Dragomir Brajković Explained

Dragomir Brajković
Birth Date:10 December 1947
Birth Place:Pisana Jela, PR Montenegro, FPR Yugoslavia
Death Place:Belgrade, Serbia
Resting Place:Belgrade New Cemetery
Occupation:Poet, novelist
Nationality:Serbian
Alma Mater:University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Period:1966–2009
Notableworks:Krvava svadba u Brzavi[1]

Dragomir Brajković (Serbian: Драгомир Брајковић; 10 December 1947 – 29 November 2009) was a Montenegrin Serb writer, journalist, editor of Radio Belgrade, poet and member of the Association of Writers of Serbia.

Biography

He was born on 10 December 1947 in the village of Pisana Jela (Bijelo Polje Municipality) in present-day Montenegro. He graduated from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. He began publishing poetry, prose, essays and critical texts in 1966.

He actively advocated the preservation of Serbian–Montenegrin unionism within the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1992–2003) and then within the state union of Serbia and Montenegro (2003–2006). In early 2005, he became one of the founders of the Serbian-based Movement for a European State Union of Serbia and Montenegro.[2]

Brajković died from a stroke in his sleep on 29 November 2009. He is interred in the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in the Belgrade New Cemetery.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reč koja odlazak znači . Večernje novosti . 21 June 2011 . 1 December 2009 .
  2. http://www.mfa.gov.rs/Srpski/Bilteni/Srpski/b310105_s.html#N31 Bilten vesti (2005): Osnovan pokret za zajedničku evropsku državu Srbije i Crne Gore
  3. Web site: Preminuo pesnik Dragomir Brajković . Večernje novosti . 21 June 2011 . 29 November 2009 .