Anđelija Popović

The year of birth and the year of death are provisional.

The text Znatnije književnice u stranih naroda (Prominent Foreign Women Writers) was signed by Anđelja Popović. The text dates from 1895 and was written in Vienna but there is no data on the author of the text.

Judging by her last name, we could assume that she was related to Jovan Popović, the editor of Srpkinja (The Serbian Woman).

At the time, Vojvodina, where the majority of journals were published, was the heart of the cultural life of Serbs. Austria and its capital Vienna in particular had a huge impact on the development of Serbian education, as many intellectuals-to-be went there to study. The presumption of Anđelija's connections with the Austro-Hungarian cultural space is reinforced with more evidence. That is to say, her name appears in the list composed by the editorial board of Srpkinja, where it is noted that she resides in Budapest. It is evident, then, that she had considerable ties with Austria-Hungary, which explains the presence of German culture in her text.

We know for sure that she did not remain active in literary work, for her name does not appear in the 1913 Srpkinja edition, where all the notable Serbian women are listed.

Source:
„Književnice između feminizma i patrijarhalnosti“, in Paradigme, uticaji, recepcija, ed. Zoran Paunović, Biljana Dojčinović, Filološki fakultet: Belgrade, pp. 161 – 170 

Translated by Višnja Krstić