2 Quotes & Sayings By Nikolic Mihajlo

Born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1894, Nikolic was orphaned at the age of five. He finished his primary school studies in Belgrade before fleeing with his mother to Budapest where he eventually finished high school. Not able to afford university, he worked in a bank and studied law in Budapest. After an accident in 1911, he ended up in a sanitarium for two years, but left without graduating Read more

He then moved to Vienna where he worked for two years as an insurance agent. In 1914, he moved to Zurich where he worked for another four years selling life insurance policies. He then moved back to Belgrade where he continued selling insurance until the end of World War I.

At that time, Nikolic moved to Novi Sad where he was employed by the State Bank of Yugoslavia. From there he moved on to Paris, where he worked at the French General Consulate until 1923 when he returned home to Belgrade and began working again at the State Bank of Yugoslavia. As World War II loomed, Nikolic left Serbia and lived in France for several years before moving on to New York City in 1938. He died on May 9th, 1987. From 1933 till 1938, Nikolic had been one of the most prolific writers for "The Saturday Evening Post". His first novel "Korak do Okeana" (Steps towards Okeania) was published in 1936. He also wrote screenplays for seven movies between 1933-1956, including movies based on his own novels: "The Canoe" (1933), "Keep 'em Flying" (1937), "Tournament at Tennis Mountain" (1940), "Escape from Paradise" (1944), "The Unknown Woman" (1945), "The Secret of Treasure Mountain" (1950) and "The Revelation" (1957). Nikolic's stories were translated into many languages including German, Italian and French.

When asked why he wrote so many different stories, Nikolic answered that each story was a way of giving something back to his readers who had been so kind to him over the years by reading his work repeatedly. In addition to numerous short stories and novels, Nikolic wrote many screenplays and screenplays based on his own novels as well as several non-fiction works including a book about basketball called "Shooting Stars". In 1943, Nikolic married a beautiful American woman named Dorothea Sabin who shared with him a love for