Velimir Živojinović Masuka

Velimir Živojinović Massuka (1886–1974) — also sometimes written as Masuka , in a wrong transliteration from Serbian Cyrillic, as he used Massuka in Latin alphabet alongside his name in Cyrillic, namely "Велимир Живојиновић Massuka" — was a Serbian poet, playwright, literary critic, and translator. Most of his activities were devoted to the theater. He was active as a theater director in Belgrade, Skopje, and Niš.

Biography He was born in Velika Plana, lost his mother at the age of one and his father when he was ten. He read German at the University of Belgrade and Leipzig University and finished his studies in 1914. Their son Branimir Živojinović (1930–2007) was also a poet and German literature scholar.

He was also the first president of the Society of Writers and Literary Translators of Niš, contributing to the establishment of its early organizational structure and activities.