 | VOJISLAV ĐURIĆ |
University professor: Faculty of Philosophy, Belgrade, full professor (from 1956); founder of the Department of General Literature and Literary Theory; Centre (later Institute) of Literary Theory and Arts, founder (1950) and director (1960–1966)
Membership of SASA: Department of Literature and Language (now Department of Language and Literature from 1969): corresponding member from 21 December 1961; full member from 16 December 1965; secretary of the Department of Literature and Language from 1 March 1963 until 19 December 1974; SASA general secretary from 19 December 1974 until 15 December 1977; SASA vice-president from 15 December 1977 until 19 November 1981
Accession speech: Characteristics of R. Domanović’s Style. Posebna izdanja / SANU. Spomenice. 402, 30 (1967) 101–109. He did not deliver it at a gathering on 28 April 1966. It was given as a contribution to Spomenica.
Biographies, bibliographies: God. /SANU. 71 (1968) 366; 85 (1979) 249–258; 97 (1991) 359–362; 105 (1999) 405–407.
Membership of SASA boards: Board for Literary Theories, president; Board for Critical Editions of Serbian Writers; Board for Literary History; Interacademy Board for Yugoslav Folk Proverbs and Sayings, president; Chilandar Board, president; Board for Balkan Folk Proverbs and Sayings
Awards and recognitions: The 7th July Award Srbije (1969); SASA Plaque on the occasion of 100th anniversary; Special Vuk’s Prize (1994); lifetime achievement award of SKZ (Srpska književna zadruga) (1994); Order of Labour with golden wreath (1961); Order of Labour with red ribbon (1964); Order of the Republic with silver wreath (1983); special Vuk’s Prize (1994); Lifetime achievement award of SKZ (1994); Honorary member of the Serbian PEN Centre (1998)
Photograph: SANU-F 527 / 1