Miloslav Samardžić ( sr-Cyrl, Милослав Самарџић; born 22 November 1963) is a Serbian writer who writes about contemporary Serbian and Balkan history. He is the owner of the publishing house and former magazine ''

Pogledi ''Pogledi'' (Serbian Cyrillic: ''Погледи'', meaning Viewpoints in English) was a Serbia-based magazine devoted to politics and history, published biweekly.''Pogledi'', issue number 70, November 9–23, 1990. YU ISSN 0353-3832 ''Pogledi'' was ...

''.

Biography

Samardžić was born on 22 November 1963 in

Aleksandrovac Aleksandrovac ( sr-cyr, Александровац) is a town and municipality located in the Rasina District of central Serbia. As of 2011, the town has a population of 6,476 inhabitants, while the municipality has 26,522 inhabitants. History Fr ...

where he completed elementary and high school (studying journalism). He graduated from the

University of Kragujevac The University of Kragujevac ( sr, Универзитет у Крагујевцу, Univerzitet u Kragujevcu) is a public university in Kragujevac, Serbia. It is the oldest and the largest higher education institution in Šumadija and Western Ser ...

Faculty of Economics A faculty is a division within a university or college comprising one subject area or a group of related subject areas, possibly also delimited by level (e.g. undergraduate). In American usage such divisions are generally referred to as colleges ...

in 1989 (the marketing program). As a student, he completed the '' Večernje novosti'' journalist school in 1984 and became a correspondent from Kragujevac for the newspaper. He arrived at ''

'' (then a student newspaper of the University of Kragujevac) in 1984. He left ''Večernje novosti'' in 1986 as they didn't publish his articles which were critical of the country's regime. At the end of 1985, he became the editor of the University section of ''Pogledi'' and he became the

editor-in-chief An editor-in-chief (EIC), also known as lead editor or chief editor, is a publication's editorial leader who has final responsibility for its operations and policies. The highest-ranking editor of a publication may also be titled editor, managing ...

in 1987. He remained the editor-in-chief until the magazine went defunct in 2005. He published his first book while living in the Kragujevac university residence in 1989. From 1989, he began studying the history of the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...

, especially the

Royal Yugoslav Army The Yugoslav Army ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Jugoslovenska vojska, JV, Југословенска војска, ЈВ), commonly the Royal Yugoslav Army, was the land warfare military service branch of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (originally Kingdom of Serbs, ...

and the Chetniks led by Draža Mihailović. He researched archival material in museums and archives mostly researching the documents of the Military Archive in Belgrade. He is a member of the

Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia (Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Milovan Vitezović. History The association ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Samardzic, Miloslav 1963 births Living people People from Aleksandrovac Writers from Kragujevac Serbian journalists Serbian male writers Serbian anti-communists University of Kragujevac alumni