Association of Writers of Serbia

Association crest

The Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS) (Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, Udruženje književnika Srbije) is Serbia's official writing association.

History

The association was founded on May 26, 1905 under the presidency of Milan Đ. Milićević.[1]

The first management consisted of:

Post-WWII

As a result of the Slovene Writers' Association's support of the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike the UKS broke off its relations with the Slovene Writers' Association.[2]

Mission

The UKS states its main goals as:

References

  1. Milovan Bogavac, Association of Serbian Writers 1905-1945, UKS history
  2. Ramet, Sabrina P. (2006). The three Yugoslavias: state-building and legitimation, 1918-2005. Indiana University Press. p. 364. ISBN 9780253346568. Retrieved 9 March 2012.

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