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1902–1921
Born into the old and eminent family of Jovan Ristic, academician
and statesman. Is educated in Belgrade and Switzerland.
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1922
With M. Dedinac and D. Timotijevic starts the journal Roads.
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1924–1925
With R. Petrovic,
D. Matic and M. Dedinac edits Testimonies.
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1925
Graduates from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade.
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1926
Marries Seva (Jelica) Zivadinovic in Vrnjacka Banja, with
Aleksandar and Lula Vuco best man and maid of honour.
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1926–1927
Meets Breton and the French Surrealists during his stay in
Paris when the cycle of collages La vie mobile was created.
He and Seva bought a painting by Max Ernst The Owl (Bird in
a Cage), Museum of Contemporary Art, Belgrade.
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1928
Publishes his anti–novel Bez mere (Without Measure). His daughter
Mara is born.
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1928–1929
Makes a series of photograms with Vane Bor in Vrnjacka Banja.
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1930
One of the founders of the Belgrade group of Surrealists and
a signatory of the manifesto. With A. Vuco and D. Matic, edits
the almanac Nemoguce – L’impossible, where his collages Budilnik
(The Alarm Clock) and Crustaceans on the Chest are published.
With D. Matic writes The Position of Surrealism, signed by
the other members of the Belgrade Surrealist group.
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1931
Publishes the book Outline for a Phenomenology of the Irrational
with K. Popovic.
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1931–1932
One of the editors of Surrealism Here and Now.
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1932
Publishes the book Anti –Wall with V. Bor.
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1933
His reply to the survey “L’humour est–il une attitude morale?”
is published in the Parisian journal Le surréalisme au service
de la révolution (No. 6, 36 – 39).
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1936
Writes a text entitled “Foreword to Several Unwritten Novels”.
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1938
Publishes his long poem Turpituda (Turpitude), seized by the
police in Zagreb. Contributes to the Parisian review Minotaure
(Nos. 3–4 Enquête Dictionnaire abrégé du surréalisme).
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1939 With
M. Krleza, K. Hegedusic, V. Bogdanov, Z. Rihtman and others
starts the magazine The Stamp. Travels to Italy with Seva.
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1941–1942
Lives in Vrnjacka Banja, does some time in prison in Krusevac.
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1944
Publishes his political texts in Politika and Borba. Works
as editor in the State Publishing House of Yugoslavia.
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1945–1951
Appointed Yugoslav ambassador in Paris.
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1951
Elected corresponding member of the Yugoslav Academy of Sciences
and Arts in Zagreb.
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1952
With O. Bihalji Merin, O. Davico, M. Dedinac, E. Finci, D.
Matic and A. Vuco founds Testimonies.
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1955
With A. Vuco, O. Davico, D. Cosic, A. Isakovic founds the
magazine Delo (Deed).
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1956 His
book Nox microcosmica comes out.
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1958 Elected
president of the Yugoslav National Committee for UNESCO.
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1989
After his death, H. Kapidzic Osmanagic edits his texts for
print and publishes them in the book Naknadni dnevnik 12 C
(Subsequent Diary 12 C) (Sarajevo).
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1993
The Legacy of Seva and Marko Ristic – the visual experiments
of the group of Belgrade Surrealists (1926–1939) – is donated
to the Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade.