Association of Writers of Serbia
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Association crest
The Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS) (Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, Udruženje književnika Srbije) is Serbia's official writing association.
History
The association was founded on May 26, 1905 under the presidency of Milan Đ. Milićević.[1]
The first management consisted of:
- Simo Matavulj, acting as president
- Jovan Skerlić, secretary
- Dobrosav Ružić, treasurer
- Živojin O. Dačić, librarian
- Rista J. Odavić, host
Post-WWII
As a result of the Slovene Writers' Association's support of the 1989 Kosovo miners' strike the UKS broke off its relations with the Slovene Writers' Association.[2]
Mission
The UKS states its main goals as:
- gathering Serbian authors in the same community
- to protect the professional interests of its members
- to work on their interpersonal relationships
- to work on relations with publishers and the general public
- to make their job(s) easier
- to help its members or their families who are in poverty.
