: Born in Hungary, he was forced to fight for the Austro-Hungarian army against the Russians during WWI, an experience that fueled his anti-war sentiment.

: His epic Migrations was adapted into a major motion picture in 1989. Milos Crnjanski - IMDb

Crnjanski's life was as dramatic as his novels, marked by shifting borders and political upheaval.

: Included in the "100 Most Prominent Serbs" list, his work is mandatory reading in Serbian schools.

: A seminal modernist novel reflecting the trauma of the Great War and the disintegration of the old world.

: Between the world wars, he served as a cultural attaché in Berlin and Rome.

: Based on his own years in exile, this work captures the alienation and poverty of a displaced aristocrat in post-WWII London.