Mira Alečković | |
Native Name: | Мира Алечковић |
Native Name Lang: | sr |
Birth Date: | 2 February 1924 |
Birth Place: | Novi Sad, Kingdom of Croats, Serbs and Slovenes |
Death Place: | Belgrade, Serbia |
Occupation: | Writer, poet, translator |
Alma Mater: | University of Belgrade, Sorbonne |
Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet.
She received a degree in Slavic Studies at University of Belgrade, and went to further study at the Sorbonne.[1] She participated in the pre-World War II leftist movement. During World War II in Yugoslavia she participated in Yugoslav Partisans movement actions.[2] In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.[3]
Her works have been translated in more than 20 languages.[4]