Svetolik Rankovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ???????? ????????; Velika Moštanica, 7 December 1863 - Belgrade 18 March 1899) was a Serbian prominent in the period of Realism.
As a realist, he was the first Serbian author to take a significant step towards the emancipation of prose from the laws of event-centered narration.
He was referred to as the Russian pupil for his elegant style.