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1233:Nastasijević
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1687:1906 deaths
1682:1855 births
1620:Srbljanović
1208:Jakovljević
1168:Milan Rakić
1112:Veselinović
665:Romanticism
392:Čiča Jordan
298:(2002) and
247:Čiča Jordan
90:Nationality
1676:Categories
1615:Stevanović
1585:Ognjenović
1433:Trifunović
1408:Bora Ćosić
1253:Maksimović
1193:Pandurović
1007:Ignjatović
851:Kozačinski
821:de Boliris
725:Domentijan
720:Saint Sava
580:Shtokavian
417:References
193:chronicles
124:pronounced
82:Occupation
1656:NIN Award
1580:Matijević
1540:Drašković
1488:Vitezović
1438:Miljković
1388:Bulatović
1363:Raičković
1353:Alečković
1333:Medaković
1278:Selimović
1228:Crnjanski
1198:Uskoković
1137:Stanković
1127:Domanović
1082:Lazarević
1072:Trifković
1047:Milićević
1037:Novaković
1032:Nenadović
1017:Radičević
967:Vidaković
962:Nenadović
952:Došenović
931:Stojković
901:Zannowich
886:Obradović
861:Žefarović
841:Branković
745:Danilo II
525:. Rastko.
495:SR Serbia
259:Vojvodina
215:Sokobanja
190:novelized
165:Aromanian
139:Biography
72:Sokobanja
1640:Živković
1625:Šajtinac
1600:Ršumović
1590:Pavlović
1550:Gatalica
1530:Bećković
1498:Albahari
1418:Crnčević
1328:Isaković
1288:Danojlić
1263:Vasiljev
1097:Vojnović
1087:Matavulj
1062:Komarčić
1052:Miljanov
972:Karadžić
921:Janković
881:Piščević
831:Zmajević
760:Jefimija
487:Novi Sad
437:Politika
405:See also
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1610:Simović
1595:Pištalo
1575:Lengold
1468:Milišić
1428:Selenić
1398:Ćirilov
1343:Radović
1268:Desnica
1258:Drainac
1238:Kašanin
1213:Vinaver
1183:Skerlić
1173:Sekulić
1132:Ćorović
1107:D. Ilić
1102:V. Ilić
1022:J. Ilić
1012:Ljubiša
1002:Subotić
957:Mušicki
936:Solarić
916:Miletić
876:Julinac
871:Orfelin
685:Adligat
670:Realism
624:Srbulja
386:Vukadin
339:Ivko's
235:Vukadin
133:realist
104:Realism
94:Serbian
1525:Basara
1338:Olujić
1273:Davičo
1223:Andrić
1122:Ćipiko
1117:Šantić
1092:Sremac
1077:Glišić
1067:Kostić
1042:Jakšić
911:Vezlić
400:(1906)
388:(1903)
273:Legacy
85:writer
1635:Zubac
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1535:David
1520:Bajac
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1403:Antić
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1303:Lalić
1298:Đurić
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1243:Micić
1218:Bojić
1203:Vasić
1178:Kočić
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926:Vujić
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