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'''Nada Ćurčija Prodanović''' (1923-1992) was a Serbian translator, children's author and piano teacher.<ref name=Obit>Celia Hawkesworth, [https://ift.tt/2y9t0zY Obituary: Nada Curcija-Prodanovic], ''[[The Independent]]'', 15 December 1992</ref>
==Life==
Nada Ćurčija Prodanović was born in [[Banja Luka]] in 1923. After the [[Second World War]] she lived in [[Belgrade]]. She taught piano at the Belgrade Ballet School.<ref name=Obit/> She translated Serbian folk fales and ballads into English, and wrote a children's novel in English. She also translated in the other direction, translating writing by [[Carlos Castaneda]], [[Sinclair Lewis]], [[Lord Byron]], and [[Joseph Conrad]] into Serbian. The main focus of her work was drama, and she translated plays by [[John Osborne]], [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Robert Bolt]], [[Sean O'Casey]] [[Congreve]] and [[Harold Pinter]].
==Works==
* ''Serbian folk-tales''. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Oxford myths and legends. Illustrated by [[Joan Kiddell-Monroe]].
* ''Ballerina''. London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić. Republished 1970, as part of the [[Oxford Children's Library]].
* ''Heroes of Serbia: folk ballads retold''. London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić.
* ''Ballet on Tour''. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić.
* ''Teuta, Queen of Illyria''. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
==References==
[[Category:1923 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:Serbian translators]]
[[Category:Serbian children's writers]]
[[Category:Serbian music educators]]
[[Category:Piano pedagogues]]
[[Category:English–Serbian translators]]
[[Category:Serbian–English translators]]
==Life==
Nada Ćurčija Prodanović was born in [[Banja Luka]] in 1923. After the [[Second World War]] she lived in [[Belgrade]]. She taught piano at the Belgrade Ballet School.<ref name=Obit/> She translated Serbian folk fales and ballads into English, and wrote a children's novel in English. She also translated in the other direction, translating writing by [[Carlos Castaneda]], [[Sinclair Lewis]], [[Lord Byron]], and [[Joseph Conrad]] into Serbian. The main focus of her work was drama, and she translated plays by [[John Osborne]], [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Oscar Wilde]], [[Robert Bolt]], [[Sean O'Casey]] [[Congreve]] and [[Harold Pinter]].
==Works==
* ''Serbian folk-tales''. London: Oxford University Press, 1957. Oxford myths and legends. Illustrated by [[Joan Kiddell-Monroe]].
* ''Ballerina''. London: Oxford University Press, 1961. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić. Republished 1970, as part of the [[Oxford Children's Library]].
* ''Heroes of Serbia: folk ballads retold''. London: Oxford University Press, 1963. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić.
* ''Ballet on Tour''. London: Oxford University Press, 1972. Illustrated by Dušan Ristić.
* ''Teuta, Queen of Illyria''. London: Oxford University Press, 1973.
==References==
[[Category:1923 births]]
[[Category:1992 deaths]]
[[Category:Serbian translators]]
[[Category:Serbian children's writers]]
[[Category:Serbian music educators]]
[[Category:Piano pedagogues]]
[[Category:English–Serbian translators]]
[[Category:Serbian–English translators]]
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