Milovan Đilas
Born 12 June 1911 · Died 20 April 1995
From Podbišće, Mojkovac Municipality, Montenegro · Nationality: Serbia, Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Montenegro, Montenegro
Milovan Djilas (1911-1995), dissident Yugoslav Communist leader and writer, born in Polja, Montenegro. He studied law at the University of Belgrade, where he embraced Marxism, and was subsequently imprisoned for political activities. He became a good friend of Tito and by 1940 was a member of the Politburo of the Yugoslav Communist Party. Fighting with Tito's partisans during World War II, he held numerous high posts in the postwar government and was a leading supporter of Tito's break with the USSR in 1948. By 1953 he was vice president under Tito and widely believed to be his chosen successor. Djilas's criticism of Communist rule, however, led to his loss of all positions and his expulsion from the party in 1954. He was imprisoned in 1956. Upon publication in the West of his The New Class (1957), an exposé of the Communist hierarchy, his sentence was extended. His Conversations with Stalin (1962) cost him another four years in jail. Finally released in 1966, he continued to write and publish. Among his other books are Land Without Justice (1958), and Rise and Fall (1983; trans. 1985), an account of his own government career. The New Class was published in Yugoslavia in 1990.
Books by Milovan Đilas in order
Books by Milovan Đilas in the order they were published, from Lenin on Relations Between Socialist States (1950) to Rise and Fall (1985).
- 1Lenin on Relations Between Socialist StatesLenin on Relations Between Socialist States1950
- 2On New Roads of SocialismOn New Roads of Socialism1950
- 3The New Class
The New Class1957 - 4Land Without Justice
Land Without Justice1958 - 5Anatomy of a Moral
Anatomy of a Moral1959 - 6Conversations with Stalin
Conversations with Stalin1962 - 7Montenegro
Montenegro1964 - 8The Leper, and Other StoriesThe Leper, and Other Stories1965
- 9Njegoš: Poet, Prince, Bishop
Njegoš: Poet, Prince, Bishop1966 - 10The Unperfect Society
The Unperfect Society1969 - 11Under the Colors
Under the Colors1971 - 12The Stone and the Violets
The Stone and the Violets1972 - 13Memoir of a Revolutionary
Memoir of a Revolutionary1973 - 14Parts of a Lifetime
Parts of a Lifetime1975 - 15Wartime
Wartime1977 - 16Tito
Tito1980 - 17Rise and Fall
Rise and Fall1985 - 18Fall of the New Class
Fall of the New Class