Balša Brković (

Montenegrin Cyrillic The Montenegrin alphabet is the collective name given to "''Abeceda''" (#Latin alphabet, Montenegrin Latin alphabet) and "''Азбука''" (#Cyrillic alphabet, Montenegrin Cyrillic alphabet), the writing systems used to Writing, write the Montene ...

: Балша Брковић) (born 25 April 1966) is a Montenegrin writer, essayist and theatre critic. He is also editor of cultural section of daily newspaper

Vijesti ''Nezavisni dnevnik Vijesti'' (; English translation: ''News'') is a Montenegrin daily newspaper. The paper is published and managed by an entity called Daily Press d.o.o. - a limited liability company based in Podgorica. The company's ownership ...

, and one of the prominent members of the political party

United Reform Action The Civic Movement United Reform Action ( cnr, Građanski pokret Ujedinjena reformska akcija / Грађански покрет Уједињена реформска акција), commonly known as simply United Reform Action, or by its abbreviati ...

(URA).

Biography

Balša Brković was born on 25 April 1966 in

Titograd Podgorica (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Подгорица, ; Literal translation, lit. 'under the hill') is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city was formerly known as Titograd ...

. His father

Jevrem Brković Jevrem Brković (; 29 December 1933 – 24 January 2021) was a Montenegrin poet, writer, journalist, dissident and historian. Brković was one of the founders and member of Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts (DANU), a parallel scholars' academy ...

was a well-known Montenegrin writer. Balša's mother Ljeposava "Kaća" Brković ( Škuletić) was an elementary school teacher. He graduated from the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade ( sr, / ) is a public university in Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it merged with the Kragujevac-b ...

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. He is an editor for the

newspaper for its culture section and is deeply involved with preservation of the original Montenegrin language. He is a member of the Montenegrin PEN Center. He was also a speaker at the International Festival for short stories in 2009. In 2017, he has signed the

Declaration on the Common Language The Declaration on the Common Language ( sh, Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku / ) was issued in 2017 by a group of intellectuals and NGOs from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia who were working under the banner of a projec ...

of the

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and

Montenegrins Montenegrins ( cnr, Црногорци, Crnogorci, or ; lit. "Black Mountain People") are a South Slavic ethnic group that share a common Montenegrin culture, history, and language, identified with the country of Montenegro. Genetics Accordin ...

. Brković published collections of poetry: ''Konji jedu breskve'' (1985), ''Filip boje srebra'' (1991), ''Rt Svete Marije'' (1993), ''Contrapposto'' (1998) and ''Dvojenje'' (2001) and novels ''Privatna galerija'' (2002)"Laureate Balsa Brkovic" - Pobjeda Online
/ref> and ''Paranoja u Podgorici'' (2010).

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1966 births Living people Writers from Podgorica University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language {{Montenegro-writer-stub