Lazar "Laza" Lazarević (Serbian Cyrillic: Лазаp Лаза Лазаревић, 13 May 1851 – 10 January 1891) was a Serbian writer, psychiatrist, and neurologist.[1]

Laza Lazarević
Born	Lazar Lazarević (1851-05-13)13 May 1851 Šabac, Principality of Serbia
Died	10 January 1891(1891-01-10) (aged 39) Belgrade, Kingdom of Serbia
Resting place	Belgrade New Cemetery
Occupation	Writer, psychiatrist and neurologist
Nationality	Serbian
Notable works	Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje, Sve će to narod pozlatiti

Medical career

After graduating, the post of "specialist doctor" at the General State Hospital in Belgrade awaited him. From then on until his premature death, Lazarević worked on reforming Serbian medicine as a primarius. He was a member of several Serbian Learned Societies, including SANU; and participated as a field doctor in the Serbo-Turkish War of 1876 and 1878. Also, he was a major organizer of the Great Reserve Hospital in Niš during the Serbo-Bulgarian War of 1885; vice-colonel, writer and translator and medicine scientist (published 72 works in local and foreign magazines). He founded the first modern geriatric hospital in Belgrade in 1881. His works were translated in numerous languages. Later he became doctor appointed to the Royal Court by King Milan Obrenović IV himself.

Legacy

He is included in The 100 most prominent Serbs and he was elected a member of Parnassos Literary Society.[2]

See also

• Jovan Jovanović Zmaj
• Julije Bajamonti
• Vladan Đorđević
• Miodrag Pavlović
• Milan Savić
• Vladan Radoman

Works

• Prvi put s ocem na jutrenje, 1879
• Školska ikona, 1880
• Na bunaru, 1880
• U dobri čas hajduci, 1880
• Verter, 1881
• Švabica, 1881[3]
• Sve će to narod pozlatiti, 1882
• Šest pripovedaka, 1886
• Vetar, 1888
• On zna sve, 1890
• Pripovetke L. K. Lazarevića I, 1898
• Pripovetke L. K. Lazarevića II, 1899

References

This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations. (April 2019)

• Jovan Skerlić, Istorija Nove Srpske Književnosti / History of New Serbian Literature (Belgrade, 1921), pp. 378–384.

External links

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• "New bibliography of scientific papers by Dr. Laza K. Lazarević", Kanjuh Vladimir, Pavlović Budimir, Glas SANU – Medicinske nauke, 2002, issue 46, pages 37–51
• Laza Lazarević at Find a Grave
• Autobiografsko u prozi Laze K.Lazarevica, Ivana Zecevic, Cigoja, Beograd,2010

На других языках

[ru] Лазаревич, Лаза