Živojin Rakočević (; born 1973) is a Serbian journalist, writer, poet and publicist.

Biography

Rakočević was born in 1973 in the village of Sela,

SR Montenegro The Socialist Republic of Montenegro ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Socijalistička Republika Crna Gora, Социјалистичка Република Црна Гора), commonly referred to as Socialist Montenegro or simply Montenegro, was ...

SFR Yugoslavia The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (commonly abbreviated as SFRY or SFR Yugoslavia), known from 1945 to 1963 as the Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia, commonly referred to as Socialist Yugoslavia or simply Yugoslavia, was a country ...

. He graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Priština and received his master's degree from the

University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ...

. He is the former editor-in-chief of KIM Radio and a former member of the Republic Broadcasting Agency from 2009 to 2014. He was a board member of the Anti-Corruption Agency from 2018 to 2020. He has been writing for

Politika ( sr-Cyrl, Политика, lit=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 ownership is publ ...

for more than ten years. He has been the director of the Gračanica Cultural Center since 2013. He is a member of the management board of the Association of Journalists of Serbia (UNS) and was the vice president of UNS from 2009 to 2013. He is currently the president of UNS. Together with Mitar Reljić, he visited and photographed numerous Serbian cemeteries, many of which were destroyed by planning, in the territory of

Kosovo and Metohija The Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija (APKM) (; ), commonly known as Kosovo (; ) and abbreviated to Kosmet (from '' Kosovo'' and '' Metohija''; ) or KiM (), is an autonomous province that occupies the southernmost corner of Serbia, ...

. Reljić's book ''Serbian Cemeteries in Kosovo and Metohija: Destroyed Monumental and Linguistic Heritage'' was born out of that undertaking. He published several books of poetry and publications. His poems have been published in national, regional and one American magazine.

Publications

* ''Bogu dušu'' * ''Žitije kamena'' * ''Čekajući metastazu'' * ''Pronađeno pozorište'' * ''Povratak u katakombe'' * ''Glad'' * ''Nagrađeni zločin''

Awards

* "Brank's Award" of

Matica Srpska The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl-Latn, Матица српска, Matica srpska, ) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national institution. It was founded on June 1, 1826, in Pest, ...

* "Milan Pantić" award for investigative journalism and courage in reporting on events related to the pogrom of Serbs on 17 March 2004 * University Award of Priština * "Lazar Vučković" Award * Award "Kondir of Kosovo girl". * "Grigorije Božović" Award * The "Seal of Herzeg Šćepan" Award * Gran pri pro poet

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rakočević, Živojin 1973 births Living people Serbs of Montenegro Serbian people of Montenegrin descent Serbian writers Serbian poets Serbian journalists University of Pristina alumni University of Belgrade alumni