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Anica Savić Rebac

1892 – 1953

Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor

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Lived 1892 – 1953 (aged 61). Anica Savić Rebac was a Serbian writer, historian, classical philologist, poet, translator and university teacher.

Anica Savić-Rebac (; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the University of Belgrade.

Biography She graduated from the gymnasium in her hometown of Novi Sad as the only woman in her class. Her further education in Vienna was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. In 1920 she graduated from the University of Belgrade.

She wrote a number of essays and books about Njegoš, Goethe, Sophocles, Spinoza, Thomas Mann, Greek mystical philosophers, Plato, theory of literature. She also translated a number of works from Serbian into English, most notably The Ray of the Microcosm by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš.

Anica Savić Rebac appears under the name of Milica in travel book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West. In this book she is not only a new friend, but also the intellectual guide who eventually reveals to Rebecca West the rituals which would lead the author to the clue metaphor of her vision of the Balkans.

Works Geteov Helenizam (1933) Ljubav u filozofiji Spinozinoj (1933) Mistična i tragična misao kod Grka (1934) Štefan George (1934) Platonska i hrišćanska ljubav (1936) Kallistos (1937) Tomas Man i problematika naših dana (1937) Njegoš, Kabala i Filon Njegoš i bogumilstvo Pesnik i njeogova pozicija Večeri na moru (1929) Predplatonska erotologija (1932), Antička estetika i nauka o književnosti (1954) Helenski vidici (1966)

Translations The Ray of the Microcosm (1957) Der Strahl des Mikrocosmos

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University of Belgrade
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Hasan Rebac

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Who was Anica Savić Rebac?

Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor (1892–1953)

When was Anica Savić Rebac born?

Anica Savić Rebac was born on 4 October 1892 in Novi Sad.

When did Anica Savić Rebac die?

Anica Savić Rebac died on 7 October 1953 in Belgrade.

What was Anica Savić Rebac's occupation?

Anica Savić Rebac was a writer, historian, classical philologist, poet, translator and university teacher.

What nationality was Anica Savić Rebac?

Anica Savić Rebac was Serbian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Anica Savić Rebac

· Wikidata: Q9154657

· DBpedia: Anica Savić Rebac

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