Matija Bećković

Matija Bećković

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Matija Bećković; OSS
	Bećković in 2015
Native name	Матија Бећковић
Born	29 November 1939 (age 84); Senta, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Occupation	Writer, poet
Nationality	Serbian
Education	Valjevo Gymnasium
Alma mater	University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Notable works	Ćeraćemo se još
Spouse	Vera Pavladoljska (m. 1964; died 1998)

Matija Bećković (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Бећковић, pronounced [mǎtija bětɕkoʋitɕ]; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic.

Life

Bećković was born in Senta,^[1] in the multiethnic province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia), to a military family of Montenegrin Serbs. Bećković's father Vuk was an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army, and during World War II the commander of the Rovci Chetnik Battalion and as such, one of the commanders of the leader of the Montenegrin Chetniks, Pavle Đurišić. His father was killed in 1945.^[2]

He graduated from the Valjevo Gymnasium in Valjevo in 1958. It was during his gymnasium years in Valjevo that he published his first poem, in the journal 'Mlada Kultura'. Furthermore, it was also in Valjevo that Bećković met Vera Pavladoljska, to whom the poem of the same name, published in 1960, was dedicated. Bećković went on to marry Pavladoljska, and he remained married to her until her death.

Upon graduating from the Valjevo gymnasium, he entered the University of Belgrade, graduating with a degree in Yugoslav and world literature.^[1] He became a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1983, becoming a full member in 1991.

Bećković is a close friend of Serbian former Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, and an active supporter of his Democratic Party of Serbia.^{[citation needed]}

He has been living in Belgrade since 1960. On the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006, Bećković did not have a right to vote since he lives in Serbia. However, as a prominent Serb nationalist he fiercely advocated against Montenegrin independence, actively supporting the State Union during the pre-referendum campaign.

In April 2022, Bećković signed a petition calling for Serbia not to impose sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.^[3]

Poetic style

A distinguishing feature of Bećković's poetry is its regionalism. Distinctly Serbian archaic dialect and phraseology permeate his work. This aspect of his work is most often lost when one reads it in translation.^{[citation needed]}

Awards and recognitions

Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle, 2007^[4]
Order of Saint Sava^[5]
Order of Marko Daković^[6]
Radoje Domanović Award
Marko Miljanov Award, Montenegro
Milan Rakić Award
Desanka Maksimović Award
Njegoš's Award
Marko Miljanov Award, Montenegro^[7]
Felix Romuliana Award^[8]
Honorary citizen of Subotica^[9]
October Award^[10]
7 July Award^[10]
Prosveta Award^[11]
Duško Trifunović Award^[12]
Vinaver's wreath^[13]
Velika povelja Brankovog kola^[14]

Works

Vera Pavladoljska
Metak Lutalica
Tako je govorio Matija
Dr. Janez Paćuka o međuvremenu
O međuvremenu
ČE: Tragedija koja traje (Published in English as CHE: Permanent Tragedy)
Reče mi jedan čoek
Međa Vuka Manitoga
Lele i kuku
Dva sveta
Poeme
Služba Svetom Savi
O Njegošu
Kaža
Čiji si ti Mali?
Nadkokot
Služba
Sabrane pesme
Kosovo najskuplja srpska reč
Ćeraćemo se još
Kad budem mlađi (Published in English as: When I'm Younger)
Misli
Bez niđe nikoga
Put kojeg nema
Služba pustinjaku cetinskom
Besede
Tri poeme
Prahu oca poezije
Sto mojih portreta
Mojih 80^[15]
Crna Gora - ime jedne vere^[16]

References

^ ^a ^b Boško Novaković (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 32.
^ ""Otac mi je ubijen u Jasenovcu ili u masovnim pogubljenjima u Sloveniji": Matija Bećković o odrastanju, Mihizu, Đilasu, Ćosiću, patrijarhu Pavlu..." Nedeljnik. Retrieved 2021-03-05.
^ "Peticija protiv uvođenja sankcija Rusiji". standard.rs. Retrieved 2022-03-19.
^ "Princ Karađorđević odlikovao članove Krunskog saveta".
^ "Академику Матији Бећковићу орден Светог Саве II степена | Српска Православна Црква [Званични сајт]". spc.rs. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ Janković, A. "Matiji Bećkoviću uručen orden". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ "Matiji Bećkoviću uručena nagrada "Marko Miljanov"". Patriot (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). 2017-05-08. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Matiji Bećkoviću nagrada "Feliks Romulijana" | Zaječarska hronika". 9 September 2019. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ "Matija Bećković počasni građanin Subotice, opozicija protiv". N1 Srbija (in Serbian (Latin script)). 12 July 2016. Retrieved 2020-01-20.
^ ^a ^b Milanovic, Stefan (30 October 2013). "Matija Beckovic". The Royal Family of Serbia. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
^ "Beckovic Matija". www.sanu.ac.rs. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. "Matija Bećković dobitnik nagrade "Duško Trifunović"". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ "Matija Bećković laureat književne nagrade Vinaverov venac". RTV Šabac (in Serbian). Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ "Матији Бећковићу Велика повеља Бранковог кола". Politika Online. Retrieved 2020-10-31.
^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Поетске вечери Матије Бећковића испуњене до последњег места – у чему је тајна". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2019-12-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ "Crna Gora – Ime Jedne Vere – Vukotić Media" (in Serbian (Cyrillic script)). Retrieved 2020-10-31.

Bećković, Matija. Izabrane Pesme i Poeme. Belgrade: Bigz, 1990.
Petković, Novica. "Twentieth century literature". Essays on Modern Serbian Bards. Ralph Bogert, Ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.