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Anđelija Stančić-Spajić

1865–1955
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Spouse Stančić
Date of birth 1865
Date of death 1955
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Personal situation

Anđelija Spajić was born in 1865 in Šid (Serbia). She finished the High School for Girls and Teacher's School in Sombor. In the period from 1892 to 1898, she worked as a teacher in Požarevac. Later she worked in Šabac, teaching several subjects - German, history, geography, etc.

During the First World War, she worked as a nurse. She is one of the founders of the "Protect Orphans" initiative, for which she was later awarded the prestigious Order of Saint Sava. However, she refused this award, saying she deserved it much earlier by working as a school teacher.

She died in 1955 in Belgrade.

Place of birth Šid
Place of death Beograd
Nationality Serbian
Marital status Married
Education University education

Professional situation

Anđelija Spajić wrote poems, short stories, and children's literature. She actively translated from French, German, and Czech into the Serbian language. Her editorial work is also noteworthy.

In 1929, she published a book titled Najstariji jezik Biblije: ili jedan od najstarijih kulturnih naroda (The Oldest Language of the Bible: or One of the Oldest Cultured Nations)

Source(s):
Joksimović, Veliša. Književnost požarevačkog kraja: od Grigorija Sinaita Mlađeg do Srboljuba Mitića. Požarevac: Grad Požarevac, 2014. Pp. 204-206.

Entry by Milica Đuričić
Translated by Višnja Krstić

Profession(s) and other activities writer for children, fiction writer/novelist, contributor to periodical press, author of religious literature, poet, teacher/governess, and translator

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