Draga Dimitrijević Dejanović
1840–1871
| Pseudonyms | Draga D-ća |
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| Spouse | Mihailo Dejanović |
| Date of birth | August 18, 1840 |
| Date of death | June 26, 1871 |
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Personal situation
Draga Dejanović was born in Stara Kanjiža in 1840. She began her schooling in the Vincikov Institute in Timisoara but continued it in Pest, where she met the founders of United Serbian Youth and dedicated herself to their cause. After a failed marriage in 1862, she joined the acting ensemble of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad, leaving shortly after for Belgrade, where she stayed until 1864. Upon leaving Belgrade, she worked in Stari Bečej as a teacher. She died giving birth in her thirty-first year.
| Place of birth | Stara Kanjiža |
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| Place of death | Stari Bečej |
| Marital status | Divorced |
| Education | University education |
Professional situation
Because of the principles she propagated, Draga Dejanović is rightfully considered as the first Serbian feminist. Through a series of lectures, she publicly and enthusiastically advocated the necessity of education for female children. By addressing "Serbian mothers" directly, she tried to pinpoint this problem as effectively as she could. Furthermore, she criticized women energetically for their passivity and unwillingness to change. Draga Dejanović also wrote poetry. Her poetic works can be divided into love songs and patriotic poetry. She published her first poems in the Danica magazine, and later on in Zastava (The Flag) and Javor (The Maple). With her patriotic poetry, Draga wanted to "awaken national self-awareness". The texts and lectures in which she addresses "Serbian women" and "Serbian mothers" were printed in Matica and the Mlada Srbadija (Young Serbs), a magazine issued by the United Serbian Youth. Draga Dejanović left behind her a manuscript of an unfinished play, "Dioba Jakšića" ("Divide of the Jakšić"), a short story, "Svećenik u Morlaku" ("A Priest in Morlak"), a poem "Mučenik" ("Martyr"), and a pedagogical treatise entitled "Mati" ("Mother").
Written by Ivana Pantelić
Translated by Dunja Dušanić
| Profession(s) and other activities | poet, social-cultural activist, contributor to periodical press, playwright, fiction writer/novelist, and teacher/governess |
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Works by this author
Monographs
- Uskok Karaman 1300–2000
- Spisi Drage Dejanović 1869
Articles and other similar texts
- Dve, tri reči Srpkinjama 1871
- Emancipacija Srpkinja 1871
- Srpskim majkama 1871
Reception
Reception after death
- Građa za istoriju srpskog narodnog pozorišta u Beogradu (1884)
- Milica Stojadinović Srpkinja i Draga Dejanović o ženama (1930)
- Draga Dejanović - prva naša feministkinja (1933)
- Omladinka Draga Dejanović (1935)
- Naša žena u književnom stvaranju (1941)
- Prkos malograđanskim predrasudama: Draga Dimitrijević-Dejanović, glumica, pesnikinja i jedna od prvih srpskih feministkinja (1992)
- Draga Dimitrijević Dejanović (1998)
- Portret prethodnice: Draga Dimitrijević Dejanović (1998)
- Draga Dejanović (2000)
- Draga Dejanović (2001)
- Antologija „drugih“ srpskih romantičara (2005)
- Draga Dejanovic (2006)
- To Serbian mothers (2010)
- ...kada sazremo kao kultura... Stvaralaštvo srpskih spisateljica na početku XX veka (kanon – žanr – rod) (2012)
- Poetski erotopis Drage Dejanović (2014)
- Pravo sunca: drugačiji modernizmi (2015)
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