Divna Veković

Divna Veković (1886–1944) was the first female medical doctor in Montenegro, the first woman dentist, and the first to gain a doctoral degree. She was a physician at the Salonika front during World War I. Veković was also a humanitarian and a literary translator. She translated a well-known epic poem The Mountain Wreath by Petar II Petrović-Njegoš from the Serbian language into French. She also translated other poems such as that of the Serbian poet Jovan Jovanović Zmaj.