Bogdan Tirnanić ( Serbian

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: ''Богдан Тирнанић'') (September 14, 1941 – January 16, 2009) was one of the most prominent Serbian

journalist A journalist is an individual that collects/gathers information in form of text, audio, or pictures, processes them into a news-worthy form, and disseminates it to the public. The act or process mainly done by the journalist is called journalism ...

essayist An essay is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal a ...

s and

movie critic Film criticism is the analysis and evaluation of films and the film medium. In general, film criticism can be divided into two categories: journalistic criticism that appears regularly in newspapers, magazines and other popular mass-media outlets ...

s. He was born in

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. He wrote columns for some of the most popular newspapers in the

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and

, including ''

Politika ''Politika'' ( sr-Cyrl, Политика; ''Politics'') is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans. Publishing and owners ...

'', '' Borba'', '' NIN'', ''

Dnevni telegraf ''Dnevni telegraf'' was a Serbian daily middle-market tabloid published in Belgrade between 1996 and November 1998, and then also in Podgorica until March 1999. It was the first privately owned daily in Serbia after more than 50 years of across-t ...

'' etc. He was awarded some of the most important awards in Yugoslav and Serbian journalism, such as Croatian ''Veselko Tenžera'' award. Along with

Igor Mandić Igor Mandić (20 November 1939 – 13 March 2022) was a Croatian writer, literary critic, columnist and essayist. According to Croatian historian Slobodan Prosperov Novak, Mandić was the most important and the most versatile Croatian newspaper w ...

, he was one of the leading journalists in Yugoslavia. His career also includes notable appearances in popular Serbian movies '' Early Works'' ("Rani radovi") and ''

The Black Bomber The Black Bomber ( sr, Црни бомбардер, Crni Bombarder) is a 1992 Yugoslavian drama film by Serbian director Darko Bajić. It takes place in Belgrade in a fictional authoritarian near-future, modeled closely on the conditions in Se ...

'' (Crni bombarder). He was a member of the managing board of the football club

Red Star Belgrade Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in Bel ...

. He died in Belgrade in January 2009.

Personal

Tirnanić's first cousin once removed (colloquially: "uncle") was Yugoslav football icon

Aleksandar Tirnanić Aleksandar "Tirke" Tirnanić ( sr-Cyrl, Александар "Тирке" Тирнанић; 15 July 1910 – 13 December 1992) was a Yugoslav football player and manager. Early life and beginnings Born in the central Serbian small town of Krnje ...

. He was married to Serbian actress :sr:Dara Džokić, they have one daughter together.

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