Association of Writers of Serbia

Association of Writers of Serbia
Удружење књижевника Србије ; Udruženje književnika Srbije
Founded	26 May 1905; 119 years ago
Headquarters	Francuska 7 Street; Belgrade
Location	Serbia;
Key people	Miloš Janković (president)
Website	uksrbije.org.rs

The Association of Writers of Serbia (Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, Udruženje književnika Srbije) is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Miloš Janković.

History

The association was founded on 26 May 1905. Its founders and first members were Aleksandar Belić, Borivoje Popović, Dobrosav Ružić, Dragomir Janković, Dragoljub Pavlović, Dragutin Ilić, Živojin Dačić, Jovan Skerlić, Lujo Vojnović, Ljubomir Jovanović, Milan Milićević, Milovan Glišić, Milorad Mitrović, Milorad Pavlović-Krpa, Nikola Vulić, Pavle Popović, Petar Odavić, Radoje Domanović, Rista Odavić, Simo Matavulj (as president) and Stanoje Stanojević.^[1]

Post-WWII

Association was re-established after the liberation of Belgrade on the meeting which took place on 31 December 1944.^[2] Notable signatories to the initiative included Isidora Sekulić, Ivo Andrić, Jovan Popović, Milan Vukasović, Branko Lazarević and others.^[2] Isidora Sekulić was elected as the first post-war president while Oskar Davičo was its first secretary.^[2] Association brought together authors who joined or supported Yugoslav Partisans and those who did not collaborate with Axis or local quislings during the Axis occupation of Serbia and the rest of Yugoslavia.^[2] In addition to its cultural and social role, association started to play prominent role as a writers' syndicalist organization.^[2] It established two separate regional sections for the Socialist Autonomous Province of Vojvodina and Socialist Autonomous Province of Kosovo, second of which declared its intention to constitute itself as an independent organization in 1970.^[2]

As a result of the Slovene Writers' Association's support of the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike, the UKS broke off its relations with the Slovene Writers' Association.^[3]

Presidents

Simo Matavulj (1905–1911)
Borisav Stanković (1911–1914)
No activities during the First World War
Branislav Nušić (1918–1937)
Veljko Petrović (1937–1941)
No activities during the Second World War
Isidora Sekulić
Jovan Popović
Dragan M. Jeremić
Miodrag Bulatović
Matija Bećković (1988–1992)
Jovan Hristić (1992–1994)
Slobodan Rakitić (1994–2005)
Srba Ignjatović (2005–2010)
Radomir Andrić (2010–2018)
Milovan Vitezović (2018–2022)
Miloš Janković (2023–present)

Mission

The Association of Writers of Serbia states its main goals as gathering Serbian authors in the same community, protecting the professional interests of its members, working on their interpersonal relationships, working on relations with publishers and the general public, making their job(s) easier and helping its members or their families who are in poverty.

References

^ Milovan Bogavac, Association of Serbian Writers 1905-1945, UKS history
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Predrag Protić (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. pp. 547–548.
^ Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The three Yugoslavias: state-building and legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780253346568. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

External links

Official website (in Serbian)

[1] Milovan Bogavac, Association of Serbian Writers 1905-1945, UKS history

[Jugoslovenski_književni_leksikon-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Predrag Protić (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. pp. 547–548.

[Ramet2006-3] Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The three Yugoslavias: state-building and legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780253346568. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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