Danko Popović Explained

Slobodan "Danko" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Данко Поповић; 19 August 1928 – 7 August 2009)^{[1] [2]} was a Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter.

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)

Prose (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, .
• Blood Blossoms of Kosovo: Chronicle About the Serbian Holy Land, edited by Sofija Škorić, translated by Ralph Bogert, Serbian Literary Company, Toronto 1997, .^[6]
• Četiri vetra - pisma prijatelju u Torontu, Prometej and Jefimija, Novi Sad and Kragujevac 2004, .
• The Book of Milutin, translated by Svetlana Milošević, Knjiga komerc, Belgrade 2018, .

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.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20190513141718/http://www.rts.rs/page/stories/sr/story/125/drustvo/101961/vremeplov-19-avgust.html Vremeplov
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20161008151745/http://www.politika.rs/scc/clanak/365197/Otkrivena-spomen-ploca-knjizevniku-Danku-Popovicu Report on attachment of plaque on his residence in Belgrade
3. http://www.dankopopovic.rs Udruženje Poštovalaca Dela Danka Popovića
4. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZlMBXqPEUk Rekonstrukcija kuće Danka Popovića
5. http://www.pressonline.rs/kultura/Knjizevnost/361216/vladanu-matijevicu-nagrada-danko-popovic.html Report
6. https://web.archive.org/web/20190516132228/https://paste.pics/12bd963fd47953551696ad0027304dcf Ralph Bogert
7. Mira and Antonín J. Liehm, Most Important Art-Soviet and Eastern European film after 1945, University of California Press 1980,, Google Books, Synopsis, p.431.
8. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaeL6C1VYwA Pukovnikovica
9. https://honorconscience.org/short-film-about-freedom/ Video
10. https://www.berlinale.de/de/archiv/jahresarchive/1973/02_programm_1973/02_Filmdatenblatt_1973_19730010.html Berlinale 1973