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Milutin Mićović (Velimlje, near Nikšić, June 12, 1953) is a Serbian writer. He is the president of the Writers Society «Njegoš» (founded in 2004) and the editor of the traditional cultural manifestation «Days of Njegoši». He is a member of UKCG and SKZ. He lives near Nikšić.

Biography
He is the brother of Joanikije (Mićović) Metropolitan of Montenegro.

He finished high school in Nikšić, studied economics and philosophy in Podgorica and Belgrade.

He is represented in several anthologies of contemporary Serbian poetry as well as in the anthology of contemporary Serbian poetry in the Russian language From Century to Century by Sergej Glavjuk (Moscow, 2003), as well as in the anthology: World poetry in the selection of the Armenian poet Gagik Daftyan (Yerevan 2016).

He wrote forewords for the bilingual edition of the Luča mikrokosma (first translation into Russian, Ilya Chislov), Njegoš's work The Notebooks (first translation into Russian by Ljudmila Burtseva), and Collected Works of King Nikola (published by Svetigora and Oktoich, 2009).

His works was translated into foreign languages: Russian, English, German, Italian, Armenian, Romanian.

He was the columnist in the newspaper "Dan" (Podgorica) from 2007 to 2021, publishing over 800 short essays on current social, cultural and political topics; Editor at the publishing house "Oktoih" in Podgorica from 1993 to 2003; Member of the editorial board of Književne novine, Belgrade from 2012 to 2019; Vice-president of the Association of Writers of Montenegro from 2011 to 2016;

Following intellectuals wrote about Milutin Mićović's work (reviews and reviews): academic Matija Bećković, academic Vladeta Jerotić, professor Novak Kilibarda, poet Alek Vukadinović, academic Miro Vuksanović, professor Siniša Jelušić.

Prizes and awards

 * Marko Miljanov, 1992 for the novel Ruined Town
 * Award of the Njegoš Library from Peć, 1996 for the book Thus Spoke the Montenegrins
 * Medal V. V. Bolotova, Russia, 2010
 * Recognition of the Union of Writers of Russia, 2014
 * Portile Poeziei International Prize, Romania, 2018
 * Miodrag Ćupić, 2018 for the poetry book Day Night
 * Order for asceticism in culture, Union of Writers of Russia, 2021
 * Seal of Herceg Šćepan, Herceg Novi, 2021
 * Miroslav's Gospel, state award, 2022 for the book Light in the Darkness of Montenegro

Important Work
Books of poetry:


 * Living Water (University Word, Nikšić, 1987)


 * Doors (two books - House and Bread for Travelers, Podgorica, October, 1994)
 * Traces of the Future (Following the Future), in Serbian and Russian, translated by Andrej Bazilevski, (Tver 2010)
 * Day and Night (Poetry Selection, Institute for Serbian Culture, Nikšić, 2018)
 * Seven Circles, Kosmos, Belgrade, 2022

Novel:


 * Ruined town, (Podgorica, October, 1991).

Essay Books:


 * That's what Montenegrins used to say (Andrijevica, Stupovi, 1996)
 * Letters from Ouranopolis (Novi Sad, Svetovi, 2000)
 * The Serbian Labyrinth and the Montenegrin Minotaur (Belgrade, Srpska Književna Zadruga, 2003)
 * Njegoš and contemporary Montenegro (Podgorica, Association of Librarians of Montenegro, 2006)
 * Njegoševa Luča (Serbian Studies, University of Banja Luka, 2021)
 * Lights in the Darkness of Montenegro ( Srpska Književna Zadruga, Belgrade, 2021).

Prepared proceedings:


 * The spiritual and political being of Montenegro (Nikšić, 2002)
 * Njegoš, our contemporary, (Nikšić 2002)
 * Days of Njegoš (2008 – 2009)
 * Days of Njegoš (2011 – 2012)