Rastko Petrović

Rastko Petrović (1898–1949) was a Serbian poet and writer.

After serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. during World War II, he remained in the United States after the war and died there in 1949. In 1986, after official recognition, his remains were brought to Belgrade.

Works

 * Burleska gospodina Peruna, boga groma (A burlesque of Lord Perun, god of thunder), 1921.
 * Otkrovenje (Revelation), 1922.
 * Afrika, 1930.
 * Ljudi Govore (The people speak), 1931.
 * Dan šesti (The sixth day), 1961.