Balša Brković (

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: Балша Брковић; born 25 April 1966) is a Montenegrin writer, essayist and theatre critic. He is also editor of cultural section of daily newspaper

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, and one of the prominent members of the political party United Reform Action (URA).

Biography

Balša Brković was born on 25 April 1966 in

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. His father Jevrem Brković was a well-known Montenegrin writer. Balša's mother Ljeposava "Kaća" Brković ( Škuletić) was an elementary school teacher. He graduated from the

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. He is an editor for the

newspaper for its culture section and is deeply involved with preservation of the original Montenegrin language. He is a member of the Montenegrin PEN Center. He was also a speaker at the International Festival for short stories in 2009. In 2017, he has signed the

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of the

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and

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. Brković published collections of poetry: ''Konji jedu breskve'' (1985), ''Filip boje srebra'' (1991), ''Rt Svete Marije'' (1993), ''Contrapposto'' (1998) and ''Dvojenje'' (2001) and novels ''Privatna galerija'' (2002)"Laureate Balsa Brkovic" - Pobjeda Online
/ref> and ''Paranoja u Podgorici'' (2010).

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1966 births Living people Writers from Podgorica University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy alumni Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language {{Montenegro-writer-stub