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Nikola Moravčević

Nikola Moravčević (Cyrillic: Никола Моравчевић) is a University Professor, Critic and academic writer. He was born in Zagreb, (Yugoslavia) in a family of Serbian officer of Yugoslav Royal Army on December 10, 1935.

After he completed undergraduate studies at the Academy for Theatre Arts at the University of Belgrade in 1955, he moved to the United States. After three years of service in the U.S. Army, he continued his Graduate studies, obtaining a magisterial degree in Theatrical Directing from the School of Theatre Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago in 1961, and in 1964 a doctoral degree in Comparative Literature from the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

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He subsequently taught at Stevens College in Missouri as an Assistant professor (1964–66) and at the University of Illinois at Chicago as an Assistant professor (1966–68), an Associate professor (1968–71) and full Professor (1971–2002). At UIC he also held several administrative positions. In 1968, he founded the Slavic Department and served as its Head for thirteen years (until 1981). From 1981 to 1988, he served as the University's Vice-Chancellor and Director of campus development.

His scholarly work includes over two hundred essays and critical reviews in the spheres of Russian, French and Serbian Literatures, published in various collections of essays, several leading encyclopedias and a wide array of scholarly journals in the United States and Canada. The periodicals which have most of his scholarly contributions are: Comparative Literature, Slavic and East European Journal, Drama Critique, Canadian Slavonic Papers, Drama Survey, Comparative Drama, Russian Literature, L'Europe du Sud-Est, Comparative Literature Studies, Russian Language Journal, Bucknell Review, The New Review, Journal of Baltic Studies, Books Abroad-World Literature Today, The South Slav Journal, Serbian Studies and Slavic Review.

His first notable creative literary endeavor is a historical novel Albion, Albion, published in Belgrade, Serbia, in the fall of 1994. This work was chosen as one of the ten best novels written in Serbian language during that year, and remained on the list of national best-sellers throughout 1995. Moravčević also received, in the summer of 1998, the Rastko Petrović Literary Award for the best Serbian novel written in Diaspora. The novel was reprinted in 1998 by the publishing house S. Masic, and in 2006 by Stubovi kulture. In 2009 publishing house "Arhipelag" from Belgrade published the English version of this novel.

Dr. Moravcevic is a member of several American and international scholarly associations and an honorary Doctor of Letters at the Wrocław University in Poland (1980). From 1980 to 1994, he served as the Chief Editor of the only scholarly journal in America dedicated to the Serbian culture, Serbian Studies. Since 1990, professor Moravcevich has been a member of the Crown Council of the Serbian Crown Prince Aleksandar Karađorđevic and is a bearer of the Serbian decoration of White Eagle with the great cross (first degree).

Dr. Moravcevic is married to Dr. Jelena Bankovic and they live in Chicago.

Bibliography

  • In 2003, the publishing house Prosveta in Belgrade, Serbia, published his second historical novel, Light of The West – Lux Occidentalis.
  • In 2005, the publishing house Stubovi kulture in Belgrade, Serbia, published in English his Selected Essays on Serbian and Russian Literatures and History.
  • In 2007, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published his third historical novel, Knight in the Time of Evil.
  • In 2008, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published his fourth historical novel in English, A Brandenburg Concerto.
  • In 2009, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published a Serbian translation of his historical novel in English "A Brandenburg Concerto".
  • In 2009, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published his fifth historical novel "A Time of Resurrection".
  • In 2010, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published his sixth historical novel "Trusting Vienna".
  • In 2011, the publishing house Arhipelag in Belgrade, Serbia, published his seventh historical novel "The Last Despot".

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Željko Lučić

Željko Lučić (born 24 February 1968) is a Serbian operatic baritone who has had an active international career since 1993. He was a member of the Serbian National Theatre in Novi Sad from 1993–1998 and at the Frankfurt Opera from 1998-2008. He is particularly well known for his performances in the operas of Giuseppe Verdi; having portrayed a total of 23 leading roles from the great composer's works.

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The Prologue of Ohrid

St Nikolai of Zica (Velimirovic) (1880-1956) has been called the "Serbian Chrysostom" for his theological depth and golden-tongued eloquence. Now for the first time, a complete and unabridged English translation of St. Nikolai's Prologue of Ohrid has been made available. St. Nikolai's Prologue has become a much-loved spiritual classic for Orthodox Christians worldwide. An inspirational source-book of the Orthodox Faith, it contains within its pages a summation of the Church's wisdom and Her experience of sanctity through the Grace of Jesus Christ. Lives of Saints, Hymns, Reflections and Homilies are presented for every day of the year. St. Nikolai's beautiful Hymns have never before appeared in English.

The text of this 1,450-page magnum opus of St. Nikolai has been translated from the Serbian and edited by clergy and monastics of the Serbian Orthodox Diocese of Western America.

In two volumes, hardbound, with full-color dust jackets.
New 2nd Edition 2008
Volume I: January to June, 650 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-0-4)
Volume II: July to December, 704 pages (ISBN 0-9719505-1-2)