Pavle Ugrinov (real name Vasilije Popović;[1] 15 April 1926 – 23 June 2007) was a Serbian writer, playwright, director and academic.
After two years of study, he enrolled at the newly established Academy of Theater and Film in Belgrade, where he graduated in 1952 from the Department of Directing in the class of professor Dr. Hugo Klein.
[1] He entered the literary life in 1955 with the poem Bačka zapevka, for which, together with Aleksandar Tišma, he received the Branko Award for poetry.
He wrote a total of 21 books, including novels: "Departure at Dawn" (1957), Kopno (Nolit, 1959),[3]"Garden" (1967), "Elements" (1968), Senzacije (1970),[4]Domaja (1971),[5]Zadat život (1979),[6]Carstvo zemaljsko (1982),[7]Otac i sin (1986),[8]Tople pedesete (1990);[9]Ishodište (novella, 1963),[10] Fascinacije (1980),[11]"Dictionary of Elements" (1972), Egzistencija (Prosveta, 1996),[12]Ljubav i dobrota (1998),[13]Van sveta (Prosveta, 1999),[14]Besudni dani (Narodna knjiga, 2001),[15]Bez ljubavi (2002),[16]Pogled preko svega (Agora, 2004)[17]Snovi o Kosani (short story, 2005),[18]Savon de fleurs: milo od cveća (2007).
He was the president of the council of the Chronicle of Matica Srpska and a permanent member and an associate of that same institution.