Editing Serbs (section)

===Literature===
{{Main article|Serbian literature}}
{{See also|Serbian epic poetry|Serbian comics}}

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Most literature written by early Serbs was about religious themes. The founders of the [[Serbian Orthodox Church]] wrote various [[gospel]]s, [[psalters]], [[menologies]], [[hagiographies]], along with essays and sermons.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Osam vekova srpske književnosti |url=http://www2.filg.uj.edu.pl/~wwwip/postjugo/texts_display.php?id=288 |access-date=2022-07-12 |website=www2.filg.uj.edu.pl |archive-date=14 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714203755/http://www2.filg.uj.edu.pl/~wwwip/postjugo/texts_display.php?id=288 |url-status=live }}</ref> At the end of the 12th century, two of the most important pieces of Serbian medieval literature were created– the [[Miroslav Gospels]] and the [[Vukan Gospels]], which combined handwritten Biblical texts with painted initials and small pictures.{{sfn|Cox|2002|p=20}} The [[Crnojević printing house]] was the first printing house in Southeastern Europe and is considered an important part of Serbian cultural history.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Deretić |first=Jovan |title=Istorija srpske kulture |publisher=Evro-Giunti |year=2011 |isbn=978-86-505-1849-6 |location=Belgrade |pages=153, 155}}</ref>

Notable [[Baroque]]-influenced authors were [[Andrija Zmajević]], [[Gavril Stefanović Venclović]], [[Jovan Rajić]], [[Zaharije Orfelin]] and others. [[Dositej Obradović]] was the most prominent figure of the [[Age of Enlightenment]], while the most notable Classicist writer was [[Jovan Sterija Popović]], although his works also contained elements of Romanticism. Modern Serbian literature began with [[Vuk Karadžić]]'s collections of [[folk song]]s in the 19th century, and the writings of [[Petar II Petrović-Njegoš|Njegoš]] and [[Branko Radičević]]. The first prominent representative of Serbian literature in the 20th century was [[Jovan Skerlić]], who wrote in pre–World War I [[Belgrade]] and helped introduce Serbian writers to literary modernism. The most important Serbian writer in the [[inter-war period]] was [[Miloš Crnjanski]].{{sfn|Miller|2005|pp=565–567}}

The first Serb authors who appeared after World War II were [[Mihailo Lalić]] and [[Dobrica Ćosić]].{{sfn|Bédé|Edgerton|1980|p=734}} Other notable post-war Yugoslav authors such as [[Ivo Andrić]] and [[Meša Selimović]] were assimilated to Serbian culture, and both identified as Serbs.{{sfn|Miller|2005|pp=565–567}} Andrić went on to win the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1961.{{sfn|Bédé|Edgerton|1980|p=734}} [[Danilo Kiš]], another popular Serbian writer, was known for writing ''[[A Tomb for Boris Davidovich]]'', as well as several acclaimed novels.{{sfn|Miller|2005|pp=–565–567}} Amongst contemporary Serbian writers, [[Milorad Pavić (writer)|Milorad Pavić]] stands out as being the most critically acclaimed, with his novels ''[[Dictionary of the Khazars]]'', ''Landscape Painted with Tea'' and ''The Inner Side of the Wind'' bringing him international recognition. Highly revered in Europe and in [[South America]], Pavić is considered one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century.{{sfn|Sollars|Jennings|2008|p=604}} [[Charles Simic]] is a notable contemporary Serbian-American poet, former [[United States Poet Laureate]] and a [[Pulitzer Prize for Poetry|Pulitzer Prize winner]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://balkaninsight.com/2011/05/25/serbian-roots-american-spirit-an-interview-with-charles-simic/|title=Serbian roots, American spirit: An interview with Charles Simic|date=25 May 2011|website=Balkan Insight|language=en-US|access-date=2 August 2019|archive-date=2 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802224634/https://balkaninsight.com/2011/05/25/serbian-roots-american-spirit-an-interview-with-charles-simic/|url-status=live}}</ref> Contemporary writer [[Zoran Živković (writer)|Zoran Živković]] authored more than 20 prose books and is best-known for his [[Science fiction|SF]] works which have been published in 23 countries.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://sinhro.rs/zoran-zivkovic-zasto-da-pisem-o-naucnoj-fantastici-kad-u-njoj-zivimo/|title=ZORAN ŽIVKOVIĆ: Zašto da pišem o naučnoj fantastici, kad u njoj živimo » Sinhro.rs|last=Sinhro.rs|date=2016-07-11|website=Sinhro.rs|language=en-US|access-date=2022-07-12|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714203756/https://sinhro.rs/zoran-zivkovic-zasto-da-pisem-o-naucnoj-fantastici-kad-u-njoj-zivimo/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/713069.html|title=Srpski pisac sa najviše prevoda|website=Radio Slobodna Evropa|date=14 December 2007|language=sh|access-date=2022-07-12|last1=Preradović|first1=Zoran|archive-date=14 July 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714203754/https://www.slobodnaevropa.org/a/713069.html|url-status=live}}</ref>