Serbian philosopher, translator, and professor (1892–1967)
Miloš N. Đurić
OSS (
Serbian Cyrillic : Милош Н. Ђурић), was a Serbian
classical philologist ,
hellenist , classical translator,
philosopher , university professor and a full member of
Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts .
[1] Đurić's textbooks and
[2]
[3] translations of
classic literary works such as the
Iliad , the
Odyssey and
Poetics are still in use. According to Dr. Ksenija Maricki Gađanski, Đurić's numerous contributions to
Serbian culture puts him on a scale of earlier Serbian enlighteners such as
Saint Sava and
Dositej Obradović .
[4]
Biography
Born the eldest son of a family of eight, Đurić's father, Nikola, was a teacher and writer
[4] who introduced him to
Serbian epic poetry ,
[5] which would influence his future career. He began to write and publish poetry and literary criticism early in life. In 1918, Đurić was living in
Osijek , where he tried to publish a work on
Serbian epic poetry titled
Smrt majke Jugovića .
Austro-Hungarian state
censors based in Osijek banned the paper on the grounds that it "threatens the national interests".
[4] Đurić graduated from the
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy and defended his
PhD thesis at the
University of Zagreb in 1929.
[4]
He worked as a teacher at a
gymnasium in
Zemun and
Sremska Mitrovica where he published poems and essays in a local journal Serbia .
[4] He went on to work as a university professor teaching the history of
Ancient Greek literature , a post which he held for four decades.
[6]
[7]
The
puppet government of Serbia forced him into early retirement and sent him to the
Banjica concentration camp .
[8]
[9] His only son Rastko died on the front in
Slavonia in 1945.
[5] Đurić dedicated all of his works from that point on to him.
The
Kornelije Stanković Musical Society of Belgrade elected him a full member, and Đurić later served as the president of the organisation.
[10] Between 1952 and 1957 Đurić served as the president of the
Serbian Literary Guild , chief editor of several academic journals and a contributor to 96 journals and magazines. The Belgrade Psychoanalytical Society made him a full member, and he translated some of the most influential works of psychoanalytical literature into
Serbian .
[11]
A complete
bibliography of Đurić's works consists of around 400 titles containing more than 10,000 pages.
[9]
[4]
Ethics professor
The
World War II puppet government of Serbia demanded that notable intellectuals sign a document that demanded "order and obedience" from them and "patriotism in the fight against communists".
[10] Đurić refused to sign it
[12] on the grounds that more than half of his students were part of the
Yugoslav Partisans .
[3] When a music professor stopped him and warned him the Germans would not forget his disobedience, Đurić answered: "It's easy for you. You play
diple , while I teach students
ethics !"
[13]
[14] This statement became a symbol of personal integrity in Serbian and Yugoslav society.
[15]
Awards and legacy
Đurić was awarded the city of
Belgrade 's October Award, the Seventh July Award, the
Order of Saint Sava and the Yugoslav Order of Labour. A street in
Karaburma is named after him.
[16] The Association of Literary Translators of Serbia has awarded the Miloš N. Đurić Award annually since 1969.
[17]
[18] It is considered the most important Serbian prize for translation.
[10]
Mihailo Pupin wrote highly of his work and philosophy.
[19] The title of one of
Milovan Vitezović 's poetry collections—Na času kod profesora Miloša N. Đurića —honours him.
[20]
His personal items and
works are kept by the
Belgrade University Library .
[21]
Original works
Vidovdanska etika , 1914
Smrt Majke Jugovića , 1918
Filosofija panhumanizma , 1922
Mit o sunčevoj sestri , 1925
Pred slovenskim vidicima , 1928
Racionalizam u savremenoj nemačkoj filosofiji , 1928
Problemi filosofije kulture , 1929
Ogledi iz grčke filosofije i umetnosti , 1936
Etika i politika u Eshilovoj tragediji , 1937
Aristotelovo etičko učenje , 1940
Helenska agonistika i likovne umetnosti , 1940
Istorija helenske književnosti u vremenu političke samostalnost i, 1951
Sofisti i njihov istorijski značaj, sa bibl. dotadašnjih radova , 1955
Kroz helensku istoriju, književnost i muziku (studije i ogledi) , 1955
Sofoklove tebanske tragedije , 1955
Istorija starih Grka do smrti Aleksandra Makedonskog , 1955
Na izvorima umetničke lepote, ogledi o Homeru , 1957
Iz helenskih riznica (essays) , 1959
Aristotel , 1959
Platonova akademija i njen politički rad , 1960
Istorija helenske etike , 1961
Patnja i mudrost , 1962
Značenje izraza "radojički" u pesmi Do pojasa
Laze Kostića , 1968
[22]
Antologija stare helenske lirike , 1962
Istorijski izvori istorija i filosofija , 1997
[23]
Selected works , I-VI, 1997
[24]
Translator and editor
Iliad ,
Homer
Odyssey , Homer
Poetics ,
Aristotel
The Suppliant ,
Aeschylus
The Persians , Aeschylus
Seven Against Thebes , Aeschylus
Prometheus Bound , Aeschylus
Oresteia , Aeschylus
Antigon ,
Sophocles
Oedipus Rex , Sophocles
Medea ,
Euripides
Hippolytu , Euripides
Iphigenia in Tauris , Euripides
Daphnis and Chloe ,
Longus
Symposium ,
Plato
Ion , Plato
Apology , Plato
Phaedrus , Plato
Phaedo , Plato
Crito , Plato
Criticism of Parallel Lives ,
Plutarch
Enchiridion of Epictetus ,
Arrian
De Vita Beata ,
Seneca the Younger
Epistulae Morales ad Lucilium , Seneca the Younger
Grčke tragedije , a compilation, 1982
[3]
Various shorter works by
Alfred Adler ,
Carl Jung ,
Maxim Gorky ,
Will Durant ,
Nikolai Berdyaev and
Rabindranath Tagore
Srpske narodne pesme , I-XIV, editor
Srpske narodne pripovetke , I-II, editor
Antologija stare helenske lirike, 1962, editor
See also
References
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"Члан САНУ" . 2014-04-07. Archived from
the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"ЂУРИЋ Милош Н. | Енциклопедија Српског народног позоришта" . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"Savršen prevodilac – Miloš N. Đurić" . Blog prevodilačke agencije Libra | Prevodioci.co.rs (in Serbian). 2016-08-22. Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"Srpska kultura pre i posle Miloša N. Đurića" (PDF) . Naučnici, istraživači i tumači . II .
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"Први су учитељи судбоносни" . Politika Online . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"Na helenskim izvorima" . Nedeljnik Vreme . 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
^ Hadži-Đokić, Silvana (2017-12-23).
"KNJIŽEVNI GURU XL – PREPORUKA ZA ČITANJE Milovan Vitezović: "Ispit kod profesora Miloša N. Đurića" . Ekspres.net . Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
^ Bondžić, Dragomir (2011).
"Beogradski univerzitetski profesori i Drugi svetski rat" (PDF) . Zbornik radova s Desničinih susreta : 278.
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"Prvi su učitelji sudbonosni" . Politika Online . Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
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"Na helenskim izvorima" . Nedeljnik Vreme . 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
^ Damnjanović, Srđan (2012).
"Miloš N. Đurić i psihoanaliza helenske etike" (PDF) : 17.
^ Bondžić, Dragomir (2011).
"Beogradski univerzitetski profesori i Drugi svetski rat" (PDF) . Zbornik radova s Desničinih susreta : 24.
^ Lazić, Anđelija (2017-02-05).
"NAJVOLJENIJI BEOGRADSKI PROFESOR: Studenti su ga zvali ČIKA MIŠA, a malo ko danas zna za njegovu PATNJU! | Dnevno.rs" . www.dnevno.rs (in Croatian). Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
^ Simonović, Piše: Branislav (26 March 2019).
"Ko svira u diple na Beogradskom univerzitetu?" . Dnevni list Danas (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
^ A, G. (2 June 2011).
"Spomen ploča u čast Miloša N. Đurića" . Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"Čika Miše Đurića Palilula (Beograd), ulica i objekti na mapi" . PlanPlus.rs (in Serbian (Latin script)). Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
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"Dobitnici nagrade Miloš N. Đurić za 2019. | SEEcult.org" . www.seecult.org . Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
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"Stevan Tontić received the Miloš N. Đurić Translation Prize" . english.traduki.eu . Retrieved 2020-01-25 .
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"МУДРОСТ СЕ ПАТЊОМ СТИЧЕ" . Политикин забавник . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
^ Сретеновић, М.
"На часу код Чарапићевог бреста" . Politika Online . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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^ Марибор, IZUM-Институт информацијских знаности.
"Значење израза "радојички" у песми До појаса Лазе Костића :: COBISS+" . plus.sr.cobiss.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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ISTORIJSKI IZVORI ISTORIJA I FILOSOFIJA - Miloš N. Đurić . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
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"Izabrana dela Miloša N. Đurića 1-6 : Miloš Đurić" . www.kucazasunce.com . Retrieved 2020-01-26 .
Further reading
Bibliografija Miloša N. Đurića by Živanov Marko and Sajić Radisav, 1983
Zvezdani časovi Miloša N. Đurića by Jokić Miroslav, 2014
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