Danilo Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; 22 February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was

a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. Kiš was influenced by Bruno
Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, Boris Pilnyak, Ivo Andrić andMiroslav
Krleža[1] among other authors. His best known works include Hourglass, A Tomb for Boris
Davidovich and The  Danilo
Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; 22
February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was a Yugoslav novelist,
short story writer, essayist and translator. Kiš was influenced
by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, Boris
Pilnyak, Ivo Andrić andMiroslav Krleža[1] among other authors.
His best known works include Hourglass, A Tomb for Boris
Davidovich and The  Danilo Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; 22 February 1935 –
15 October 1989) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. Kiš was
influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, Boris Pilnyak, Ivo
Andrić andMiroslav Krleža[1] among other authors. His best known works
include Hourglass, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The  Career[edit]

While doing research at the University of Belgrade, Kiš was a

prominent writer for Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960. In
1962 he published his first two novels, Mansarda (translated as The
Garret) and Psalm 44.[15] He then took up a position as a lector at
the University of Strasbourg. He held the position until 1973. In that
period, he translated several French books into Serbo-Croatian. He
also wrote and published Garden, Ashes (1965), Early
Sorrows (1969), and Hourglass(1972). For his novel
Peščanik (Hourglass), Kiš received the prestigious NIN Award, but
returned it a few years later due to a political dispute.[16]
Plagiarism controversy[edit]
In 1976, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich was published. Kiš drew
inspiration for the novel from his time as a lecturer at the University
of Bordeaux.
Kiš returned to Belgrade that year only to be hit by claims that he
plagiarized portions of the novel from any number of authors. Critics
also attacked the novel for its alleged Marxist themes.
Kiš responded to the scandal by writing The Anatomy Lesson. In the
book, he accused his critics of parroting nationalist opinions and of
being anti-literary. Several of the people that Kiš criticized in The
Anatomy Lesson sought retribution following its publication. In 1981,
Dragan Jeremić, a professor of literature at the University of
Belgrade and opponent of Kiš, published Narcissus without a
Face in which he reasserted his claim that Kiš had plagiarized A
Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Dragoljub Golubović, the journalist who
published the first story accusing Kiš of plagiarism, sued Kiš for
defamation. The case was eventually dismissed in March 1979, but
not after it drew substantial attention from the public.[17]
Move to Paris[edit]
Rattled by the plagiarism controversy and subsequent defamation
lawsuit, Kiš left Belgrade for Paris in the summer of 1979. In 1983
he published The Encyclopedia of the Dead. During this period in
his life, Kiš achieved greater global recognition as his works were
translated into several languages.[18]
Death[edit]

After feeling weak for several months, Kiš was diagnosed with
metastatic lung cancer in September 1989. He died a month later,
on October 15, 1989. Kiš was 54 at the time of his death, the same
age that his father had been when he was sent to Auschwitz.[19]
Personal life[edit]

Kiš was married to Mirjana Miočinović from 1962 to 1981.[20] At the

time of his death, he was living with Pascale Delpech, his former
student from the University of Bordeaux.[21]
Career[edit]

While doing research at the University of Belgrade, Kiš was a

prominent writer for Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960. In
1962 he published his first two novels, Mansarda (translated as The
Garret) and Psalm 44.[15] He then took up a position as a lector at
the University of Strasbourg. He held the position until 1973. In that
period, he translated several French books into Serbo-Croatian. He
also wrote and published Garden, Ashes (1965), Early
Sorrows (1969), and Hourglass(1972). For his novel
Peščanik (Hourglass), Kiš received the prestigious NIN Award, but
returned it a few years later due to a political dispute.[16]
Plagiarism controversy[edit]
In 1976, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich was published. Kiš drew
inspiration for the novel from his time as a lecturer at the University
of Bordeaux.
Kiš returned to Belgrade that year only to be hit by claims that he
plagiarized portions of the novel from any number of authors. Critics
also attacked the novel for its alleged Marxist themes.
Kiš responded to the scandal by writing The Anatomy Lesson. In the
book, he accused his critics of parroting nationalist opinions and of
being anti-literary. Several of the people that Kiš criticized in The
Anatomy Lesson sought retribution following its publication. In 1981,
Dragan Jeremić, a professor of literature at the University of
Belgrade and opponent of Kiš, published Narcissus without a
Face in which he reasserted his claim that Kiš had plagiarized A
Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Dragoljub Golubović, the journalist who
published the first story accusing Kiš of plagiarism, sued Kiš for
defamation. The case was eventually dismissed in March 1979, but
not after it drew substantial attention from the public.[17]
Move to Paris[edit]
Rattled by the plagiarism controversy and subsequent defamation
lawsuit, Kiš left Belgrade for Paris in the summer of 1979. In 1983
he published The Encyclopedia of the Dead. During this period in
his life, Kiš achieved greater global recognition as his works were
translated into several languages.[18]
Death[edit]

After feeling weak for several months, Kiš was diagnosed with
metastatic lung cancer in September 1989. He died a month later,
on October 15, 1989. Kiš was 54 at the time of his death, the same
age that his father had been when he was sent to Auschwitz.[19]
Personal life[edit]

Kiš was married to Mirjana Miočinović from 1962 to 1981.[20] At the

time of his death, he was living with Pascale Delpech, his former
student from the University of Bordeaux.[21]
Career[edit]
While doing research at the University of Belgrade, Kiš was a
prominent writer for Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960. In
1962 he published his first two novels, Mansarda (translated as The
Garret) and Psalm 44.[15] He then took up a position as a lector at
the University of Strasbourg. He held the position until 1973. In that
period, he translated several French books into Serbo-Croatian. He
also wrote and published Garden, Ashes (1965), Early
Sorrows (1969), and Hourglass(1972). For his novel
Peščanik (Hourglass), Kiš received the prestigious NIN Award, but
returned it a few years later due to a political dispute.[16]
Plagiarism controversy[edit]
In 1976, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich was published. Kiš drew
inspiration for the novel from his time as a lecturer at the University
of Bordeaux.
Kiš returned to Belgrade that year only to be hit by claims that he
plagiarized portions of the novel from any number of authors. Critics
also attacked the novel for its alleged Marxist themes.
Kiš responded to the scandal by writing The Anatomy Lesson. In the
book, he accused his critics of parroting nationalist opinions and of
being anti-literary. Several of the people that Kiš criticized in The
Anatomy Lesson sought retribution following its publication. In 1981,
Dragan Jeremić, a professor of literature at the University of
Belgrade and opponent of Kiš, published Narcissus without a
Face in which he reasserted his claim that Kiš had plagiarized A
Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Dragoljub Golubović, the journalist who
published the first story accusing Kiš of plagiarism, sued Kiš for
defamation. The case was eventually dismissed in March 1979, but
not after it drew substantial attention from the public.[17]
Move to Paris[edit]
Rattled by the plagiarism controversy and subsequent defamation
lawsuit, Kiš left Belgrade for Paris in the summer of 1979. In 1983
he published The Encyclopedia of the Dead. During this period in
his life, Kiš achieved greater global recognition as his works were
translated into several languages.[18]
Death[edit]

After feeling weak for several months, Kiš was diagnosed with
metastatic lung cancer in September 1989. He died a month later,
on October 15, 1989. Kiš was 54 at the time of his death, the same
age that his father had been when he was sent to Auschwitz.[19]
Personal life[edit]

Kiš was married to Mirjana Miočinović from 1962 to 1981.[20] At the

time of his death, he was living with Pascale Delpech, his former
student from the University of Bordeaux.[21]
Career[edit]

While doing research at the University of Belgrade, Kiš was a

prominent writer for Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960. In
1962 he published his first two novels, Mansarda (translated as The
Garret) and Psalm 44.[15] He then took up a position as a lector at
the University of Strasbourg. He held the position until 1973. In that
period, he translated several French books into Serbo-Croatian. He
also wrote and published Garden, Ashes (1965), Early
Sorrows (1969), and Hourglass(1972). For his novel
Peščanik (Hourglass), Kiš received the prestigious NIN Award, but
returned it a few years later due to a political dispute.[16]
Plagiarism controversy[edit]
In 1976, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich was published. Kiš drew
inspiration for the novel from his time as a lecturer at the University
of Bordeaux.
Kiš returned to Belgrade that year only to be hit by claims that he
plagiarized portions of the novel from any number of authors. Critics
also attacked the novel for its alleged Marxist themes.
Kiš responded to the scandal by writing The Anatomy Lesson. In the
book, he accused his critics of parroting nationalist opinions and of
being anti-literary. Several of the people that Kiš criticized in The
Anatomy Lesson sought retribution following its publication. In 1981,
Dragan Jeremić, a professor of literature at the University of
Belgrade and opponent of Kiš, published Narcissus without a
Face in which he reasserted his claim that Kiš had plagiarized A
Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Dragoljub Golubović, the journalist who
published the first story accusing Kiš of plagiarism, sued Kiš for
defamation. The case was eventually dismissed in March 1979, but
not after it drew substantial attention from the public.[17]
Move to Paris[edit]
Rattled by the plagiarism controversy and subsequent defamation
lawsuit, Kiš left Belgrade for Paris in the summer of 1979. In 1983
he published The Encyclopedia of the Dead. During this period in
his life, Kiš achieved greater global recognition as his works were
translated into several languages.[18]
Death[edit]

After feeling weak for several months, Kiš was diagnosed with
metastatic lung cancer in September 1989. He died a month later,
on October 15, 1989. Kiš was 54 at the time of his death, the same
age that his father had been when he was sent to Auschwitz.[19]
Personal life[edit]

Kiš was married to Mirjana Miočinović from 1962 to 1981.[20] At the

time of his death, he was living with Pascale Delpech, his former
student from the University of Bordeaux.[21]
Career[edit]

While doing research at the University of Belgrade, Kiš was a

prominent writer for Vidici magazine, where he worked until 1960. In
1962 he published his first two novels, Mansarda (translated as The
Garret) and Psalm 44.[15] He then took up a position as a lector at
the University of Strasbourg. He held the position until 1973. In that
period, he translated several French books into Serbo-Croatian. He
also wrote and published Garden, Ashes (1965), Early
Sorrows (1969), and Hourglass(1972). For his novel
Peščanik (Hourglass), Kiš received the prestigious NIN Award, but
returned it a few years later due to a political dispute.[16]
Plagiarism controversy[edit]
In 1976, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich was published. Kiš drew
inspiration for the novel from his time as a lecturer at the University
of Bordeaux.
Kiš returned to Belgrade that year only to be hit by claims that he
plagiarized portions of the novel from any number of authors. Critics
also attacked the novel for its alleged Marxist themes.
Kiš responded to the scandal by writing The Anatomy Lesson. In the
book, he accused his critics of parroting nationalist opinions and of
being anti-literary. Several of the people that Kiš criticized in The
Anatomy Lesson sought retribution following its publication. In 1981,
Dragan Jeremić, a professor of literature at the University of
Belgrade and opponent of Kiš, published Narcissus without a
Face in which he reasserted his claim that Kiš had plagiarized A
Tomb for Boris Davidovich. Dragoljub Golubović, the journalist who
published the first story accusing Kiš of plagiarism, sued Kiš for
defamation. The case was eventually dismissed in March 1979, but
not after it drew substantial attention from the public.[17]
Move to Paris[edit]
Rattled by the plagiarism controversy and subsequent defamation
lawsuit, Kiš left Belgrade for Paris in the summer of 1979. In 1983
he published The Encyclopedia of the Dead. During this period in
his life, Kiš achieved greater global recognition as his works were
translated into several languages.[18]
Death[edit]
After feeling weak for several months, Kiš was diagnosed with
metastatic lung cancer in September 1989. He died a month later,
on October 15, 1989. Kiš was 54 at the time of his death, the same
age that his father had been when he was sent to Auschwitz.[19]
Personal life[edit]

Kiš was married to Mirjana Miočinović from 1962 to 1981.[20] At the

time of his death, he was living with Pascale Delpech, his former
student from the University of Bordeaux.[21]