TIME IN THE NOVELS OF MILOS CRNJANSKI - Nottingham eTheses

CHAPTER ONE
1962.
Far from beine persecuted, Crnjanski was ereeted as
the culmination of Serbian literature in the modernist
period and the forerunner of much which had influenced
writers in this century.
He was awarded a prize by the
Association of Writers of Serbia for his life's work in
1971, and the followine year received another prize from
the respected weekly journal ~'when his work Roman
o Londonu was voted novel of the vear.
The author
attended numerous literary fundtions, eave many
lectures, and was frequentlY praised by writers.
critics. and the readine public.
He lived in Belerade
until his death on 30 November. 1977.
He and his wife
had no children, and after her death she left a leeacy
to establish the Milo. Crnjanski Foundation in 1980.
Nikola Milolevi6 was the first president of the
Foundation. with premises in the National Librarv in
Belerade for a small secretariat and archive.
Its
purpose is to promote the publication of Crnjanski's
works andencouraee critical accounts Of his l.ife and
work.
Crnjanski's two later novels were publ.ished durinc
this period. Druia knjila seoba in 1962. and Roman 0
Londonu in 1971.
It is difficult to d.ate precisely
when they were written.
Druca knjiia seob. was
oertainly becun before the war. albeit in a different
form from the final. version. while the second novel was
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