Jelena J. Dimitrijević
1862–1945Spouse | Jovan Dimitrijević |
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Other names | Yéléna Y. Dimitriyévitch |
Date of birth | March 27, 1862 |
Date of death | April 22, 1945 |
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Personal situation
1862 - Born in Kruševac, in the family of her father, merchant Nikola Miljković. Her mother was Stamenka (aged 46 at the time of giving birth to Jelena), daughter of duke Milojko from Aleksinac. Jelena was Stamenka’s tenth child.
Around 1872 - Jelena moves to Aleksinac, to the home of her eldest half-brother Nikola Petrović. Petrović was a well-off merchant without a family of his own, so, soon after Nikola Miljković’s death, Jelena’s mother and other sisters and brothers also move to his home. Jelena begins, together with her cousin, Dobrosav Knez Milojković, to study foreign languages. Due to an eye injury, she is not permitted to read a lot, but, in secrecy, she reads books from her brother’s library, which at that time was "quite large".
1881 - On February 15, she marries army officer Jovan Dimitrijević. She moves to Niš, where they will stay for the next 17 years, with occassional interruptions. This is the turning point of her life. Her move to a bigger city and her marriage with Dimitrijević, in whose "bachelor apartment the only furniture and household items were books..." , meant opening new horizons. As opposed to her brother’s home, she could read here openly and as much as she wanted.
In 1915, her husband is killed in battle. In 1919 and 1920, Jelena travels to France and Spain, and leaves for America, where she stays until the end of 1920. In 1926 and 1927, she travels to the Middle and Far East: Egypt, Syria, Palestine, India, Ceylon, China, and Japan. She meets Tagore, and Egyptian and Indian famous feminists. She dies in Belgrade in 1945. Her manuscripts include poetry and prose works and are yet to be explored.
Place of birth | Kruševac |
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Place(s) of residence | Serbia |
Place of death | Beograd |
Nationality | Serbian |
First language(s) | Serbian |
Marital status | widowed |
Number of children | 0 |
Social class | Upper class |
Education | Self-educated |
Religion | Eastern orthodox |
Professional situation
1878 - Wrote the first poem entitled "Girl".
1881 - Becomes the youngest managing member of Women’s Society Branch in Niš.
In addition to the European languages (she would learn German, French, English, Russian, Greek, and most probably Italian) she had already started to learn, Jelena also began to learn the Turkish language and culture. Owing to Muslim women from the neighbourhood, who respect her education, Jelena can enter harems and thus learns about the lives of Muslim women in a space which is forbidden for non-Muslim women. This is the beginning of her interest in the lives of Muslim women, which will take her to Skoplje, Thessaloniki, Istanbul and further eastward.
1892 - Publishes a long poem entitled "Baba Krasa: U moj zmean i s`g" in the Christmas issue of the Belgrade magazine Videlo. Jelena Dimitrijević herself named it a "verse story". The poem is renowned for being the first poem written in a dialect. It offers a humorous picture of Niš life, and in terms of its motives it foreruns her later novella Đul Marikina prikažnja.
1894 - She publishes her first book of poetry in Niš, Pesme I, (Jelena’s Poems). There were wild guesses as to who its author might be, one of them being that this was a Turkish woman who had fled from a harem and converted. One of the poems from the collection, "Sunce jarko" ("The Bright Sun"), became very popular among Serbian people as a song. Its musical notation was written in accordance with the singing of wounded Serbian soldiers on the Bitolj frontline.
Profession(s) and other activities | poet, contributor to periodical press, travel writer, and fiction writer/novelist |
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Language(s) in which she wrote | Serbian |
Financial aspects of her career | Stipend/allowance/pension |
Memberships | Other |
Works by this author
Monographs
- Pesme I (Jelenine pesme) 1894
- Pisma iz Niša o haremima 1897
- Đul Marikina prikažnja 1901
- Fati-sultan/ Safi-hanum/ Mejrem-hanum 1907
- Nove 1912
- Pisma iz Soluna 1918
- Amerikanka 1918
- Pisma iz Indije 1928
- Pisma iz Misira 1929
- Novi svet ili U Americi godinu dana 1934
- Une vision 1936
- Sedam mora i tri okeana. Putem oko sveta 1940
- Sedam mora i tri okeana. Putem oko sveta 2016
- Letters from Salonika 2018
- Lettere da Salonicco 2018
- Novi svet ili U Americi godinu dana 2019
- Au soleil couchant – U suton 2020
- The American Woman 2020
- Sedam mora i tri okeana. Druga knjiga 2020
Articles and other similar texts
- Sarajske pesme. Hajduk-devojka 1892
- Sarajske pesme. Zehri 1892
- Sarajske pesme. Ramazan 1892
- Sarajske pesme. Sevdiji 1892
- Sarajske pesme. Bre devojče 1892
- Sarajske pesme. Sevdije 1892
- Nežan muž 1893
- Sveti se... 1893
- Srbinova svetinja 1893
- U slavu Niša 1893
- Zavist 1894
- Besu mi dade... 1894
- Unutrna-Beni (Ne zaboravi me...) 1894
- Zarifa Arifi 1894
- Zakletva 1894
- Liri 1894
- Božanska ljubav 1894
- Arifa Zejni 1894
- O Vizantijo! 1894
- Sećanje 1895
- Njena zvezda 1895
- Poruka 1895
- Da li te volim? 1895
- Preuzvišena i mila majko... 1896
- Kaži... 1896
- Dilber devojko 1896
- Veče i noć 1897
- Pretnja i opomena 1897
- Doći će 1897
- Je li to sin 1897
- Svojoj majci 1897
- Jednom se voli 1897
- Muza je kriva 1897
- Lutajte misli 1897
- Smoreno je sunce za goricu selo 1897
- Š'ću? 1898
- Sveti Pantelej 1898
- Primila si 1898
- Hak Muhamed 1898
- Arif beg curama 1898
- Boš ostala 1898
- Arif-beg i Stambolka 1898
- Avali 1899
- Na Avali 1899
- Moja kumrijo 1899
- U jesenje veče 1899
- U spomenicu B. 1899
- Poskočica 1899
- Knjige iz Stambola od Sevdije 1899
- Strele 1899
- Iz zbirke „Od Sevdije“ 1899
- Kada se zora javi, i kad se danak rodi 1900
- Digni veo! 1900
- Kuzum džanum 1900
- Ašik-Ajše 1900
- Ne ljubi te 1900
- Kad pogledam 1900
- Aman! 1900
- Srpska devojka 1900
- Sever 1901
- Safi-hanum 1901
- Zašto ćutiš? 1901
- Of! 1901
- Burma 1901
- Divna ti je 1901
- Hoćete li? 1901
- U ljubavi 1901
- Ti si volela 1901
- Na Belom bregu 1893 god. 1901
- S Bosfora 1901
- Mrtva ljubav 1901
- Ćutiš 1902
- Siromah sam 1902
- Dva groba 1902
- Tajna (pesma) 1902
- Sve prolazi 1902
- Evo je Smirna 1902
- Hajdemo! 1902
- Tužna pesma 1902
- Jesenji dan 1902
- Pred ostatkom Afroditina kipa 1902
- Šerif rada 1902
- Mibareki Bajram olsun 1903
- Pozna jesen 1903
- Nikolać Malebašija 1903
- Na obali. Svojoj prijateljici L. 1903
- Da si daleko 1903
- Ćuti srce 1903
- Zar će s nama biti bolje? 1904
- Prošlih zimnjih dana. Gospođi Luizi St. Jakšića 1904
- Čekanje 1904
- S r e ć a 1904
- U njihno proleće 1904
- Tajna duše. Č. H-su 1904
- Magla 1905
- Batka Bunča i Strinka Mariče 1905
- Na Kosovu 1906
- One zime 1906
- Refleksije 1906
- Jednoj prijateljici 1906
- Od nje 1906
- Podsećanje 1907
- Jeseni bleda 1907
- Jedna želja 1907
- Tajna duše 1907
- Pod utiskom sna 1907
- Pobunjena duša 1909
- Kad su mi ruže cvetale 1909
- Obmana 1910
- Jedna tajna 1910
- Na terasi 1911
- Posle života 1912
- Izmirenje 1912
- A gde ti je brale sine 1913
- Žena 1913
- Kroz guduru... 1913
- Njena ispovest 1913
- Sprovod heroja 1913
- Monsieur le baron 1923.
- Amerikanke 1923
- Pesma o meni 1924-25
- Zambak-hanum: (priča iz stare Turske) 1924
- Pisma iz Atine 1924
- Pismo sa Trakije 1924
- U Americi „nešto se dogodilo“ 1924
- Smrt na okeanu. Balada 1924-25
- U našem vrtu 1924-25
- Der Seele Geheimnis. Ins Deutsche übertragen von Zlatko Gorjan 1925
- Amerikanka (pesma) 1925
- Priča sa Madagaskara 1925.
- Pesme iz crnih dana. 1. Revolt 1926
- Pred Mitilenom 1926
- Kilogram brašna 1926
- Pesme iz crnih dana. 2. Utešenje 1926
- U gradu velikog indijskog pesnika. Dom Tagora bez svog gospodara 1927
- Nedeljna škola. Sunday school. To Mrs Wallace of New-York 1928-29
- Okean 1929-30
- Na Gangu kad sunce izgreva 1929
- U moj zeman i s'g 1929
- Uteha 1929
- Na brodu 1929
- Pisma iz Londona 1929
- Pisma iz Pariza 1929
- Kod Misiz Hes (Pismo iz Amerike) 1929
- Sa ženskog kongresa u Beču 1930.
- Na Tihom okeanu (Beleške s puta) 1930
- Pozivanje 1930
- Egipatska princeza 1931.
- Dušino sklonište 1931
- Asocijacija 1931
- U decembru 1915. 1931
- Od Kaira do Jerusalima 1931
- Pismo gđe Jelene Dimitrijević od 26. avgusta 1933
- Moja rupija i snekčarmerove gajde 1935
- Dve svinge. Gospođi Hodi Šaraui 1937
- Sveta voda 1938
- Priviđenje 2010
- Sa kongresa 2015
Non-book materials/ Other material
- Sedam mora i tri okeana II deo signatura R540
- Pod nebom večno plavim 1300–2000
- Melpomena 1300–2000
- Starinski glasovi 1887–1900 1887-1900
- Iz Novog sveta 1919–1920, 1925–1927.
- Na Okeanu i Preko Okeana 1919-1920
- K Suncu za Sunce – U paklu raj 1926-1927
- Au soleil couchant 1926–1932.
Translations
Reception
Reception during lifetime
- Jelena Jov. Dimitrijević (1899)
- Đul Marikina prikažnja (1901)
- Jelena Dimitrijević (1906)
- Fatu sultan (1907)
- Fotografija Jelene Dimitrijević, spisateljke (1911)
- Kratak portret Jelena Dimitrijević iz Materinske čitanke, za srpske kćeri i matere (1911)
- Pripovedačice (1913)
- Saradnice književnih društava : Jelena Dimitrijevićka (1913)
- Jelena J. Dimitrijević: Pisma iz Soluna (1918)
- Jelena J. Dimitrijević naš Pjer Loti (1925)
- G-đa Jelena Dimitrijević, poznata književnica i prva naša žena koja je išla na put oko sveta (1928)
- Put kroz Indiju (1928 (6. februar))
- One su nam osvetlale obraz: naše feministkinje – odlikovanje g-đe Jelene Dimitrijević (1929)
- Jelena J. Dimitrijević (1929)
- Proslava 35-godišnjice književnog rada g-đe Jelene Dimitrijević (1929)
- Jelena Dimitrijević kao feministkinja (1929)
- Jubilej g-đe Jelene Dimitrijević (1929)
- Proslava 35-godišnjice književnoga rada Jelene Dimitrijević, naše pesnikinje i pripovedačice (1929)
- Jelena Dimitrijević (1929)
- Novi svet. Amerika u očima gđe Jelene Dimitrijević (1934)
- Novi svet ili godinu dana u Americi (1934)
- Naša žena u književnom stvaranju (1941)
Reception after death
- Dimitrijević, Jelena (1972)
- Jelenina pisma (1986)
- Haremi, nomadi: Jelena Dimitrijević (1996)
- Niš i Nišlijke u prozi Jelene Dimitrijević (2003)
- Aktuelnost putopisa Jelene Dimitrijević o zemlji faraona (2005)
- Gender diskurs u akciji. Naratološke transgresije kod srpskih spisateljica na početku 20. veka: slučaj Jelene Dimitrijević (2005)
- Jelena Dimitrijević – Stevan Sremac: Niš u pričama s kraja 19. veka (2006)
- Jelena Dimitrijević i Pavle Popović (2006)
- Romani i putopisi u stvaralačkom postupku Jelene Dimitrijević (2006)
- Osvrt na popularnost pesama Jelene Dimitrijević Sunce jarko i Baba Krasa (2006)
- Forme narativa u prozi Jelene J. Dimitrijević (2006)
- Tri rukopisne zbirke pesama Jelene Dimitrijević (2006)
- Jelena Dimitrijević, život i delo: Zbornik referata sa naučnog skupa Niš, 28. i 29. oktobar 2004. godine (2006)
- Duhovni prostor u stvaralaštvu Jelene Dimitrijević – Prilozi za biografiju (2006)
- Jelena Dimitrijević – život i delo (2007)
- Dimitrijević Jelena (2007)
- Čarobni san Istoka – stvarnost u romanu Nove Jelene Dimitrijević (2007)
- Moja draga Jelena (2007)
- Književno putovanje Jelene Dimitrijević (2008)
- Putopisi Jelene Dimitrijević kao mogućnost viđenja drugog (2008)
- Ženski Istok i Zapad (2010)
- Jelena Dimitrijević: Prva priznata srpska književnica (2010)
- Roman Nove Jelene Dimitrijević kao paradigma tragične pobune žene u orijentalnom društvu (2011)
- Dve vrste pisama iz Soluna: feminističko istraživačko novinarstvo Jelene J. Dimitrijević naspram nepouzdanog izveštavanja Branislava Nušića o feminizmu (2011)
- Srpska putopisna kultura 1914–1940 (2011)
- Paradoksi hibridnosti, orijentalizma (balkanizma) i subalternosti u romanu „Nove“ Jelene Dimitrijević (2011)
- ...kada sazremo kao kultura... Stvaralaštvo srpskih spisateljica na početku XX veka (kanon – žanr – rod) (2012)
- Elementi tradicionalnog i modernog u delu Jelene Dimitrijević (2012)
- Muške akademske norme i putopisna književnost Jelene J. Dimitrijević (2012)
- Prvo novije temeljno čitanje putopisa Jelene Dimitrijević (2012)
- Između lʼimage i le mirage: status francuske kulture u romanu „Nove“ i „Pismima iz Soluna“ Jelene Dimitrijević (2012)
- Biblijski intertekst u putopisu Sedam mora i tri okeana Jelene Dimitrijević (2013)
- Slika Istoka u putopisu Sedam mora i tri okeana Jelene Dimitrijević i Lamartinovom Putu na Istok (2013)
- Les textes de Jelena Dimitrijević: une littérature nationale au carrefour du dialogue interculturel (2013)
- Prepiska Jelene J. Dimitrijević sa njenim sarajevskim izdavačem Isidorom Đurđevićem (2013)
- Rukavice, velovi i prizori „silnog oružja” Odjeci rata i revolucije u prozi Virdžinije Vulf i Jelene Dimitrijević (2013)
- Susreti kultura u romanu Jedno dopisivanje Julke Hlapec Đorđević i putopisu Novi svet ili U americi godinu dana Jelene Dimitrijević (2013)
- Fikcija i istina u romanu Nove i pismima iz Soluna Jelene Dimitrijević (2014)
- Žena na društvenoj margini u romanu Nove i Pismima iz Soluna Jelene Dimitrijević (2014)
- The Travel Writings of Jelena J. Dimitrijević: Feminist Politics and Privileged Intellectual Identity (2014)
- Pravo sunca: drugačiji modernizmi (2015)
- Sukob starog i novog – vek od objavljivanja romana Nove (2015)
- Jelena Dimitrijević – biobibliografska odrednica (2015)
- Unveiling the Male Empires: Jelena Dimitrijević in Thessaloniki (2015)
- Čulni doživljaj Japana. Jelena Dimitrijević u susretu sa gejšama (2016)
- Srpska Sapfo iz Francuske ulice (2016)
- Jelena, žena koja putuje (2016)
- „Viloslovka“ putem oko sveta (2016)
- Jelena Dimitrijević – neustrašiva dama koja je pomerala granice (2016)
- Vreme i (pri)kazivanje u „Đul-Marikinoj prikažnji“ Jelene Dimitrijević (2016)
- Tri nepoznata pisma Jelene J. Dimitrijević (Iz fonda mlađih rukopisa i arhivalija rukopisnog odeljenja Narodne biblioteke Srbije) (2017)
- Roman Nove Jelene J. Dimitrijević u kontekstu književnih nagrada (2017)
- Čitate li Jelenu Dimitrijević? (2018)
- Amerikanke Jelene J. Dimitrijević (2019)
- Francuska veza (2019)
- Američke priče Jelene J. Dimitrijević (2019)
- Amerika Jelene J. Dimitrijević (2019)
- Tekstualne relacije pripovetke „Amerikanka” i poglavlja „Na Uik-endu kod Misiz Flag” iz američkog putopisa: subverzivnost i transgresija (2019)
- Amerika Jelene Dimitrijević (2019)
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