jovan Rajić (1726), and Prvoslav Vujcic (1960). After her are Mira Alečković (1924), Dejan Ajdačić (1959), Zoran Stefanović (1969), and Téa Obreht (1985).