Ljubiša Rajić

Ljubiša Rajić (4 April 1947 – 4 June 2012) was a Serbian university professor of North Germanic languages, prolific translator and academic.

Biography He graduated North Germanic languages in 1975 in Oslo, and went on the get a master's degrees and a PhD at Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.

Rajić is the founder of North Germanic languages department at the University of Belgrade.

He died at the age of 65 in Belgrade after a long illness.

Scientific work As one of the most prolific authors and scholars in the area of North Germanic languages, Rajić authored more than 200 scientific papers and peer reviews as well as around 500 articles. The current system of transcription from North Germanic languages to Serbian was written by Rajić and published under Matica Srpska in 2010.

Awards and legacy Ljubiša Rajić Award was established in his honour. It is given every two years on the International student day and Rajićs birthday (4 April). The award is given for the first translation of prose or poetry from a foreign language.

Rajić was a foreign member of Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.

His decorations include:

Selected works Švedska gramatika = Svensk grammatik pa serbokroatiska, 1985 Objašnjenje u istorijskoj lingvistici, 1991 Skandinavske književnosti u prevodu na srpskohrvatski jezik: građa za bibliografiju, 1997 Tekst u vremenu, 2008. Umeće čitanja: ogledi o (književnom) tekstu, 2009 Dnevnik iz Beograda, autobiographical prose dealing with the events during NATO bombing of Yugoslavia

Translations Generacija by Georg Johannesen, 1971 Savremena norveška lirika, with Desanka Maksimović, 1978 Kada se jedan mali narod bori za život : srpske vojničke priče by Obrest H. Angel, 1995 Pan by Knut Hamsun, 1995 Karius and Bactus by Thorbjørn Egner, 1995 Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder, 1998 The Solitaire Mystery by Jostein Gaarder, 1998 Through a Glass, Darkly by Jostein Gaarder, 2001 Maya by Jostein Gaarder, 2002 The Ringmaster's Daughter by Jostein Gaarder, 2002 The Castle in the Pyrenees by Jostein Gaarder, 2009 A Philosophy of Fear by Lars Svendsen, 2008 Dramas I-II by Henrik Ibsen, 2014