Milan Milićević

Milan Đakov Milićević (; June 4, 1831 – November 17, 1908) was a Serbian writer, pedagogue, politician, publicist, ethnologist and academic. He was and one of the founders of the Association of Writers of Serbia.

Biography He was born of a good and old Serbian family in Ripanj, about 25 kilometers south of Belgrade at the foot of Avala mountain, on the fourth of June 1831. When Milićević was a teenager his parents moved to Belgrade. Having received his early education at the gymnasium of Belgrade (1845), he entered the Velika škola, and engaged in the study of religion and education. Although Milićević did specially distinguish himself as a student, ill health prevented him from going to Russia to pursue further studies. University life, however, had considerable influence in the development of his character and furnished him with much of his literary material. After taking a degree in 1850, he taught school in the Serbian heartland Lesnik (Serbia), and in 1851 at Topola. In 1884 the Minister of Education took him as his assistant, and in 1886 he became head librarian of the National Library of Belgrade.

Work Scholar From 1868 to 1876 Milićević edited Škola (School), a tri-monthly scholastic journal. He was a voluminous writer on educational subjects, and was the author of various school-textbooks. He authored 100 books, including several novels, and published hundreds of studies, papers, monographs, and learned articles. Among his pedagological textbooks were:

Schools in Serbia (1868); A Study Guide (1869); Pedagological Studies (1870); School Hygiene (1870); History of Pedagogy (1871); School Discipline (1871); Adolf Diesterweg (1871), and Schools for the Rights of Citizens and Responsibilities (1873). which sprang from the group of young conservatives, imbued with Western liberalism. Their better known regional leaders were Milan Piroćanac, Čedomilj Mijatović, historian Stojan Novaković, poet Milan Kujundžić-Aberdar, poet, novelist and dramatist Milorad Popović Šapčanin, and Milan Đakov Milićević.

From 1896 he entered the Skupština (Serbian Parliament) as representative of a Belgrade constituency, representing the Progressive Party, but decided three years later to retire. Milićević believed that the solidarity of Slavic nations should recognize and not repudiate the principle of distinctive national differences while contributing to the mutual respect and understanding of all humankind. Professing advanced Liberal and democratic views, he often had to defend personal freedoms to those who were used to strong-arm tactics.

Literary work Literary critic Jovan Skerlić classed Milićević with Stjepan Mitrov Ljubiša (1824–1878), an excellent Serbian short story writer originally from Montenegro.

According to his own last testament, he was buried in Belgrade, next to his wives. In his testament, he left money and other possessions to his family members, cousins, and even to the household servants.

Works

Školska higijena, 1870

Dodatak pomeniku od 1888. Znameniti ljudi u srpskoga naroda koji su preminuli do kraja 1900. Pomenik znamenitih ljudi u srpskom narodu noviega doba, Belgrade, 1901 Knez Miloš u pričama, 1891 Knez Miloš u pričama II. 1900 Knez Miliš u spomenicima svog nekadašnjeg sekretara, Belgrade, 1896 Žena XX veka, napisala Žil SImon i Gustav Simon, Belgrade, 1894 Kneževina Srbija, Belgrade,, 1876. Kraljevina Srbija: Novi krajevi, Belgrade, 1884 Čupić Stojan i Nikola, Belgrade, 1875 Život i dela velikih ljudi iz svih naroda I, Belgrade, 1877 Život i dela velikih ljudi iz svih naroda II, Belgrade, 1877 Život i dela velikih ljudi iz svih naroda III, Belgrade, 1879 Karađorđe u govori u stvoru, Belgrade, 1904 Putnička pisma Beleške kroz put pet okružja po Srbiji Iz svojih uspomena Život Srba seljaka Slave u Srba Iz svojih uspomena Zadružna kuća na selu Pedagogijske pouke Kako se uči knjiga Školska disciplina Pogled na narodno školovanje u Srbiji Moralna žena Zimnje večeri Selo Zloselica i učitelj Milivoje Jurmus i Fatima Omer Čelebija