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Svetozar Vlajković

スヴェトザル・ヴライコヴィッチ

Svetozar Vlajković

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1938-01-05 (Belgrade)
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
Belgrade (Čubura)

Career

Occupations
radio journalist, writer, screenwriter, playwright
Active Years
1963-2025
Affiliations
Radio Belgrade
Influenced By
Marko Ristić, Dušan Matić

Education

XIV Belgrade Gymnasium
Degree: maturity diploma
Year of Graduation: 1956
Country: Kingdom of Yugoslavia
University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
Degree: diploma
Year of Graduation: 1962
Country: Yugoslavia
Sorbonne
Theater studies
Period: 1971-1972
Country: France
Assistant to Antoine Vitez

Awards

Isidora Sekulić Award
1971
Result: laureate

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Šta bi učinio Zobec

1969 short stories/novellas

Collection praised for poetic fantasy and imagination.

skepticismmelancholylonelinessironyhumoreroticism
Adaptations
  • [TV film] Prvo ubistvo (1972)

Šuma čudnovata

1969 novel

Neko drugo leto

1971 novel

Čubura, negde u Kaliforniji

1976 novel

Večernji trkači

1980 novel

Bibliography

  • Šta bi učinio Zobec (1969)
  • Šuma čudnovata (1969)
  • Neko drugo leto (1971)
  • Čubura, negde u Kaliforniji (1976)
  • Večernji trkači (1980)
  • Vera (1981)
  • Pokretne stepenice (1987)
  • Ružičasti arhipelag (1991)
  • Najslabiji učenik škole igranja (1992)
  • Uzletanje (1997)

Adaptations

  • Džangrizalo (1976, TV film)
  • Prvo ubistvo (1972, TV film)
  • Bez reči (1972, feature film)
  • Kvar (1978, feature film)
  • Čavka (1988, children's film)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise and short styleoverflowing poetic fantasyexcessive power of imagination
Recurring Motifs
skepticism, melancholy, loneliness of city dwellersirony, humorerotic enthusiasm

Legacy

Serbian writer praised by surrealists, radio journalist, authored 25 fiction books and 50 plays, Isidora Sekulić Award laureate.

Quotes

  • Tito was an uneducated man, he became ruler thanks to a group of uneducated people. At the same time, these nations were also people of little faith and needed a strong leader.
    Source: Autobiographical description