Today we are writing to you about a Krajšnik, a Serbian writer from Dalmatia, Jovan Radulović. Jovan was born on August 29, 1951 in the village of Pola near Knin. He began his studies of literature and history in Zadar in 1970, and in 1971 he moved to Belgrade where he graduated from the Faculty of Philology.
He was a professor at the Fourteenth Belgrade Gymnasium, editor of BIGZ and director of the Belgrade City Library.
In addition to the screenplay for TV dramas, Vučari Donje i Gornje Polače, Glava šećera (according to a sermon by Milovan Glišić), Nikoljdan 1901 (based on a play by Simo Matavulj), a film by Zdravko Šotra, Braća po materi (1986) was made based on his work. In addition to television and film scripts, Radulović is the author of a dozen radio dramas performed on Radio Belgrade programs.
During his work at BIGZ, he edited contemporary prose and historical-memoir literature, the first edition of the History of Serbs by Vladimir Đorović, Efemeris by Dejan Medaković, and the History of the Serbian Orthodox Church by Đoko Slijepčević.
Jovan Radulović was twice elected a member of the Presidency of the Association of Writers of Serbia. Jovan was a narrator, novelist, playwright and screenwriter.
Jovan's works have been translated into English, Russian, Ukrainian, Italian, German, Swedish, Hungarian and Macedonian.
He was the winner of the October Award of the City of Belgrade, the Andrić Award, the Isidora Sekulić Award, the Branko Ćopić Award, the Bora Stanković Award, the Svetozar Ćorović Award, the Joakim Vujić Award for a play, etc.
Jovan Radulović did not forget Krajina even when Krajina was going through its most difficult time. In the early 1990s, after the founding of the Republic of Serbian Krajina, he was its Minister of Foreign Affairs.
He passed away on March 7, 2018 in Belgrade.
He was and remains the pride of the family to which he belongs, as well as Dalmatia and Krajina.