Laza KOSTIĆ Writer, poet and playwright; (b. Gornji Kovilj, 31 January/12 February 1841 – d. Vienna, 26 November 1910)

PhD in law (Pest), gymnasium teacher, notary and senator (Novi Sad)

Membership of Serbian Learned Society (SLS): Board for Philosophical and Philological Sciences and Board for Promotion of Science and Literature among the People from 1883, full member from 27 February 1883

Membership of Serbian Royal Academy (SRA): honorary member from 15 November 1892; Academy of Arts, full member from 26 January 1909

Accession speech: He never delivered his accession speech.

Biography and bibliography: NE 2 (V. Petrović). – BLGS 2 (1976) 496–497 (V. Grolshammer). – KI 51 (1981) 525–536 (D. Ivanić). – Skerlić, p. 481 + 501 (Ž. P. Jovanović). – Laza Kostić (1841–1910): katalog izložbe. Belgrade, National Library of Serbia, 1981.

Obituary: BK 16 (1910) 753–754+ 795–797 (Anonymous). – SKG 25 (1910) 878–880 (P. S). – LMS 274 (1911) 72–75 (M. Savić). – Savremenik 6 (1911) 65–66 (R. Stevanović).

Photograph: SANU–F 229, 229/1–5, XIV