Summary
Momčilo Mihajlovič: Miracles and penances - aphorisms and penances
In Serbia, Orwell would not be a writer, but a chronicler.
I thought we live like cattle.
And then I watched a documentary about livestock farming in Denmark.
- Excuse me, how much do these shoes cost?
- 12,990 dinars.
- Give me a hundred grams.
Momčilo Mihajlović was born in 1961 in Belgrade.
Writes satirical stories and aphorisms.
Published books:
–Premeditated slips(1996), aphorisms
–Zombie’s smile(2001), satirical stories
–Van wits(2003), aphorisms.
He is the winner of the "Radoje Domanović" award of the Association of Writers of Serbia for aphorism (1996) and for satirical prose (1997), as well as the "Dragiša Kašiković" award (2003) for the best book of aphorisms.
He is represented in several domestic and foreign anthologies of satire.
He lives and works in Belgrade.
In the work of this aphorist of ours, there is an extremely peculiar humor. In fact, this humor does not appear against the seriousness of the tragic situation, but as its complement. It is known as anti-dogmatism. And dogmatism destroys humor and preludes tragedies. Humor purifies polluted reality. It was not by chance that Bakhtin said that laughter does not allow seriousness to become petrified. Humor that goes as far as ironic distortion, as is the case with Mihajlović's aphorism, is an expression of giftedness and cheerfulness of spirit. In his work, humor is the heart of creative freedom. And his creativity confirms the belief that times of crisis encourage the flourishing of satirical imagination and the spirit of critical rebellion.
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