Anica Savić-Rebac (Serbian Cyrillic: Аница Савић-Ребац; 4 October 1892 — 7 October 1953) was a Serbian writer, classical philologist, translator, professor at the University of Belgrade.[1] She wrote a number of essays and books about Njegoš, Goethe, Sophocles, Spinoza, Thomas Mann, Greek mystical philosophers, Plato, theory of literature.[2][3] She also translated a number of works from Serbian into English, most notably The Ray of the Microcosm by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš.
Anica Savić-Rebac | |
|---|---|
Аница Савић-Ребац | |
 Plaque on the house where Savić Rebac lived | |
| Born | Anica Savić 4 October 1892 |
| Died | 7 October 1953 (aged 61) |
| Spouse | |
| Father | Milan Savić |
Anica Savić Rebac appears under the name of Milica in travel book Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West. In this book she is not only a new friend, but also the intellectual guide who eventually reveals to Rebecca West the rituals which would lead the author to the clue metaphor of her vision of the Balkans.[2]
Works
edit- Geteov Helenizam (1933)
- Ljubav u filozofiji Spinozinoj (1933)
- Mistična i tragična misao kod Grka (1934)
- Štefan George (1934)
- Platonska i hrišćanska ljubav (1936)
- Kallistos (1937)
- Tomas Man i problematika naših dana (1937)
- Njegoš, Kabala i Filon
- Njegoš i bogumilstvo
- Pesnik i njeogova pozicija
- 'Večeri na moru (1929)
- Predplatonska erotologija (1932),
- Antička estetika i nauka o književnosti (1954)
- Helenski vidici (1966)
- Translations
- The Ray of the Microcosm (1957)
- Der Strahl des Mikrocosmos
References
edit- ^ Dragiša Živković (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian). Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia): Matica srpska. p. 465.
- ^ a b Svetlana Slapšak, Anica Savić Rebac (1894 – 1953), Gegenworte - Zeitschrift für den Disput über Wissen, Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Lemmens Verlag, Berlin 2010.
- ^ Petar II Petrović-Njegoš, The Ray of the Microcosm Archived 2013-11-10 at the Wayback Machine, translated by Anica Savić Rebac, Svet Knjige, Beograd 2013.