Serbian literature

BELGRADE - The 22nd Belgrade Salon, a collective exhibition organized by the association for cherishing traditional values of Belgrade "April 6", will open at Gallery 73 on Thursday.

BELGRADE - Publishing house Blooming Twig Books from New York has published the novel by Serbian author Dejan Stojiljkovic 'Konstantinovo raskrsce' (Constantine's Crossing) which was translated by Randall A. Major.

Author and former FRY president Dobrica Ćosić dies

BELGRADE -- Serbian President Tomislav Nikolić sent a telegram of condolences to the family of late Dobrica Ćosić, Serbian writer and politician.

The 93-year-old member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) passed away on Sunday, his family announced.

BELGRADE - Writer Svetlana Velmar-Jankovic died in Belgrade, her family and the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU) released on Wednesday.

Velmar-Jankovic was a regular member of SANU.

She was born in Belgrade on February 1, 1933. She studied French literature.

BELGRADE - The organizing committee for the marking of 150th anniversary of the death of the greatest Serbian philologist Vuk Stefanovic Karadzic (1864-2014) adopted on Tuesday the proposal for the jubilee celebration program.