Aleksandar TIŠMA Author; (b. Horgoš, 16 January 1924 – d. Novi Sad, 15 February 2003)

Membership of SASA: VANU: corresponding member from 4 December 1979; full member from 22 November 1984. Department of Language and Literature: full member from 29 May 1991; Vice-president of the SASA Branch in Novi Sad from 1992

Awards and recognitions: Branko’s Prize 1957; October Prize of the City of Novi Sad  1966; Nolit Prize 1977; NIN Award 1977; Award of the National Library of Serbia 1978; Szirmai Karoly Award, 1977, 1979; Andrić’s Award 1979; Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding 1995; Austrian State Prize for European Literature for 1995; Knight of the National Order of Merit, 1997

Obituary: LMS 471 : 3 (2003) 478-485 (I. Negrišorac, J. Delić)