The famous writer, novelist, screenwriter, playwright Dragoslav Mihailović died in Belgrade at the age of 93, the family confirmed to the portal Nova.rs.
Mihailović was a regular member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU).
He is the winner of many literary awards and recognitions.
His literary work includes short stories, novels and plays. His selected works were printed twice, in six books in 1984 and in seven books in 1990.
Weekly states that in 1949, Mihailović was expelled from the candidacy for a member of the Communist Party of Yugoslavia, and in 1950 he was arrested, and the following year he was transferred to Goli otok, where he spent 15 months.
His novel "When Pumpkins Bloomed" from 1968 will remain recorded as one of the most famous "dissident novels" during the KPJ rule, according to Nedeljnik.
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