Mijušković and Mudreša winners of the "Pledge" for life's work

Prominent Montenegrin and Yugoslav creators Vojislav Mijušković i Ljubomir Mudreša The winners of the "Zolaga" award for life's work are awarded by the "Vladimir Mijušković" from Nikšić. The president of the Central Committee presented them with awards, on Community Day, the oldest and most numerous association of writers in Montenegro. Spasoje Bajović.

Receiving the award, Mijušković said that the "Zahumlja" scene, where the evening of the KZ "Vladimir Mijušković" was held, is special to him, and that the award is especially dear and important to him, because all other awards are "down to his hometown". He presented the Community with a picture of Vladimir Mijušković from his younger days, with the wish that those who in 56 years of existence managed to "conquer a vast spiritual space, but not a square of physical space for their work", finally get a roof over their heads.

Mudreša pointed out that it is difficult to speak in Nikšić, a city where the source, confluence and habitat of culture, not only of Montenegro, but also of the Balkans and beyond.

"What I would like to see is for Nikšić to enter the European culture, because that is where he belongs," Mudreša said.

The association was founded in 1968 by a group of young literati from Nikšić, and is named after a distinguished professor of the Nikšić High School, Vladimir Mijušković, author of the novel "The Pledge" and dramatic works that were performed in Yugoslav theaters. The literary community published its first book a year after its establishment. It was the "Cactus" almanac, a joint collection of Community members. Since then, over 650 titles of various genres, by Montenegrin and Yugoslav authors, have been published.

"In the last few years, the Literary Community has risen like a phoenix from the ashes. She went from crisis and despair to the joy of creativity. It works better and more than before... Now our ambitions are clearer, now our plans are more promising. We are once again becoming a cultural flywheel that takes a new flight through the visible and invisible field of art, in the realization of ideas that justify our existence", said Bajović.

He pointed out that the Literary Society is an apolitical institution of culture, that its policy is in literature and creativity, and that they hope that they, "writers without an address", will finally get their home.

The moderators of the evening were writers Dragana Mrkić and Miloš Kecojević, members of the Community who reminded of its history, but also of the events organized by the CC in the previous two years.

The community, together with the Municipality of Nikšić, was a co-organizer of the "Nikšić Literary Meetings", and during its decades-long existence, it organized numerous events such as "With the Poet at Midnight", "Pledge Days", "Car(r) on the Corso", and the book fair on the Square of freedom in Nikšić, "With a book against the internet... She established four literary awards: "Zaloga", "Vito Nikolić", "Spasoje Pajo Blagojević" and "Radule Željko Damjanović".

The celebration of the 56th birthday was an opportunity to present friends of the community with certificates of appreciation and membership cards. Daughters of Vladimir Mijušković, Milica Mijušković Bojović, the charter of an honorary member was presented, while the president of the Municipality of Nikšić, Marko Kovacevic, received a certificate of appreciation and an honorary membership card of the mentioned literary community. The President of the Municipality of Plužine also received certificates of appreciation Slobodan Delic, advisor to the President of the Municipality of NIkšić Miljan Mijušković, Electric Power Company of Montenegro, JU "Zahumlje" and National Library "Njegoš", RTV Nikšić, Director of Tourism Organization Nikšić Mitar Barac, the Center for Security Sociological and Criminological Research "Defendologia" and journalists Anka Perović Radović, Jovan Dzodzo, Lidija Džaković i Svetlana Mandic.

The organizers of the event are the "Vladimir Mijušković" Literary Association in cooperation with the "Zahumlje" JU, and within the February repertoire of the Nikšić cultural scene.

To shed light on the work of Vladimir Mijušković

Spasoje Bajović said that if Vladimir Mijušković was born in another country, his work would probably be much more valued and present in society.

"His work radiates great messages, the imperishable life of a time that flows into the present and the future. Unbreakable truths live in him and faith in the human word, in freedom, in man... It would be desirable for influential figures from cultural life to take part in the new illumination and valorization of Vlad's work", said Bajović.

And the President of the Municipality, Marko Kovačević, agrees that Vladimir Mijušković was neglected in the past and did not get the place that belongs to him in society and art.

"I can say on behalf of the Municipality of Nikšić, while this leadership is here, that we will work together with the Literary Community to encourage that at the Faculty of Philology in Nikšić, at the Department of Serbian Language and South Slavic Literature, we grant scholarships to those who want to do a master's degree or a doctorate on the subject of to the work of professor Mijušković. I think it will be a good achievement, and I wish the Community to continue to work dedicatedly with this enthusiasm that it certainly has. When you have people like this, it's easy to help them," said Kovačević.