Jela Popović Spasić
1876–1968
| Spouse | Paun M. Spasić |
|---|---|
| Date of birth | 1876 |
| Date of death | 1968 |
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Personal situation
Jela Popović was born in Belgrade in 1876. Her father was a high school teacher. She was educated in various places, though she finished most of her high school in Kragujevac. In 1895, she married Paun M. Spasić, who worked as a teacher in Pirot. After her husband’s death in 1898, she returned to her parents with her son.
| Place of birth | Beograd |
|---|---|
| Place(s) of residence | Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| First language(s) | Serbian |
| Marital status | widowed |
| Education | School education |
Professional situation
She wrote for a number of magazines. Along with Petar Stojanović she published Materinska čitanka: za Srpske Kćeri i Matere (A Maternal Reader: for Serbian Daughters and Mothers). She mostly wrote poetry, but she also published pedagogical treatises and short stories. She was also politically engaged, working for several political periodicals, and wrote about the life of Serbian women.
| Profession(s) and other activities | poet, contributor to periodical press, and fiction writer/novelist |
|---|---|
| Language(s) in which she wrote | Serbian |
| Financial aspects of her career | Still not known |
Works by this author
Monographs
Articles and other similar texts
- Đerdap 1897
- Izgubljenom prvencu 1897
- Ustani, čedo... 1897
- Srećno ono doba milo... 1897
- Srpčetu 1897
- Josifu Marinikoviću 1897
- Ptičice mala 1899
- Spomeni 1899
- Mome Bošku 1899
- Devojčin grob 1900
- Radniku 1901
- U oči božića 1901
- *** 1902
- Ne srdi se 1902
- Nada 1902
- Hoću da živim 1906
- O, dođi, dođi 1906
- Iz neopaženog kutka 1907
- Došla si... 1907
- Dolazi jesen... 1909
- *** 1909
- Proletnje buđenje 1910
Translations
- Srećna pisma 1895
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