Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet.
Biography She lived in Belgrade since age two, but spent her childhood between villages in Vojvodina, Dalmatia, Montenegro, and Kosovo, where her aunt Jelena Trpinac worked as a school teacher. Alečković finished primary and secondary school in Belgrade. She received a degree in Slavic Studies at University of Belgrade, and went to further study at the Sorbonne. She participated in the pre-World War II leftist movement. During World War II in Yugoslavia, she participated in the Yugoslav Partisans movement actions.
After the war, Alečković published her first collection of poems Zvezdane balade in 1946, inspired by the struggle of people in the Yugoslav region. In 1949, she published poetry collections Dani razigrani and Tri proleća, while her first novel Srebrna kosa appeared in 1953.
She edited some of the first newspapers for young people after the war, including the newspapers Omladina, Mladost and Pionir. Together with fellow writers, she founded the youth literary magazine Zmaj, where she was the editor-in-chief for 40 years.
In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.
Her works have been translated into more than 20 languages.
Works
Collections of poems Zvezdane balade, 1946 Dani razigrani, 1949 Tri proleća,1949 Pionirsko proleće, 1955 Prijatelji, 1956 Lastavica, 1957 Srebrni voz, 1963 Sunčani soliteri, 1970 Da život bude ljubav, 1972 Sanjalica, 1975 Ne mogu bez snova, 1980 Staza srebrom izvezena, 1982
Novels Srebrna Kosa, 1953 Zbogom velika tajno, 1960 Zašto grdiš reku? Jutro
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Translated works by Mira Alečković