Danilo Kiš Writer

Danilo Kiš (Serbian Cyrillic: Данило Киш; 22 February 1935 – 15 October 1989) was a Serbian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Kiš was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges, Ivo Andrić and Miroslav Krleža, among other authors. His most famous works include A Tomb for Boris Davidovich and The Encyclopedia of the Dead.

Personal facts

Birth date	February 22, 1935
Birth place	Subotica , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , Danube Banovina
Ethnicity	Serbs
Date of death	October 15, 1989
Place of death	Paris