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Lalić (Лалић) Mihailo
(1914—1992)

Mihailo Lalić was a famous novelist of Serbian and Montenegrin literature. He is considered by some to be among the greatest Montenegrin authors. He was born in Trepča village in north-eaestern Montenegro in 1914. His most important novels are "Svadba", "Hajka", "Zlo proljece", "Ratna sreća", and his masterpiece, "Lelejska gora". He won the NIN Award (NIN magazine's prize for the novel of the year) for "Ratna sreća" in 1973, and was the first recipient of "Njegoš prize" for "Lelejska gora". In his novels he depicted major events in modern history of Montenegro, World Wars in particular, and battling between partisans and chetniks. He lived in Herceg-Novi and Belgrade, and was a member of both the Serbian and Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, whose vice-president he was. He died in Belgrade in 1992.

Yugoslavia, 1999, Mihailo Lalić