The Destiny of Germans in St. Ivan and Other Writings - Igic, Rajko
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In the Balkans generations live "between wars." The winds of war play havoc with the destinies of individuals, peoples and nations, scattering them across the world. Only during periods of calm, and when they have settled down, some able, diligent and wise manage to grasp the chance to fulfill their childhood dreams, a warm family circle they had been deprived of, or a career of a distinguished scientist. The fragmented memoir that we are reading, restrained in words but rich in feelings and intimations, leads along lanes in which a village boy from Pannonian Plains curiously seeks knowledge…mehr

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In the Balkans generations live "between wars." The winds of war play havoc with the destinies of individuals, peoples and nations, scattering them across the world. Only during periods of calm, and when they have settled down, some able, diligent and wise manage to grasp the chance to fulfill their childhood dreams, a warm family circle they had been deprived of, or a career of a distinguished scientist. The fragmented memoir that we are reading, restrained in words but rich in feelings and intimations, leads along lanes in which a village boy from Pannonian Plains curiously seeks knowledge about the world and becomes a citizen of the New World with encyclopedic view, pondering the paradoxes of modern life and the destiny of coming generations. The compassion he feels for the suffering of others, the ease with which he writes, and the unfinished mosaic of life make this book interactive. Thus, the reader can easily identify with the story, and is almost tempted to add his own chapter, based on personal experience.
Autorenporträt
Rajko Igic (1937, Despotovo, Serbia) is a Senior Scientist at the J. H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, Illinois. He was formerly a professor and Head of the Department of Pharmacology at the Medical School, University of Tuzla from 1978 to 1992 and Director of the Department of Scientific, Technical, and Educational International Exchange for the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo from 1990 to 1992. After the start of the war in Bosnia, he stayed in Sombor and Novi Sad, Serbia, and in 1993, immigrated to the United States. As a student, Igic had written only a few poems in Serbo-Croatian language, but he continued to write poetry in English when he came to America (Eleven Poems and One Story, 2002; Come, Live in This World, 2006). Igic has authored numerous scientific papers, several textbooks for medical students and scientific writing. He also devised a new combined Cyrilic and Latin alphabet for the Serbo-Croatian language. He recently published a memoir The Destiny of Germans in St. Ivan and Other Writings (2003) and several biographical articles and essays. He is a member of the Academy of American Poets.