Voja Miric
Encyclopedia
Voja Mirić (7 April 1933+) is a Serbian
television and film actor most noted for his role as Ahmed Nurudin in the 1974 Yugoslav
movie Dervis i smrt (literally "Dervish and Death" but more popularly known as Death and the Dervish).
, central Serbia
. His film career spanned over 30 years. His first appearance was on television in 1960 : Veliki poduhvat. In 1964 he won the "Silver Arena" award as Best Actor in the Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films for the Fadil Hadzic movie Sluzbeni polozaj. His last appearance was in Amnezija in 1994. However it was his performance as the medieval Bosnian Dervish
in the 1974 movie Dervis i smrt (The Dervish and Death
) that made him famous.
Serbs
The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...
television and film actor most noted for his role as Ahmed Nurudin in the 1974 Yugoslav
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
movie Dervis i smrt (literally "Dervish and Death" but more popularly known as Death and the Dervish).
Life
Voja Mirić (also known variously as Vojislav Mirić, VojoMirić, Voja Mirik and Voja Mirikj) was born on 7 April 1933 in TrstenikTrstenik
Trstenik is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of Serbia. According to 2011 census, the population of the town is 15,329, while population of the municipality was 42,989. It lies on the West Morava. The town is known for its industry of hydraulics and pneumatics company, Prva...
, central Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
. His film career spanned over 30 years. His first appearance was on television in 1960 : Veliki poduhvat. In 1964 he won the "Silver Arena" award as Best Actor in the Pula Film Festival of Yugoslavian Films for the Fadil Hadzic movie Sluzbeni polozaj. His last appearance was in Amnezija in 1994. However it was his performance as the medieval Bosnian Dervish
Dervish
A Dervish or Darvesh is someone treading a Sufi Muslim ascetic path or "Tariqah", known for their extreme poverty and austerity, similar to mendicant friars in Christianity or Hindu/Buddhist/Jain sadhus.-Etymology:The Persian word darvīsh is of ancient origin and descends from a Proto-Iranian...
in the 1974 movie Dervis i smrt (The Dervish and Death
The Dervish and Death
The Dervish and Death is a 1974 Yugoslav film directed by Zdravko Velimirović based on a novel by Meša Selimović.The film won Silver Arena and four Golden Arena awards at the 1974 Pula Film Festival, the Yugoslav national film awards festival, including Best Director , Best Supporting Actor ,...
) that made him famous.