Mika Antic
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Miroslav "Mika" Antić (March 14, 1932 – June 24, 1986) was a Serbian poet, movie director, journalist and painter. Antić was born in Mokrin
, Kikinda
municipality, Vojvodina
, Serbia
(then Yugoslavia
). He had six children. His oldest son, Igor Antic
, is a visual artist.
He wrote poems, articles, dramas, movie and TV scripts and documentaries. As film-maker, he was considered as a part of the "Black Wave" of the Yugoslav film. His films, in particular "Breakfast with the devil" in whom Antic criticized the double morality of the communists at the Tito’s time, were forbidden and destroyed. They were rediscovered and restored in the end of the 90s. Mika also acted in several movies, and was a painter. His best known poem is "Srem", in which he mourns for dead in World War II
and describes the beauty of Srem
using "bećarac
" song form. He is well known as a bohemian.
Mika Antić is best known as a children and youth poet, a master of delicate and gentle sentiments.
about him:
"Čika Jova deci" meaning "Uncle-Jova to the children", referring to Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
, possibly the best known children's poet.
"Čika Mika Antić dva deci" means "Uncle-Mika Antić two deciliters", referring to drinking from a glass, likely of alcohol.
Mokrin
Mokrin is the largest village in the Kikinda municipality, in the North Banat District of Serbia. It is situated in the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina. The village has a Serb ethnic majority and a population of 5,918 .-Name:...
, Kikinda
Kikinda
Kikinda is a town and a municipality located in Serbia, in the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is the administrative centre of the North Banat District. The town has 42,000 inhabitants, while the municipality has approximately 67,000 inhabitants.The modern city was founded in 18th century...
municipality, Vojvodina
Vojvodina
Vojvodina, officially called Autonomous Province of Vojvodina is an autonomous province of Serbia. Its capital and largest city is Novi Sad...
, Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
(then Yugoslavia
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
The Kingdom of Yugoslavia was a state stretching from the Western Balkans to Central Europe which existed during the often-tumultuous interwar era of 1918–1941...
). He had six children. His oldest son, Igor Antic
Igor Antic
- Biography :The art works of Igor Antić aim to explore and highlight economic and political forces operating within a given context. He creates images, objects and situations as physical "grids" beyond which emerges the social and cultural context of the chosen site...
, is a visual artist.
He wrote poems, articles, dramas, movie and TV scripts and documentaries. As film-maker, he was considered as a part of the "Black Wave" of the Yugoslav film. His films, in particular "Breakfast with the devil" in whom Antic criticized the double morality of the communists at the Tito’s time, were forbidden and destroyed. They were rediscovered and restored in the end of the 90s. Mika also acted in several movies, and was a painter. His best known poem is "Srem", in which he mourns for dead in World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
and describes the beauty of Srem
Srem
Śrem is a town on the Warta river in central Poland. It has been situated in the Greater Poland Voivodeship since 1999; from 1975 to 1998 it was part of the Poznań Voivodeship...
using "bećarac
Becarac
Bećarac is a humorous form of folk song, originally from rural Slavonia, and eventually spreading across Croatia and into southern Hungary and Vojvodina. The root of the word comes from bećar , meaning "bachelor", "reveler" or "carouser"...
" song form. He is well known as a bohemian.
Mika Antić is best known as a children and youth poet, a master of delicate and gentle sentiments.
Bohemian lifestyle
His bohemian, hard-drinking lifestyle is best illustrated by a barely translatable punPun
The pun, also called paronomasia, is a form of word play which suggests two or more meanings, by exploiting multiple meanings of words, or of similar-sounding words, for an intended humorous or rhetorical effect. These ambiguities can arise from the intentional use and abuse of homophonic,...
about him:
- "Čika Jova deci, čika Mika Antić dva deci"
"Čika Jova deci" meaning "Uncle-Jova to the children", referring to Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
Jovan Jovanovic Zmaj
Jovan Jovanović Zmaj was one of the best-known Serbian poets. He was a physician by profession, like his literary predecessor writer Jovan Stejić ....
, possibly the best known children's poet.
"Čika Mika Antić dva deci" means "Uncle-Mika Antić two deciliters", referring to drinking from a glass, likely of alcohol.
External links
- Works by Miroslav Antić in electronic and interactive formats - iBiblioteka
- Works by Miroslav Antić in electronic and interactive formats - Mala biblioteka
- Miroslav Antic poems in translation.
- OŠ Miroslav Antić Niš - zvanični sajt
See also
- Serbian literatureSerbian literatureSerbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...