Živana Antonijević

Živana Antonijević
Born	Живана Антонијевић 1770s
Died	1828 Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia
Nationality	Austrian
Other names	Blind Živana
Occupation	storyteller
Known for	being one of the most important sources for Serbian epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić

Živana Antonijević or Blind Živana (died in Zemun in 1828) was a Serbian storyteller, gusle player (Serbian: guslar) and one of the most important sources for Serbian epic poetry recorded by Vuk Karadžić.

Živana was one of favorite women singers of Vuk Karadžić^[1] who published seven songs recorded from her:

• How the Christened name is served (Serbian: Како се крсно име служи)
• He who celebrates the Christened name is helped by it (Serbian: Ко крсно име слави оном и помаже)
• Marko Kraljević and Alil-Aga (Serbian: Марко Краљевић и Алил-ага)
• Marko Kraljević and the twelve Moors (Serbian: Марко Краљевић и дванаест Арапа)
• Perilous Bogdan and voivode Dragija (Serbian: Љутица Богдан и војвода Драгија)
• Vučko Ljubičić
• Nahod Momir

Some other songs are also recorded from her, including:

• Marko and the vila (Serbian: Марко Краљевић и вила)
• The unfaithful wife of Grujica (Serbian: Невјера љубе Грујичине)
• The Wedding of Todor of Stalać (Serbian: Женидба Тодора од Сталаћа)

Jelisaveta Marković (Blind Jeca), who was also a blind storyteller (one of four whose songs were recorded by Karadžić) was Živana's apprentice.^[2]

References

1. Hawkesworth, Celia (2000). Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia. Central European University Press. p. 53. one of Karadzic's favored women singers, Blind Zivana,
2. Hawkesworth, Celia (2000). Voices in the Shadows: Women and Verbal Art in Serbia and Bosnia. Central European University Press. p. 53. Karadžić collected songs from four blind women singers: Živana, Jeca (who was Živanas pupil) Stepanija and unnamed blind singer from northern Serbia