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Jovan Nikolić (; born 1955) is a Serbian Ceo Keln čita Jovana
2011 His parents moved around Yugoslavia, following his father's work as a musician, until returning at the age of 12 to the family's home town of
Jovan Nikolić (; born 1955) is a Serbian Romani
Romani may refer to:
Ethnic groups
* Romani people, or Roma, an ethnic group of Indo-Aryan origin
** Romani language, an Indo-Aryan macrolanguage of the Romani communities
** Romanichal, Romani subgroup in the United Kingdom
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writer, currently resident in Germany. He is best known in Germany for ''Bela vrana, crno jagnje'' ("White Crow, Black Sheep") published in German translation by Bärbel Schulte as ''Weißer Rabe, schwarzes Lamm''.2011 His parents moved around Yugoslavia, following his father's work as a musician, until returning at the age of 12 to the family's home town of
Čačak
Čačak ( sr-Cyrl, Чачак, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative center of the Moravica District in central Serbia. It is located in the West Morava Valley. According to the 2022 census, the city itself has a population ...
. Nikolić returned to Belgrade in his 20s to work as performer and singer at nightclubs and freelance journalist. Nikolić moved to Germany following the NATO bombing of Serbia
The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) carried out an aerial bombing campaign against the Serbia and Montenegro, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia during the Kosovo War. The air strikes lasted from 24 March 1999 to 10 June 1999. The bombing ...
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Works
Novels
* Gost niotkuda (A Guest from Nowhere, in Serbian and Roma language, 1982) * Đurđevdan (St George's Day, 1987) * Neću da se rodim (I Don’t Want to Be Born, 1991) * Oči pokojnog jagnjeta (The Eyes of the Late Lamb, 1993) * Telo i okolina (Body and Environment, 1994) * Mala noćna muzika (A Little Night Music, 1998) * Soba s točkom (The Room with a Wheel, 2004, German edition, 2011 in Serbian). * Bela vrana, crno jagnje (White Crow, Black Sheep) 2003Song lyrics and poetry
He has written lyrics forRadomir Mihailović
Radomir Mihailović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радомир Михаиловић; born 13 June 1950), also known as Točak (''wheel'' in English) is a Serbian guitarist. He is best known as the guitarist for the Serbian and formerly Yugoslav Smak.
Bi ...
aka " Točak" and the groups Generacija 5, Zabranjeno pušenje
Zabranjeno Pušenje () is a Bosnian Rock music, rock band formed in Sarajevo in 1980. The group's musical style primarily consists of a distinctive garage rock sound with Bosnian folk music, folk influences, often featuring innovative production a ...
and the romani band Ođila. His lyric ''Bubamara'' was featured in the film Black Cat, White Cat
''Black Cat, White Cat'' () is a 1998 Serbian romantic black comedy film directed by Emir Kusturica. It won the Silver Lion for Best Direction at the Venice Film Festival.
The literal translation of the title is actually "Black pussycat, w ...
of Emir Kusturica
Emir Kusturica ( sr-cyrl, Емир Кустурица, ; born 24 November 1954) is a Serbian film director, screenwriter, actor, film producer and musician. Kusturica has been an active filmmaker since the 1980s.
He has competed at the Cannes ...
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References
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