Ivan Đurić ( sr-cyr, Иван Ђурић; 30 October 1947 – 23 November 1997) was a Serbian writer, professor, historian and politician.
Biography
Đurić was born on 30 October 1947 to parents Dušan S. Đurić (1920–1997) and Ivana (née Bogdanović; born 1925).
Both of them were university professors.
His father was nicknamed
Zinaja after the footballer and cross-country skier.
Đurić ran for
President
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of
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in the
1990 Serbian general election
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as a joint candidate of the
Association for Yugoslav Democratic Initiative
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and the
Union of Reform Forces.
He finished in third place (behind
Slobodan Milošević
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and
Vuk Drašković) with 277,398 votes.
He moved to Paris, France in November 1991
where he died on 23 November 1997.
Personal life
His paternal great-grandfather is Serbian Orthodox priest who was one of the founders of the
People's Radical Party.
His maternal grandfather is author
Milan Bogdanović
Milan Bogdanović (Belgrade, January 4, 1892 - Belgrade, February 28, 1964) was a Serbian writer and literary critic.
Biography
He finished elementary school and gymnasium in Pozarevac where his father was the then administrator of the royal e ...
.
, an architect and former
mayor of Belgrade,was his maternal uncle.
Notable published books
* ''Ektesis nea'', 1974
* ''Porodica Foka'', 1976
* ''
Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium'', 1980 (multiple authors)
* ''Sumrak Vizantije: Vreme Jovana VIII Paleologa 1392-1448'', 1984
* ''Romejski govor i jezik Konstantina VII Porfirogenita'', 1986
* ''Istorija – pribežište ili putokaz'', 1990
* ''Vlast, opozicija, alternativa'', 2009 (posthumously)
References
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1947 births
1997 deaths
Politicians from Belgrade
Serbian Byzantinists
Serbian emigrants to France
Candidates for President of Serbia
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni
Academic staff of the University of Belgrade
Scholars of Byzantine history
Burials at Belgrade New Cemetery