The Grave of Dušan Vasiljev in Kikinda, Serbia

Tucked away in Melino Groblje ("Mela's Cemetery"), one of the oldest cemeteries in the Serbian town of Kikinda, stands the grave of Dušan Vasiljev, a poet whose brief life left a lasting mark on Serbian literature. Located near the Holy Trinity Monastery, the modest white monument is easy to overlook among larger family tombs and weathered gravestones. Yet it marks the resting place of one of the most powerful literary voices to emerge from the turmoil of the First World War. Dušan Vasiljev was born in Kikinda on June 19, 1900. Like many young men of his generation, his youth was overshadowed

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