About: Ilija Vukićević

Ilija Vukićević (Serbian Cyrillic: Илија Вукићевић, 3 August 1866 – 5 March 1899) was a Serbian novelist, short story writer and playwright. During his lifetime he wrote 31 short stories, seven fairy tales and two plays. He is considered a representative of Serbian realism in the 1880s. Writing at first under the strong influence of Laza Lazarević, he later became closer to Turgenev and the Russian realist school of the time. He introduced several innovations into the narrative process. His collection of short stories is well-known in Serbia, two books were published posthumously after his early death at the age of 32. His entire work was published in two volumes between the two world wars.