Milos Crnjanski (1893-1977) is considered one of the foremost Yugoslav literary figures of the twentieth century. A leader among the Serbian avant-garde after WWI, he was declared persona non grata by the Communist Party, which took control of the country after the Second World War. He lived in exile, mostly in London, for almost twenty-five years, living an obscure life in London before returning home in 1965. His experience from that period produced his final great novel, A Novel of London.