Ćosić, Dobrica

Japanese: チョシッチ（英語表記）Ćosić, Dobrica

Born: December 29, 1921, Velika Drenova, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
[Died] May 18, 2014. Belgrade, Serbia. Serbian writer and politician. He studied at an agricultural school and during World War II he was active with the communist forces of the former Yugoslavia, known as the Partisans. He later joined the former Yugoslav government, but was expelled from politics in 1968. He returned to politics in the 1990s and was elected the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in June 1992. However, he came into conflict with extremist Serbian nationalism and was dismissed within a year. As a writer, he wrote novels such as "Daleko je sunce" (1951) and "Deobe" (1961), which portrayed the Serbian resistance during World War II and the situation at that time. Other works include the novel "Vreme smrti" (1972-79), set during World War I, and its sequel trilogy "Vreme zla" (1990). (→ History of Yugoslavia, Yugoslav literature)

Ćosić, Branimir

Born: November 13, 1903.
[died] January 29, 1934, Belgrade. Serbian novelist. He analyzed and harshly criticized the bourgeois society (→ bourgeoisie) in Belgrade after the First World War.

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[生]1921.12.29. セルビア人・クロアチア人・スロベニア人王国，ベリカドレノバ
[没]2014.5.18. セルビア，ベオグラード
セルビアの作家，政治家。農学校で学び，第2次世界大戦中はパルチザンの名で知られた旧ユーゴスラビアの共産主義勢力とともに活動した。その後，旧ユーゴスラビア政府に加わったが 1968年に政界を追われた。1990年代に政界へ復帰，1992年6月にユーゴスラビア連邦共和国の初代大統領に選出された。しかし，セルビア民族主義（→ナショナリズム）の過激派と対立，1年足らずで解任された。作家として，"Daleko je sunce"（1951），"Deobe"（1961）などの小説で第2次世界大戦中のセルビアの抵抗運動や当時の様子を描いた。ほかに，第1次世界大戦を舞台にした長編 "Vreme smrti"（1972～79），その続編にあたる三部作 "Vreme zla"（1990）などがある。（→ユーゴスラビア史，ユーゴスラビア文学）