Jovan Popovic
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Jovan Popović (November 18, 1905 - February 13, 1952), born in Kikinda
Kikinda
Kikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...

, Serbia
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 was a Serbian
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 writer and poet. He entered the Yugoslav Partisans in the beginning of the armed struggle in Serbia
Serbia
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 in 1941.

He became a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
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 on November 14, 1950. His statue stands on the square of his hometown of Kikinda
Kikinda
Kikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...

.

Selected bibliography

  • Knjiga drugova (1928)
  • Reda mora da bude (1932)
  • Lica u prolazu (1941)
  • Istinite legende (1944)
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