Divna Veković

Divna Veković (1886–1944) is a notable woman from Montenegro who became the first female medical doctor in Montenegro. Apart from being a physician during World War I, Veković was also a humanitarian and a literary translator. As a translator, she was the first to translate the The Mountain Wreath (also known as The Mountain of Wreath) from the Montenegrin language into the French language; The Mountain Wreath is a well-known poem and play in Serbian literature written by the Prince-Bishop and poet Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Veković also translated other poems such as that of the Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj. She continued her work as a medical doctor until her death before the end of World War II.^[1]

References

1. Martinović M. and Jokanović V. "[Divna Veković (1886-1944)--the first woman physician in Montenegro].". PubMed.gov (US National Library of Medicine; National Institutes of Health). Retrieved 18 November 2013.