Laza Lazarević wrote at a period when the terms of literature itself were being argued over.
The record lists Laza Lazarević as Serbian writer (1851–1891).
Laza Lazarević was born at Šabac in 1851. His recorded nationality is Kingdom of Serbia. He was educated at University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.
The nineteenth century was the age of the serialised novel and mass literacy; writers reached audiences of a size never seen before.
He worked as writer, neurologist and psychiatrist.
Books outlive their reviews, and the ones that last are seldom the ones that sold best.
That the work was written from Kingdom of Serbia matters: language, censorship and the reach of a publishing industry decide which books travel and which stay local.
Laza Lazarević died in 1891, aged 40. The books remain, which is the only durable form a writing life takes.
