Matija Bećković
{{Short description|Serbian poet, writer and academic}}
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| native_name = Матија Бећковић
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| birth_place = Senta, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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| occupation = Writer, poet
| nationality = Serbian
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| spouse = {{marriage|Vera Pavladoljska|1964|1998|reason=her death}}
| education = Valjevo Gymnasium
| alma_mater = University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
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Matija Bećković ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Матија Бећковић}}, {{IPA|sh|mǎtija bětɕkoʋitɕ|pron}}; born 29 November 1939) is a Serbian poet, writer and academic.
Life
Bećković was born in Senta,{{cite book |author=Boško Novaković |editor = Živan Milisavac |date=1971 |title=Jugoslovenski književni leksikon |trans-title=Yugoslav Literary Lexicon |publisher=Matica srpska |language=sh |location= Novi Sad (SAP Vojvodina, SR Serbia) |page=32 }} in the multiethnic province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia), to a military family of Montenegrin Serbs. Bećković's father Vuk was an officer in the Royal Yugoslav Army, and during World War II the commander of the Rovci Chetnik Battalion and as such, one of the commanders of the leader of the Montenegrin Chetniks, Pavle Đurišić. His father was killed in 1945.{{Cite web|title="Otac mi je ubijen u Jasenovcu ili u masovnim pogubljenjima u Sloveniji": Matija Bećković o odrastanju, Mihizu, Đilasu, Ćosiću, patrijarhu Pavlu...|url=http://admin.nedeljnik.rs/nedeljnik/portalnews/otac-mi-je-ubijen-u-jasenovcu-ili-u-masovnim-pogubljenjima-u-sloveniji-matija-beckovic-o-odrastanju-mihizu-dilasu-cosicu-patrijarhu-pavlu/|access-date=2021-03-05|website=Nedeljnik}}
He graduated from the Valjevo Gymnasium in Valjevo in 1958. It was during his gymnasium years in Valjevo that he published his first poem, in the journal 'Mlada Kultura'. Furthermore, it was also in Valjevo that Bećković met Vera Pavladoljska, to whom the poem of the same name, published in 1960, was dedicated. Bećković went on to marry Pavladoljska, and he remained married to her until her death.
Upon graduating from the Valjevo gymnasium, he entered the University of Belgrade, graduating with a degree in Yugoslav and world literature. He became a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1983, becoming a full member in 1991.
Bećković is a close friend of Serbian former Prime Minister Vojislav Koštunica, and an active supporter of his Democratic Party of Serbia.{{Citation needed|date=October 2019}}
He has been living in Belgrade since 1960. On the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006, Bećković did not have a right to vote since he lives in Serbia. However, as a prominent Serb nationalist he fiercely advocated against Montenegrin independence, actively supporting the State Union during the pre-referendum campaign.
In April 2022, Bećković signed a petition calling for Serbia not to impose sanctions on Russia after it invaded Ukraine.{{Cite web|url=https://standard.rs/2022/04/18/peticija-protiv-uvodjenja-sankcija-rusiji|title=Peticija protiv uvođenja sankcija Rusiji|website=standard.rs|access-date=2022-03-19}}
His selected words have been published in 15 volumes by Matica srpska in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Бранковић |first=Марко |date=2024-01-10 |title=ОДАБРАНА ДЕЛА МАТИЈЕ БЕЋКОВИЋА |url=https://arhivvojvodine.org.rs/odabrana-dela-matije-beckovica/ |access-date=2025-01-26 |website=Архив Војводине |language=sr-RS}}
Poetic style
A distinguishing feature of Bećković's poetry is its regionalism. Distinctly Serbian archaic dialect and phraseology permeate his work. This aspect of his work is most often lost when one reads it in translation.{{citation needed|date=March 2021}}
Awards and recognitions
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- Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle, 2007{{Cite web|url=http://www.pressonline.rs/info/politika/4481/princ-karadjordjevic-odlikovao-clanove-krunskog-saveta.html|title = Princ Karađorđević odlikovao članove Krunskog saveta}}
- Order of Saint Sava{{Cite web|title=Академику Матији Бећковићу орден Светог Саве II степена {{!}} Српска Православна Црква [Званични сајт]|url=http://spc.rs/sr/akademiku_matiji_beckovicu_orden_svetog_save_ii_stepena|access-date=2020-10-31|website=spc.rs}}
- Order of Marko Daković{{Cite web|last=Janković|first=A.|title=Matiji Bećkoviću uručen orden|url=https://www.blic.rs/vesti/drustvo/matiji-beckovicu-urucen-orden/60g2lnh|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Blic.rs|language=sr}}
- Radoje Domanović Award
- Marko Miljanov Award, Montenegro
- Milan Rakić Award
- Desanka Maksimović Award
- Njegoš's Award
- Marko Miljanov Award, Montenegro{{Cite web|url=https://patriot.rs/matiji-beckovicu-urucena-nagrada-marko-miljanov/|title=Matiji Bećkoviću uručena nagrada "Marko Miljanov"|date=2017-05-08|website=Patriot|language=sr-cyrl|access-date=2020-01-20}}
- Felix Romuliana Award{{Cite web|url=http://zajecarskahronika.rs/matiji-beckovicu-nagrada-feliks-romulijana/|title=Matiji Bećkoviću nagrada "Feliks Romulijana" {{!}} Zaječarska hronika|date=9 September 2019|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-20}}
- Honorary citizen of Subotica{{Cite web|url=http://rs.n1info.com/Vesti/a176430/Matija-Beckovic-pocasni-gradjanin-Subotice.html|title=Matija Bećković počasni građanin Subotice, opozicija protiv|website=N1 Srbija|date=12 July 2016|language=sr-latn|access-date=2020-01-20}}
- October Award{{Cite web|url=https://royalfamily.org/crown-council/matija-beckovic/|title=Matija Beckovic|last=Milanovic|first=Stefan|website=The Royal Family of Serbia|date=30 October 2013|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-25}}
- 7 July Award
- Prosveta Award{{Cite web|title=Beckovic Matija|url=https://www.sanu.ac.rs/clan/beckovic-matija/|access-date=2020-10-31|website=www.sanu.ac.rs}}
- Duško Trifunović Award{{Cite web|last=Vojvodine|first=Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija|title=Matija Bećković dobitnik nagrade "Duško Trifunović"|url=https://www.rtv.rs/sr_lat/kultura/matija-beckovic-dobitnik-nagrade-dusko-trifunovic_1160157.html|access-date=2020-10-31|website=JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine}}
- Vinaver's wreath{{Cite web|title=Matija Bećković laureat književne nagrade Vinaverov venac|url=http://www.sabac.tv/vesti/30769/matija-beckovic-laureat-knjizevne-nagrade-vinaverov-venac|access-date=2020-10-31|website=RTV Šabac|language=sr}}
- Velika povelja Brankovog kola{{Cite web|title=Матији Бећковићу Велика повеља Бранковог кола|url=http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/448789/Matiji-Beckovicu-Velika-povelja-Brankovog-kola|access-date=2020-10-31|website=Politika Online}}
Works
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- Vera Pavladoljska
- Metak Lutalica
- Tako je govorio Matija
- Dr. Janez Paćuka o međuvremenu
- O međuvremenu
- ČE: Tragedija koja traje (Published in English as CHE: Permanent Tragedy)
- Reče mi jedan čoek
- Međa Vuka Manitoga
- Lele i kuku
- Dva sveta
- Poeme
- Služba Svetom Savi
- O Njegošu
- Kaža
- Čiji si ti Mali?
- Nadkokot
- Služba
- Sabrane pesme
- Kosovo najskuplja srpska reč
- Ćeraćemo se još
- Kad budem mlađi (Published in English as: When I'm Younger)
- Misli
- Bez niđe nikoga
- Put kojeg nema
- Služba pustinjaku cetinskom
- Besede
- Tri poeme
- Prahu oca poezije
- Sto mojih portreta
- Mojih 80{{Cite web|url=http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/ci/story/8/kultura/3774609/poetske-veceri-matije-beckovica-ispunjene-do-poslednjeg-mesta--u-cemu-je-tajna.html|title=Поетске вечери Матије Бећковића испуњене до последњег места – у чему је тајна|last=Serbia|first=RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of|website=www.rts.rs|access-date=2019-12-17}}
- Crna Gora - ime jedne vere{{Cite web|title=Crna Gora – Ime Jedne Vere – Vukotić Media|url=http://www.vukoticmedia.rs/portfolio/crna-gora-ime-jedne-vere/|access-date=2020-10-31|language=sr-cyrl}}
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References
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- Bećković, Matija. Izabrane Pesme i Poeme. Belgrade: Bigz, 1990.
- Petković, Novica. "Twentieth century literature". Essays on Modern Serbian Bards. Ralph Bogert, Ed. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2006.
External links
{{commons category|Matija Bećković}}
- [http://www.borut.com/library/a_beckom.htm Bećković's poems at the South Slavic Library] - Mostly in Serbo-Croat, one English translation.
- [https://sites.google.com/site/projectgoethe/Home/matija-beckovic Translated works by Matija Bećković]
- [http://www.royalfamily.org/crown-council/matija-beckovic/ MATIJA BECKOVIC] at royalfamily.org
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