Dejan Medaković

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Dejan Medaković is a Serbian writer, historian and professor that was born in Zagreb, Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes on July 7, 1922. He is the author of Serben in Wien. He currently resides in Belgrade.

Medaković was born on July 7, 1922, in Zagreb. He finished Gymnasium in Sremski Karlovci, in 1941. During the Second World War he moved to Belgrade, where in 1942 he was assistant volunteer with the Museum of Prince Paul. He graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade, Department of History of Arts. He defended his doctoral dissertation with the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. At the Faculty of Philosophy he was elected assistant, assistant professor, associate and full professor where he lectured until 1982. He is a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and was its Secretary General from 1985 to 1994. He was elected full member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts in Salzburg in 1995. He is the President of Vuk's Foundation since 1997. He was elected President of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1999.

Besides a number of studies and works within the area of his professional engagement he has published the following books:

  • Belgrade on Old Engravings, 1950
  • Graphics of Serbian Printed Books XV-XVII Century, 1958
  • Serbian Painters XVIII-XX Century, 1968
  • The Paths of Serbian Baroque, 1971
  • Hilandar (with D. Bogdanović and V. J. Djurić), 1978; Reprint, 1997
  • The Monastery of Savina, 1978
  • Serbian Art in XVIII Century, 1980
  • Serbian Art in XIX Century, 1981
  • Sent Andre (with D. Davidov), 1982
  • Chronicle of Serbs in Trieste (with Dj. Milošević), 1987
  • Baroque with Serbs, 1988; (Der Serbische Barock), 1990
  • Serbian Painters XVIII and XIX Century: Portraits and Works, 1994
  • Selected Serbian Topics, 1996
  • Serbs in Vienna, 1998; (Serbs in Vienna) (German translation), 2000.

He is also engaged in literary work:

  • Motives, 1946
  • The Stones, 1966
  • Reconciliation (1987)
  • Necklace 1989
  • A Sign on a Flag, 1994
  • Testament, 1995
  • Miracle, 2000
  • Searching for Virtue, 1995
  • Ice-cream Bomb in Sacher Hotel (drama) Teatron 99, 1997
  • Eyes to Eyes, 1997
  • Facing people and time, 2000
  • Return to Rakitje and other stories, 1998
  • Birds and other stories, 1999
  • The Eagle's landing, 2000

Under the common title Ephemeris he published separately five autobiographical prose books (eight editions); Ephemeris I, 1996 (in French) and the complete edition Ephemeris I-V, 1998.

He was decorated with the Order of St. Sava of the first class, Great Cross for Merit by the Federal Republic of Germany and high Austrian Honorary Cross of the first order for science and arts. He is recipient of the Yugoslav state award Seventh of July for life accomplishment, award of Jakov Ignjatović Foundation from Sent Andre, Austrian Gindely and Herder Prize, the October Award of the city of Belgrade, Miloš Crnjanski award, Golden Chain Ring of the Cultural and Educational Association of Belgrade, National library of Serbia award for the mostly read book in 1994, award of the Belgrade publishing house BIGZ, award Paja Marković - Adamov and Plaque Despot Stephan Crown. He was awarded Golden Ring of Despot Stefan Lazarević. The Romanian Academy awarded him with a Jubilee Medal. He was elected honorary citizen of Sremski Karlovci in 1994. He was decorated with the highest order The Golden Medallion by the President of the Republic of Hungary. He was awarded Diploma of honorary membership of PRO ORIENTE in Vienna, 2001.

He lives and works in Belgrade.