Dušan Gojkov
 Marijane Gregoran, 69 / 13
Belgrade, Yugoslavia Email: jojmajko@yahoo.co.uk
Home page: http://www.balkanwriters.com/
1965 Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia.
WORKS:
'Grand Hotel', short stories, three editions 1993 - 1994;
'Slepi putnik', novel, 1994;
'Evropa pleše', radiophonic essays, 1995, 1996;
'Fotografije glasova' and 'Utuljena baština', documentary-dramatic radiophonic
essays, 1997;
'Une nuit (un jour) d'une vie', collected essays, 1997;
'Passager clandestine', novel, 1998;
'Opšta mesta - jedan paraliterarni herbarijum', novel, 1998.
'Album fotografija 1991 - 1993', novel, 2003.
'Tužne šansone', poetry, 2005.
'Pisanje po vodi', novel, 2006.
CURICULLUM VITAE:
1971-1976 Host in Radio Belgrade Children's programme.
1976-1983 Actor in Belgrade theatres KPGT, Atelje 212, Narodno pozorište, at
Television Belgrade, as well as in couple of movies. Director's assistant at Radio
Belgrade Drama programme. Plays a piano and bass in jazz band. Composing
music for three theatre plays.
1983 Army service.
1984 Radio Belgrade 'flying reporter'. Host of morning programme. Started studies
of Classical Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy,
University of Belgrade.
1985 Founds 'Beogradsko čitalište', informal place for prose or poetry readings,
exhibitions, concerts, and small plays. Editor of 'Novine beogradskog čitališta'.
1986 Lives in London, writing his first, yet unpublished novel 'Džez roman' - 'A
Jazz Novel', works as a chef in a French restaurants.
1987-1989 As a correspondent for Radio Belgrade and Belgrade daily Politika
writes from Europe, Mediterranean, Near and Far East, Africa, former Soviet Union,
Asia, and United States. Stays outside his country for nearly two years. Writes as
well for Yugoslav newsmagazines NIN, Vreme, Košava, Borba, Književne novine,
Književna reč, Reč...
1990 After first signs of war in former Yugoslavia, starts working for Yutel,
Yugoslav Television. Reports from Belgrade, Sarajevo, and Zagreb.
1991 Lives a country. First to Greece, then Germany, Austria, Switzerland,
Belgium, UK and US.During emigration writes his first novel Slepi putnik. In Europe,
works as a chef in restaurants, in US, works as an editor in publishing house GLG-
Chicago.
1992 At the end of a year, returns to Serbia, and works as a journalist in Radio
Belgrade. Fired because of anti-war commentary.
1993 Transfer to, at that time opposition Radio B92, for a position of World Service
editor, and literary critic. Founds Literary Club 'Jazzbina', Belgrade. Publishes
his first book 'Grand Hotel', in three editions. (Later published in six more
editions, and five electronic versions).
1994 Joins UN Peace Corps (ICFY Mission) at Yugoslav - Bosnian and Yugoslav -
Croatian border, as a translator and interpreter. Publishes his first novel Slepi
putnik, which NIN proclaimed as one of ten best novels of the year.
1995-1997 After his service, returns to Belgrade, and works as Drama editor for
Radio Politika, and director of Documentary programme in Television Politika During
that time wrote and directed ninety two original radio plays and radiophonic
essays, and dramatised for radio and directed hundred and ninety one prose and
poetic works of Yugoslav and foreign authors.
1997-1999 Directed twenty documentary films for television.Publishes his second
novel 'Opšta mesta' (Laza K. Lazarević Prize), radiophonic essays 'Evropa
pleše' in two editions (Critic's Choice Prize), and documentary essays
'Fotografije glasova' and 'Utuljena baština', as well as novel 'Passager
clandestine' (Centre national du livre Prize and Centre regional des lettres midi-
pyrenees Prize).
1999 During NATO bombing, after criticizing former president Milošević, fired from
Radio-Television Politika.
2003 Finished and published novel 'Album fotografija'.
2005 Bitef Art Centre Programme Manager. Founder and editor of 'Balkanski
književni glasnik - Balkan Literary Herald (http://www.balkanwriters.com/).
2006 'Pisanje po vodi', a novel ("East-West" Award for a novel of the year).
At this moment, lives in Belgrade.
Father, two daughters.
Interests: Literature, theatre, radio, television, film, opera.
Published writer: Yes
Freelance: Yes |
