Filip David
| Filip David | |
|---|---|
 David in 2013 | |
| Native name | Филип Давид |
| Born |
July 4, 1940 Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | Serbian |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Notable awards |
NIN Award 2014 Kuća sećanja i zaborava |
Filip David (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Давид; born 4 July 1940) is a Serbian writer and screenwriter, best known for penning essays, dramas, short stories and novels. In 2015, he won the NIN Award for best Serbian novel of the year 2014 for his novel "Kuća sećanja i zaborava" (House of memory and oblivion).[1]
Biography
David was born in 1940 in Kragujevac to a Jewish family. He graduated from both the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade and the Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television of the Belgrade University of Arts.[2] He was a long-time editor of the drama program of the Radio Television of Belgrade.[3] In 1989, he was one of the founders of the "Independent Writers" society in Sarajevo, in then-SFR Yugoslavia. He was also the founder of the literary society "Belgrade Cirlce" in 1990. This society opposed the then-ruling government of Slobodan Milošević.[4] In 1992, David was fired from the Radio Television of Belgrade for organizing an independent trade union.[5]
Work
David has written several television dramas, dramas, books of essays, short story collections and novels.[2]
Short story collections:
- "Bunar u tamnoj šumi" (English: "A Well in a Dark Forrest")
- "Zapisi o stvarnom i nestvarnom" ("Notes of the real and the unreal")
- "Princ vatre" ("Fire Prince")
- "Sabrane i nove priče" ("Collected and New Stories")
Novels:
- "Hodočasnici neba i zemlje" ("Pilgrims of the Earth and the Sky")
- "San o ljubavi i smrti" ("A Dream of Love and Death")
- "Kuća sećanja i zaborava" ("House of memory and oblivion")
Books of essays:
- "Fragmenti iz mračnih vremena" ("Fragments from Dark Times")
- "Jesmo li čudovišta" ("Are We Monsters")
- "Svetovi u haosu" ("Worlds in Chaos")
References
- ↑ "Filip David dobitnik 61.Ninove nagrade" [Filip David Winner of the 61. NIN Prize]. Vecernje novosti. 19 January 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- 1 2 Radovanović, Rade (8 February 2014). "Koliko vredi ljudski život" [How much is worth a human life]. Danas. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "О холокаусту и последицама" [The Holocaust and the consequences] (in Serbian). Politika. 30 August 2012. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "Filip David: Beogradom sada šeta oko tri stotine potencijalnih ratnih zločinaca" [Filip David: Around three hundred potential war criminals walk in Belgrade now] (in Serbo-Croatian). Oslobođenje. 15 December 2013. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
- ↑ "Filip David" (in Serbian). Laguna. Retrieved 19 January 2015.