Slobodan "Danko" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Данко Поповић; 19 August 1928 – 7 August 2009)[1][2] was a Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter.
Danko Popović | |
|---|---|
| Born | Slobodan Popović 19 August 1928 Aranđelovac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 7 August 2009 (aged 80) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Resting place | Saint Archangel Gabriel Church, Bukovik |
| Occupation | Writer and playwright |
| Language | Serbian |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Notable works | The Book about Milutin |
Popović was born in Aranđelovac, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School, where he spent the biggest part of life and where he started his literary work. Danko, however, also returned regularly to his home town and property nearby Bukulja. He wrote several novels, collections of short stories and scenarios for TV, Film and radio dramas.[3][4]
Vladan Matijević was the 2015 recipient of the Danko Popović Award.[5]
Work (selection)
editProse (selection)
- Svečanosti, (Celebrities), Nolit, Belgrade 1962.
- Kukurek i kost, Slovo ljubve, Belgrade 1976.
- Čarapići, Nolit, Belgrade 1969.
- Oficiri, Minerva, Subotica 1979.
- Knjiga o Milutinu, Publishing series Biblioteka Književne novine, Belgrade 1985.
- Konak u Kragujevcu, Publishing series Biblioteka Književne novine, Belgrade 1988, ISBN 86-391-0121-3.
- Blood Blossoms of Kosovo: Chronicle About the Serbian Holy Land, edited by Sofija Škorić, translated by Ralph Bogert, Serbian Literary Company, Toronto 1997, ISBN 0-9682484-1-1.[6]
- Četiri vetra - pisma prijatelju u Torontu, Prometej and Jefimija, Novi Sad and Kragujevac 2004, ISBN 86-7639-748-1.
- The Book of Milutin, translated by Svetlana Milošević, Knjiga komerc, Belgrade 2018, ISBN 978-86-7712-437-3.
Filmography (selection)
- Pukovnikovica (Colonel's Wife), screenplay, Studio Film danas 1972.[7][8]
- Josef Šulc (Joseph Schultz; Leading Actor: Faruk Begolli), short film, co-author, Zastava Film 1973.[9][10]
- Karađorđeva smrt, TVB 1984.
References
edit- ^ Vremeplov, (19. August 2009), RTS, archived by WayBack Machine, retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Report on attachment of plaque on his residence in Belgrade, Politika, archived by WayBack Machine, retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Udruženje Poštovalaca Dela Danka Popovića Archived 2018-08-01 at the Wayback Machine, Association of Admirers of the Work of Danko Popović (Bisnode) retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Rekonstrukcija kuće Danka Popovića, Reconstruction of Residential Building (Place of Birth), Radio Televizija Šumadija, YouTube, retrieved 2019-05-13.
- ^ Report Archived 2019-05-14 at the Wayback Machine, Press Online, retrieved 2019-05-14.
- ^ Ralph Bogert, Paste.Pics (Wayback Machine), University of Toronto.
- ^ Mira and Antonín J. Liehm, Most Important Art-Soviet and Eastern European film after 1945, University of California Press 1980, ISBN 0-520-04128-3, Google Books, Synopsis, p.431.
- ^ Pukovnikovica, Delta video, YouTube.
- ^ Video, Institute to Honor Freedom of Conscience, Longmont, retrieved 2019-05-12.
- ^ Berlinale 1973, Berlinale, retrieved 2019-05-12.
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