Jovan Hristić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Христић; 26 August 1933 - 20 June 2002) was a Serbian poet, playwright, essayist, literary and theater critic, translator, editor of Literature, Danas and editor at IRO Nolit.[1]
Jovan Hristić was born on 26 August 1933 in Belgrade.[2] Jovan Hristić was the great-grandson of Filip Hristić, named after his son Jovan Hristić.
He graduated from the Second Men's Gymnasium, together with Slobodan Selenić. He studied architecture and philosophy. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy in 1958. He was a full professor at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts and taught dramaturgy to all generations since 1967.
Hristić was an advocate of modern Serbian lyrics. In drama, he tried to speak through well-known characters from the classics about the eternal problems that plague modern man. In the essay, he examined modern phenomena and forms in literature and art.
He was the winner of two Sterija Awards for Drama, Sterija Awards for Theatrology, Isidora Sekulic Award for Criticism, Djordje Jovanovic Award for Criticism, Milan Rakic Award, and the Pavle Bihalji Bookstore Award for Best Poetry Book of the Year 1993, as well as the Nolit, Borbina and Vinaver awards. In August 2001, he received the "Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša International Award".
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