The symbol of Vranje - Bora Stankovic

In addition to the numerous historical objects that are part of the rich cultural and historical heritage, it certainly can be one of the symbols.

Bora is a famous person from Vranje who in his works described the spirit of Vranje from the time when he lived. He wrote about the city and the opportunities in it and helped to keep that time from oblivion. He was very young when he lost his parents and was raised by his famous grandmother Zlata. The street in Vranje where Bora's house is located was named after her. He spent his childhood and early youth in Vranje and his entire literary oeuvre consists of works dealing with the circumstances of that time. It seems that the literary works of Bora Stankovic most illustrate, in an almost poetic way, the social circumstances in this town during a time of great social and political change. In a unique way, with a deep psychological analysis, he describes the eternal inner conflict of people of that time who are torn between socially accepted behavior in a patriarchal environment and their desire and longing for freedom, for love, for happiness, which will never materialize. Lost love, wasted life, and a great sadness for something, represent the leitmotif to the narratives of personal life in Bora's works. There are many unrealized, unhappy and personalities punished by the society. Each culture places certain limitations, but in this small, traditional setting, they are so heavily emphasized that they cruelly play with human destinies. And Bora describes it very skillfully. Through social stratification, he also describes the problems that merchants or chorbaji go through, at the time of the border closure to Turkey and the sudden enrichment of peasants. The internal conflicts of the abruptly decaying people and the severe anguish they go through to hide it from the town.

It is precisely because of describing the real world in an unrealistic way that Bora will forever be remembered, and most of all in the place he often wrote about - his hometown, Vranje.

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