Jovan Deretić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Деретић, [jǒʋan derětit͡ɕ]; 22 January 1934 – 16 June 2002) was a Serbian historian and author of Serbian literary history.
[1] His work Istorija Srpske književnosti (1983) is the standard work in Serbian literary history.
[2] Deretić was born in the village of Orahovac near Trebinje on 22 January 1934.
[3] He completed gymnasium high school in Trebinje and Vrbas and graduated from the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade in 1958.
[3] He completed his doctoral degree in Belgrade as well in 1965 with a thesis under the title "Composition of the Gorski Vijenac".