An evening of Matica srpska was held in Gacko, where the works of two poets and their importance in contemporary Serb poetry were presented: Selimir Radulović and Milan Micić.
The contemporary poetry collection With the White Stones of Christ by Selimir Radulović places him among “contemporary poets” who use carefully chosen verses to warn the “modern man.”
Editor of the Annals of Matica srpska, Selimir Radulović, emphasized that the role of a contemporary poet is to warn the contemporary man.
“He warns him that he has left his house upside down and that it must be returned to its natural state. In my view, that is the most authentic function of the contemporary poet and contemporary poetry,” Radulović said.
Historian and writer Milan Micić, in his collection Brandy and Wounds, highlights the volunteers of the Great War who settled in Vojvodina. His poetry portrays their historical destinies and their perspectives on life.
“These are people who had been forgotten, and there was little mention of them. They fought for Serbia, for a homeland they had never seen before, and they were already condemned in advance—in case of capture they would be executed, and their property confiscated,” said Micić, who is also the Secretary General of Matica srpska.
Earlier this year, Matica srpska marked the bicentennial of the oldest cultural and scientific institution of the Serb people and its journal Annals, first published in 1824.
President of the local branch of SPKD Prosvjeta, Aleksije Grgur, stressed the honor of hosting such esteemed poets:
“For us, it is a great honor that among us are two men at the very top of Matica srpska, and also at the top of contemporary Serb poetry. Selimir Radulović and Milan Micić are the names of serious Serb poets,” Grgur noted.
The Matica srpska evening was part of a project of institutional cooperation, based on the Protocol of Cooperation signed between Matica srpska and the Municipality of Gacko. Both Micić and Radulović are laureates of the most prestigious literary awards in the Serb language area.
Source: RTRS
