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Divna Veković (or Vékovitch) (1886–1944) was the first female medical doctor in Montenegro. She was born in Lužac, a village in the municipality of Berane. [1] She completed her medical degree at the Sorbonne in 1907. [2] She was a physician at the Salonika front during World War I. [3] Veković was also a humanitarian and a literary translator. She was the first to translate The Mountain Wreath (Gorski Viyénatz) from the Serbian language into the French language (Les lauriers de la montagne). The work is a well-known epic poem in Montenegrin literature written by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Veković also translated other poems such as that of the Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.
She continued her work as a medical doctor until her death before the end of World War II. [4]
This article relies largely or entirely on a
single source. (November 2013) |
Divna Veković (or Vékovitch) (1886–1944) was the first female medical doctor in Montenegro. She was born in Lužac, a village in the municipality of Berane. [1] She completed her medical degree at the Sorbonne in 1907. [2] She was a physician at the Salonika front during World War I. [3] Veković was also a humanitarian and a literary translator. She was the first to translate The Mountain Wreath (Gorski Viyénatz) from the Serbian language into the French language (Les lauriers de la montagne). The work is a well-known epic poem in Montenegrin literature written by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš. Veković also translated other poems such as that of the Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.
She continued her work as a medical doctor until her death before the end of World War II. [4]