Duško Trifunović ( sr, Душко Трифуновић, 13 September 1933 – 28 January 2006) was a Yugoslav writer, poet and television author.
Life
Born in the small village of
Sijekovac near
Bosanski Brod
Brod ( sr-cyr, Брод, ),[The official web site of the municipality](_blank)
, Brod/Брод. (then part of the
Vrbas Banovina
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,
Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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),
to father Vaso and illiterate mother Petra. His father died from
tuberculosis
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in 1945.
Trifunović did not have much formal schooling since he started working in a factory during his early teens. Working as a
locksmith affixing train wagon doors, he eventually moved to
Sarajevo
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in 1957 at the age of 24 to continue the same line of work. Parallel to his factory work, he also secretly wrote poetry and once in Sarajevo finally got a chance to pursue it in earnest. He published his first book in 1958, and over the next 48 years wrote 84 poetry books, four novels, and several dramas.
He also wrote over 300 song lyrics,
most notably for
Bijelo dugme
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(nation-wide hits "
Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više" "
Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu", "Doživjeti stotu", "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće", and "Ima neka tajna veza", as well as other tracks like "Glavni junak jedne knjige" and "Ništa mudro"),
Indexi
Indexi was a Bosnian and former Yugoslav rock band popular in Yugoslavia. It formed in 1962 in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and disbanded in 2001 when singer Davorin Popović died. Some of their most notable songs are "Svijet u kome živ ...
(hit "I pad je let"),
Zdravko Čolić
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(hit "Glavo luda"),
Vajta (hit "Zlatna ribica"),
Jadranka Stojaković
Jadranka Stojaković ( sr-cyr, Јадранка Стојаковић, 24 July 1950 – 3 May 2016) was a Bosnian singer-songwriter popular in the former Yugoslavia, known for her unique voice. Her best known hits are "Sve smo mogli mi", "Što te n ...
,
Neda Ukraden, and
Željko Joksimović
Željko Joksimović ( sr-Cyrl, Жељко Јоксимовић, ; born 20 April 1972) is a Serbian vocalist, composer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer. He plays 12 different musical instruments including accordion, piano, guitar ...
("Ima nešto u tom što me nećeš").
Trifunović also authored several children's books and created several children programs for
Televizija Sarajevo, the most prominent being ''Šta djeca znaju o zavičaju'' (''What children know about the homeland'').
Since 1992, he divided his time between
Novi Sad
Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...
and
Sremski Karlovci
Sremski Karlovci ( sr-cyrl, Сремски Карловци, ; hu, Karlóca; tr, Karlofça) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the banks of the Danu ...
in Serbia, working on
Radio Television Novi Sad (RTNS) until retirement. He received Branko's award, City of Sarajevo April 6 Award, Federal and many other acknowledgments.
He died on 28 January 2006 in Novi Sad (at the time
Serbia and Montenegro) at the age of 72, and was interred at the Čerat Cemetery in Sremski Karlovci where he had lived during the last years of his life.
Selected bibliography
*''Tajna veza'', selected poems (1994)
*''Veliko otvorenje'' (2000)
*''Gola seča'', novel (2002)
Filmography (screenplays)
*''Ram za sliku moje drage'' (1968)
*''Život je masovna pojava'' (1970)
*''Adam Ledolomac'' (1990)
References
External links
Article and interview in Ilustrovana Politika(In Serbian)
''NIN'', 31. mart 2005(In Serbian)
''Večernje novosti'', 23. mart 2005(In Serbian)
*
Translated works by Dragan Lukić
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1933 births
2006 deaths
People from Brod, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
Serbian male poets
20th-century Serbian poets