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Borislav Pekić

Borislav Pekić was a Yugoslav and British writer, screenwriter, playwright and essayist (1930–1992). He was born at Podgorica and died at London.

Borislav Pekić in brief

Born
1930
Died
1992
Known for
writer, screenwriter, playwright, essayist and activist
Place of birth
Podgorica
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Recognition and collections

Borislav Pekić received NIN Prize, Ivan Goran Kovačić Award and Order "For Merit to the People" with silver star.

Catalogued works

40 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library. Their recorded dates run from 1977 to 2006.

Rabies. The Pilgrimage of Arsenij Njegovan. Uspenje i sunovrat Ikara Gubelkijana. Vreme čuda. Zlatno runo--fantazmagorija. Kako da se upokoi vampir. Graditelji. Zlatno runo. Skinuto sa trake. Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana. Izabrani eseji. Izabrane drame. Borislav Pekić. Odabrana dela Borislava Pekića. Besnilo. Stope u pesku. Zlatno doba dijaloga. Političke sveske. Marginalije i moralije. The houses of Belgrade. Moral i demokratija. Korespondencija kao život. Spomenica Borislava Pekića. Godine koje su pojeli skakavci. Život na ledu. 1999, dated 1984. Atlantida, dated 1988. How to quiet a vampire, dated 2005. Kako upokojiti vampira, dated 1977. Nova pisma iz tuđine, dated 1989. Novi Jerusalim, dated 1988. Odmor od istorije, dated 1993. Pisma iz tuđine, dated 1987. Poslednja pisma iz Tuđine, dated 1991. Rađanje Atlantide, dated 1996. Roboti i sablasti, dated 2006. Sentimentalna povest britanskog carstva, dated 1992. Uspenje i sunovrat Ikara Gulbekijana, dated 1996. U traganju za zlatnim runom, dated 1997. Vreme reči, dated 1993.

Literature

13 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Pekić, Borislav, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Pekić, Borislav: Kako upokojiti vampira, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. “Athlantis” – Anthropological Epic Poem of Borislav Pekić, Studi Slavistici, 2014. Borislav Pekić, The Walls Behind the Curtain. Philosophy, secrets and lies: Borislav Pekić, Responses to Nazi Perpetration in Fiction, 2024. POLITIČAR U SENCI PISCA: BORISLAV PEKIĆ I POČETAK VIŠEPARTIJSKOG SISTEMA U SRBIJI (1990–1992), Istorija 20. Veka, 2026. The social context of violence in the novel Rabies by Borislav Pekić, Sociološki Pregled, 2025. Profetsko pismo Borislava Pekića - novi Jerusalim ili novi Vavilon? - vreme i prostor u Zlatnom runu, Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2014. Misanthropic Aspects of Science Fiction: The Examples of Battlestar Galactica and Borislav Pekić’s Atlantis, Etnoantropološki Problemi, 2022. Vitomil Zupan i Borislav Pekić: Od zatvorskog iskustva do žanra, Slavistična Revija, 2014. PARENTS ATTITUDE ABOUT OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES, Sport Mont, 2013. The sacral function of language, literature and the Bible in the context of Borislav Pekić’s novel "The Time of Miracles", Slavia Meridionalis, 2018. The golden fleece as rite of passage, Zbornik Radova Filozofskog Fakulteta u Prištini, 2013.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1270670069). Those registers additionally record the forms Borislav Pekić - Ninety Years since the Birth (1930-2020) (Veranstaltung : 2020 : Podgorica) and Borislav Pekić - devedeset godina od rođenja (1930-2020) (Veranstaltung : 2020 : Podgorica).

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 21 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Borislav Pekić studied at University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. the recorded working language is Serbian and English.

Membership is recorded of PEN International, Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and Association of Writers of Serbia.

Works named in the authority record are The Pilgrimage of Arsenij Njegovan and Rabies.

Distinctions recorded are NIN Prize, Ivan Goran Kovačić Award and Order "For Merit to the People" with silver star.

Chronology

  1. 1930Borislav Pekić born at Podgorica.
  2. 1992Borislav Pekić died at London.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    “Borislav Pekić”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  2. 2.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1262563: Borislav Pekić

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