Most Famous Serbian Writers

50 Serbian Writers in view out of 82

Writing 82
Serbia 572
Vuk Karadžić
Vuk Karadžić Serbian Linguist 1787 – 1864
#6,003
Dobrica Ćosić
Dobrica Ćosić Serbian Writer 1921 – 2014
#16,362
Desanka Maksimović
Desanka Maksimović Serbian Poet 1898 – 1993
#19,213
Miloš Crnjanski
Miloš Crnjanski Serbian Poet 1893 – 1977
#20,510
Dositej Obradović
Dositej Obradović Serbian Writer 1742 – 1811
#21,213
Branko Ćopić
Branko Ćopić Serbian Writer 1915 – 1984
#25,975
Laza Kostić
Laza Kostić Serbian Writer 1841 – 1910
#32,331
Đura Jakšić
Đura Jakšić Serbian Poet 1832 – 1878
#34,402
DA
David Albahari Serbian Writer Born 1948
#42,913
Aleksandar Tišma
Aleksandar Tišma Serbian Writer 1924 – 2003
#45,069
Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević Serbian Writer Born 1948
#45,073
Borisav Stanković
Borisav Stanković Serbian Writer 1876 – 1927
#49,609
Mika Antić
Mika Antić Serbian Poet 1932 – 1986
#61,247
Milovan Glišić
Milovan Glišić Serbian Writer 1847 – 1908
#62,595
Radoje Domanović
Radoje Domanović Serbian Writer 1873 – 1908
#65,419
Stevan Raičković
Stevan Raičković Serbian Poet 1928 – 2007
#86,412
Dimitrije Tucović
Dimitrije Tucović Serbian Journalist 1881 – 1914
#88,116
OI
Olja Ivanjicki Serbian Poet 1931 – 2009
#88,771
JI
Jakov Ignjatović Serbian Writer 1822 – 1889
#96,924
Vladislav Petković Dis
Vladislav Petković Dis Serbian Poet 1880 – 1917
#101,567
Janko Veselinović (writer)
Janko Veselinović (writer) Serbian Writer 1862 – 1905
#110,762
Matija Ban
Matija Ban Serbian Poet 1818 – 1903
#126,404
Dragoljub Mićunović
Dragoljub Mićunović Serbian Philosopher Born 1930
#128,677
Milovan Danojlić
Milovan Danojlić Serbian Poet Born 1937
#131,163
ME
Milorad Ekmečić Serbian Historian 1928 – 2015
#131,962
JĆ
Jovan Ćirilov Serbian Writer 1931 – 2014
#158,590
Milan Milićević
Milan Milićević Serbian Historian 1831 – 1908
#169,454
LT
Ljubomir Tadić Serbian Philosopher 1925 – 2013
#178,380
MS
Milica Stojadinović-Srpkinja Serbian Poet 1828 – 1878
#205,127
VN
Viktor Novak Serbian Historian 1889 – 1977
#207,844
Milovan Vidaković
Milovan Vidaković Serbian Writer 1780 – 1841
#228,164
Ivo Ćipiko
Ivo Ćipiko Serbian Writer 1869 – 1923
#229,946
Dimitrije Mitrinović
Dimitrije Mitrinović Serbian Literary 1887 – 1953
#233,192
Dobrica Erić
Dobrica Erić Serbian Writer 1936 – 2019
#237,687
Svetolik Ranković
Svetolik Ranković Serbian Writer 1863 – 1899
#241,874
BC
Branislav Crnčević Serbian Writer 1933 – 2011
#243,875
Ljubivoje Ršumović
Ljubivoje Ršumović Serbian Writer Born 1939
#245,872
Duško Trifunović
Duško Trifunović Serbian Writer 1933 – 2006
#269,571
Rade Drainac
Rade Drainac Serbian Poet 1899 – 1943
#310,262
Jovan Ilić
Jovan Ilić Serbian Poet 1824 – 1901
#335,319
Vuk Vrčević
Vuk Vrčević Serbian Writer 1811 – 1882
#341,949
Vladimir Gaćinović
Vladimir Gaćinović Serbian Writer 1890 – 1917
#351,188
PU
Pavle Ugrinov Serbian Writer 1926 – 2007
#365,363
Rade Mihaljčić
Rade Mihaljčić Serbian Historian 1937 – 2020
#369,145
Miro Vuksanović
Miro Vuksanović Serbian Writer Born 1944
#379,960
Nićifor Dučić
Nićifor Dučić Serbian Historian 1832 – 1900
#399,846
Živko Pavlović
Živko Pavlović Serbian Historian 1871 – 1938
#425,987
MS
Momčilo Spremić Serbian Historian Born 1937
#454,703
Nevenka Petrić
Nevenka Petrić Serbian Poet 1927 – 2015
#454,975
MD
Mihailo Dinić Serbian Historian 1899 – 1970
#485,769

By the numbers

Inside Serbia Writers

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Through the Decades

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Notable Births by Decade

Notable births among Serbia Writers peaked in the 1930s with 21 people.

What Serbia Writers Are Known For

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Writer are Serbia Writers's biggest group — 45% of all notables (37).

Serbia Writers over-index on poet — 13.1× the global rate.

  1. Writer37
  2. Poet21
  3. Historian11
  4. Journalist6
  5. Philosopher2
  6. Linguist1
  7. Literary1
  8. Philologist1
  1. Poet2113.1×
  2. Historian1111.3×
  3. Writer3710.9×
  4. Journalist67.7×