{"id":189727,"date":"2025-10-08T15:00:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=189727"},"modified":"2025-10-08T15:09:19","modified_gmt":"2025-10-08T13:09:19","slug":"nusic-before-the-court-genial-anecdote-of-the-serbian-writer-is-retold-even-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/nusic-before-the-court-genial-anecdote-of-the-serbian-writer-is-retold-even-today\/","title":{"rendered":"NU\u0160I\u0106 BEFORE THE COURT: Genial anecdote of the Serbian writer is retold even today!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>A large number of anecdotes have been preserved about Branislav Nu\u0161i\u0107, thanks to his contemporaries, and above all, his son-in-law, Milivoje Predi\u0107, the husband of Nu\u0161i\u0107\u2019s daughter Gita. He collected and published the book &#8220;Nu\u0161i\u0107 in Stories&#8221; which remains the best testimony to this day of what a great Serbian writer he was.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And this Serbian writer, comedian, journalist, diplomat, amateur photographer and founder of rhetoric in Serbia, was a man of the sharp pen and even sharper language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, an anecdote says, Branislav Nu\u0161i\u0107 once ended up in court. Why? 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He collected and published the book &#8220;Nu\u0161i\u0107 in Stories&#8221; which remains the best testimony to this day of what a great Serbian writer he was. 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