Mira Alečković

Mira Alečković (2 February 1924, Novi Sad – 27 February 2008) was a Serbian and Yugoslav poet.

Biography
She received a degree in Slavic Studies at University of Belgrade, and went to further study at the Sorbonne. She participated in the pre-World War II leftist movement. During World War II in Yugoslavia she participated in Yugoslav Partisans movement actions. In Socialist Yugoslavia she gained considerable popularity, especially for her children's poetry and partisan songs.

Her works have been translated in more than 20 languages.

Works

 * Collections of poems
 *  Zvezdane balade, 1946
 * Pionirsko proleće, 1955
 * Prijatelji, 1956
 * Lastavica, 1957
 * Srebrni voz, 1963
 * Sunčani soliteri, 1970
 * Da život bude ljubav, 1972
 * Sanjalica, 1975
 * Ne mogu bez snova, 1980
 * Staza srebrom izvezena, 1982


 * Novels
 * Srebrna Kosa, 1953
 * Zbogom velika tajno, 1960
 * Zašto grdiš reku?
 * Jutro