Belgrade, Dec. 7, 2009 (Source: Blic) - Milorad Pavic, the notable academician and writer, was buried yesterday in the Alley of the Greats, ‘Aleja Velikana’, in presence of his family members, respectable cultural and public workers and admirers of his work.
As a spokesman of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (SANU), Nikola Tasic talked about Pavic’s work, his unusual spirit and a personality which had a unique charm, his domestic and foreign awards, etc.
“An interesting detail from his biography is that he is an exception in our Academy. According to the statute of SANU, a regular member can only be someone who had previously been a corresponding member. However, the committee composed of distinguished writers presented a paper emphasizing his qualities and significance, implying that he can be a regular member despite the fact that he had never been a correspondent,” said Tasic, adding among other things, that his work will be a subject of great attention.
In the name of people from Krunska, Dragomir Acovic, said farewell to “the first writer of the 21st century” as he was often called and read Svetlana Velmar Jankovic’s words. Addressing Pavic in a warm and personal way, she recollected the 1950s, when they often met in Makedonska Street in front of the tavern “Pod lipom” across the street from Radio Belgrade, where Pavic used to host a radio show “1000 years of lyrics”.
Funeral service was held by episcopes Lavrentije and Atanasije, while among those who attended his funeral were Djilas, the Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic with his wife Katarina, Vuk Draskovic, Ljubomir Simovic, Dusko Kovacevic, Miroslav Josic Visnjic, Neda Arneric, Dragana Jugovic del Monako, Sava Stojkov, Milos Sobajic, Caci Mihajlovic, Cile Marinkovic, Jovan Delic, Pedja Markovic, Predrag Palavestra and others.
On the way from the chapel to the Alley of the Great People, where he was buried next to Olja Ivanjicki, admirers of his prose mentioned the characters from his novels, his thoughts: “Nobody is smart and beautiful during all seven days of the week,” “Whatever you want and you pray for it and believe that you will have it- you will have it, because the space is a law of mirrors.”
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