Erih Koš

Erih Koš
Born(1913-04-15)15 April 1913
Died25 May 2010(2010-05-25) (aged 97)
OccupationJournalist, writer and translator
NationalityJewish

Erih Koš (Erich Kosch; Serbian Cyrillic: Ерих Кош) (April 15, 1913 – May 25, 2010)[1] was a Yugoslav politician, journalist, writer and translator. He was one of the founders of Pobjeda, the oldest Montenegrin daily.[2]

Biography

He was born in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina (then a condominium in Austria-Hungary). He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School and was active as a lawyer from 1935.[3][4] In 1941, he participated in the resistance fight and held many different political-cultural positions during and after the Second World War in communist Yugoslavia.[5] In Nikšić in 1944, he was one of the founders and one of the first journalists working for the Pobjeda.[6] As a journalist, he was also associated with Oslobođenje.[7]

Koš wrote mainly novels and narrations, which treat topics of the resistance or problems in Yugoslav society. In addition to his writing, Koš translated Goethe and Chamisso into Serbo-Croatian. In 1967, he won the NIN Prize for his novel Mreža (The Net).[8]

In 1978, he was elected as a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in the Department of Language and Literature.[9][10]

Works

  • U vatri - narrations 1947
  • Tri hronike - narrations 1949
  • Zapisi o mladim ljudima - 1950
  • Vreme, narrations 1952
  • Čudnovata povest o Kitu Velikom takođe zvanom Veliki Mak, novel 1956
  • Il tifo, a novel 1958
  • Kao vuci, narrations 1958
  • Sneg i led, a novel 1961
  • Novosadski pokolj, a novel 1961
  • Vrapci Van Pea, a novel 1962
  • Prvo lice jednine, narrations 1963
  • Imena, a novel 1964
  • Taj prokleti zanat spisateljski, essays 1965
  • Mreža, a novel 1967
  • Satire, 1968
  • Mešano društvo, narrations 1969
  • Zašto da ne 1971
  • Dosije Hrabak, a novel 1971
  • Cveće i bodlje, narrations 1972
  • The best years, narration dt. 1972
  • Na autobuskoj stanici, narrations 1974
  • U potrazi za Mesijom, 2 Bde., a novel 1978
  • Bosanske priče, narrations 1984
  • Satira i satiričari, essays 1985
  • Šamforova smrt, novel 1986
  • Pisac govora, 1989
  • Uzgredne zabeleške, Aphorisms 1990
  • Miševi, novel 1991

References

  1. ^ Erih Koš' obituary Archived 2012-03-06 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 19 July 2010 (in Serbian)
  2. ^ "Pjesnik zavičaja i kosmičke slobode". 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  3. ^ "Pobjeda Eriha Koša". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  4. ^ "Erih Koš". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  5. ^ "Erih Koš". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  6. ^ "Pjesnik zavičaja i kosmičke slobode". 27 April 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  7. ^ "Pobjeda Eriha Koša". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-05.
  8. ^ "Eriha Koš - Mreže". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  9. ^ "Erih Koš". 24 October 2024. Retrieved 2025-12-06.
  10. ^ "Preminuo književnik i akademik Erih Koš". 25 May 2010. Retrieved 2025-12-06.