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Film & TV
Known for
- Fourteenth Day — Passenger1960
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Key facts
- Native name
- Данило Киш
- Born
- Dániel Kiss , ( 1935-02-22 ) 22 February 1935, Subotica , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Died
- 15 October 1989 (1989-10-15) (aged 54), Paris, France
- Resting place
- Belgrade's New Cemetery
- Occupation
- Novelist short story writer poet
- Language
- Serbian , Serbo-Croatian , Hungarian
- Alma mater
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
- Years active
- 1953–1989
- Notable awards
- NIN Award (1972) Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (1986)
- Spouse
- Mirjana Miočinović ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 – 1981 )
- Partner
- Pascale Delpech (1981–1989)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Danilo
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Subotica
- Place of death
- 10ᵗʰ arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- screenwriter
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
- Employer
- University of Strasbourg
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Official website
- www.kis.org.rs
- Image
- Danilo Kiš 2010 Montenegro stamp.jpg
- Work location
- Strasbourg
- Residence
- Subotica
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- Commons category
- Danilo Kiš
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- date of birth
- 1935-02-22
- date of death
- 1989-10-15
- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- manner of death
- natural causes
- start of work period
- 1962-00-00
- name in native language
- Danilo Kiš
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Encyclopedic overview
Danilo Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; born Dániel Kiss; 22 February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was a Yugoslav and Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and translator. His best known works include Hourglass, A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead.
Life and work
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