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Nusic was born in Belgrade, Serbia, under name of Alkibijad Nuša. His father was a well known grain merchant, but lost his wealth shortly after Nusic's birth. The family moved to Smederevo, where Nusic spent his childhood and attended elementary school and first two grades of boarding school. He moved to Belgrade, where he graduate from boarding school. He attended and graduated from law school in Belgrade in 1884. During his studies, he spent a year in Graz, Austria.
Nusic fought in a war between Serbia and Bulgaria that started in 1885, while he was serving in the Serbian Army. After the war, he published a contraversial poem Dva Raba in Dnevni List for which he was convicted for two years in prison. The poem ridiculed the Serbian monarchy, particularly King Milan .
At first, he was sentenced to two months in prison, but King Milan preassured the judges to extend the sentence. Conditions in prison were bad, but Nusic still wrote a comedy Protekcija (Protection). When he first asked the prison intendant, Ilija Vlah , for the permission to write, Vlah told him that it was writing that led him into prison, and denied his request.
Knowing that intendant read all outgoing mail, Nusic wrote a brief letter to the second husband of his aunt (he was related to her first husband), who served as a minister of justice. Nusic addressed Gersic with uncle and told him how it would be much easier for him to serve 2 years if he could write. He noted that he had no interest in writing political texts. Nusic signed the letter with your nephew. One day later, Vlah allowed him to write literature.
In 1889, Nusic became a civil servant. As an official in Ministry of Foreign Affairs he was appointed a clerk of consulate in Bitolj , where he got married in 1893Events January 1 Japan accepts the Gregorian calendar January 2 Introduction by Webb C. Ball of the General Railroad Timepiece Standards in North America: Railroad chronometers January 13 The Independent Labour Party of the UK has its first meeting. Janua. He spent a decade in southern Serbia and MacedoniaAlexander the Great, king of ancient Macedon, on the waterfront at Thessaloniki, capital of Greek Macedonia Macedonia is a geographical and historical region of the Balkan peninsula in south-eastern Europe with an area of around 67,000 square kilometres a. His last post in this region was vice-consul in PristinaPriStina ( Serbian) or Prishtina/Prishtin ( Albanian) is the capital city of the province called Kosovo and Metohia, located in the south of Serbia at 42°65' N, 21°17' E. The population is 204,500 as of 2003. The city now has a majority of Albanians, foll.
In 19001900 is the common year starting on Monday. see link for calendar) For the film, see 1900 (film). Events January January 1 Nigeria becomes British protectorate January 2 John Hay announces the Open Door Policy to promote trade with China. January 2 Chicag, Nusic was appointed a secretary of Ministry of Education, and shortly afterwards he became a dramaturge of Narodno pozoriste (The National Theater in Belgrade). In 1904, he was appointed a head of Srpsko narodno pozoriste (The Serbian National Theater) in Novi SadNovi Sad ( , Slovak Novy Sad Hungarian Ujvidek German Neusatz (city population of 205,378 and some 299,294 in the county in 2002) is a city in northern Serbia, located at 45. 25° North, 19. 85° East on the banks of Danube river, capital of the province Vo. In 1905, he left his new post and moved to Belgrade to work as a journalist.
In 1912, Nusic returned to Bitolj as a civil servant. In 1913, he created a theater in Skoplje, where he lived until 1915. Due to the World War I, Nusic fled the country and lived in Italy, Switzerland and France until the end of the war.
After the war, Nusic was appointed the first head of the Art Department of Ministry of Education. He remained at this post until 1923. Afterwards, he was appointed the head of Narodno Pozoriste (National Theater) in Sarajevo. In 1927, he returned to Belgrade.
Branislav Nusic was a prolific author, famous for his distinguished sense of humor. Nusic wrote about people and their, often humorous, nature. Some of the Nusic's major work:
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