Živana Antonijević

Živana Antonijević
Born	Живана Антонијевић 1770s
Died	1828 Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Austrian
Other names	Blind Živana
Occupation	storyteller
Known for	being one of the most important sources for Serbian epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić

Živana Antonijević or Blind Živana (died in Zemun in 1828) was Serbian storyteller, gusle player (Serbian: guslar) and one of the most important sources for Serbian epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić.

Živana was one of favorite women singers of Vuk Karadžić^[1] who published seven songs recorded from her:

How the Christened name is served (Serbian: Како се крсно име служи)
He who celebrates the Christened name is helped by it (Serbian: Ко крсно име слави оном и помаже)
Marko Kraljević and Alil-Aga (Serbian: Марко Краљевић и Алил-ага)
Marko Kraljević and the twelve Moors (Serbian: Марко Краљевић и дванаест Арапа)
Perilous Bogdan and voivode Dragija (Serbian: Љутица Богдан и војвода Драгија)
Vučko Ljubičić
Nahod Momir

Some other songs are also recorded from her, including:

Jelisaveta Marković (Blind Jeca), who was also a blind storyteller (one of four whose songs were recorded by Karadžić) was Živana's apprentice.^[2]

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Marko Kraljević and Alil-Aga

References

^ Hawkesworth, Celia (2000). Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia. Central European University Press. p. 53. one of Karadzic's favored women singers, Blind Zivana,
^ Hawkesworth, Celia (2000). Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia. Central European University Press. p. 53. Karadžić collected songs from four blind women singers: Živana, Jeca (who was Živanas pupil) Stepanija and unnamed blind singer from northern Serbia

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Characters	Ailing Dojčin Alil-Aga Arnaut Osman Bajo Pivljanin Beg Kostadin Deli Radivoje Djemo the Mountaineer General Vuča Ivan Kosančić Janko od Kotara Jug Bogdan Jugović brothers Mali Radojica Maksim Crnojević Manojlo Grčić Mihajlo Svilojević Milan Toplica Miloš Obilić Miloš Vojinović Musa Kesedžija Pavle Orlović Petar Dojčin Philip the Magyar Pop Milo Jovović Prince Lazar Relja the Winged Stari Vujadin Starina Novak Strahinja Banović Sibinjanin Janko Tsar Dušan Voivode Prijezda Zmaj Ognjeni Vuk
Poems	The Building of Skadar The Beginning of the Revolt against the Dahijas The Kosovo Cycle
Gusle players and collectors	Avram Miletić Dimitrije Karaman Đuro Milutinović-Slepi Filip Višnjić Old Rashko Petar Perunović Tešan Podrugović Vuk Karadžić Vuk Vrčević Živana Antonijević
See also Gusle, Bugarštica, Erlangen Manuscript, Perast manuscript, List of national poetries

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