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Jelena Jela Kujundžić

1844–1914
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Spouse Stojan Novaković
Other names Jelena Novaković
Date of birth 1844
Date of death 1914

Personal situation

Jelena (Jela) Kujundžić was born in Belgrade in 1844. Her family was an affluent one. They lived in Belgrade, where Jelena finished elementary school. She married her brother’s friend at the age of nineteen. They lived in Belgrade and had two children, a son named Mileta and daughter Milica. Their son, Mileta, was a professor at the Faculty of Law in Belgrade.

Place of birth Beograd
Nationality Serbian
Marital status Married
Number of children 2
Name(s) of children Mileta, Milica

Professional situation

Jelena (Jela) Kujundžić wrote poems and kept a diary. The diary can serve as invaluable evidence for those interested in studying Serbian history after 1860. In 1864, right before her marriage, she published the poem "Devojačka pesma" ("A Girl's Poem") in the literary magazine Danica.

Source:

Savremenici i poslednici Dositeja Obradovića i Vuka Stefanovića Karadžića: sakupio, obradio i sredio Vlastoje D. Aleksijević (1911-1969), fifth volume. Available at:

http://digitalna.nb.rs/wb/NBS/Katalozi_i_bibliografije/P_425/P_425_04#page/0/mode/1up

Puzović, Ljiljana. „Stojan Novaković (1842–1915): povodom stogodišnjice upokojenja.“ U: Arheografski prilozi 37 (2015): 291–305.

 

Entry by Milica Đuričić and Marija Bulatović

Translated by Višnja Krstić

 

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