Petar Šarić

Petar Šarić also spelled Petar Sharich (Tupan, Kosovo and Metohija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, 1937) is a Serbian poet and prose writer, a native of Kosovo and Metohija and author of several novels, books of poetry, and plays.[1] He is one of the leading 20th-century Kosovo Serbian literary figures.[2]

Petar Šarić in 2016

Biography

Petar Šarić was born in the village of Tupan, near Nikšić in Montenegro in 1937. He is a graduate of the University of Priština Faculty of Philology in languages and literature. Upon graduation, he taught in several schools in both Prizren and Rahovec before joining the newspaper staff of the Priština daily Jedinstvo where he later held the post of Editor-in-chief for several years. He authored volumes of verse, the first of which was published in the 1970s.[1]

Šarić's best selling work -- Mitrova Amerika (Mitar's America) -- is the Serbian literary contribution to the topic of immigration to the New World in 2012.[3] He is also a Serbian activist in Kosovo who raises questions when Albanian authorities abuse their power.[4]

Selected works
  • Sutra stiže gospodar ("Tomorrow the Lord is Coming" in two volumes, Belgrade, 1979 and 1981)[1]
  • Mitrova Amerika (Mitar's America)[3]

References
  1. Elsie, Robert (2004). Historical Dictionary of Kosova. Scarecrow Press. p. 161. ISBN 978-0-8108-5309-6.
  2. Elsie, Robert (2010). Historical Dictionary of Kosovo. Scarecrow Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-8108-7483-1.
  3. Mitrova Mihailovich, Vasa (March 2013). "Mitrova Amerika". World Literature Today. 87 (2): 142–143. doi:10.7588/worllitetoda.87.2.0142 – via ProQuest.
  4. Le Kosovo-Metohija dans l'histoire serbe (in French). L'Age d"Homme. 1990. ISBN 978-2-8251-0139-1.


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