Serbian Cyrillic
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: Драган Тодоровић; born September 1958 in
Kragujevac
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,
PR Serbia
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,
FPR Yugoslavia
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) is a writer and
multimedia
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artist. Until 1995 he lived in
Yugoslavia
, common_name = Yugoslavia
, life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation
, p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia
, flag_p ...
, where he worked as a journalist, editor, and television personality.
Career
Between 1977 and 1995 Todorović published over 2,000 articles (commentaries, interviews, essays and reports) in leading Yugoslav magazines. On radio, he worked as a host, writer and producer, among other things writing and directing 24 radio-plays for Radio Politika. He also made two TV documentaries and hosted over 150 TV shows.
He won the Best Young Journalist award in 1980. He published four books in Yugoslavia: ''Tajfun zvani Bruce'' (Hurricane Called Bruce, 1989—biography of
Bruce Springsteen
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), ''Džokej pun burbona'' (Jockey Full of Bourbon, 1990—
Tom Waits
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' poetry - translation and introduction), ''Pogled kroz prozor metroa'' (View Through the Window of a Subway, 1991—biography of Tom Waits), and ''Sen & san'' (A Shadow and a Dream, 1993—conceptual book of poetry).
His series of essays on rock, titled ''Pesme uz koje ne igram'' (The Songs I don't Dance to), published in ''
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.
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is publ ...
s Rock Magazine, had a cult status in the country. An extended version of the series was published in 2009 as ''Pjesme uz koje ne plešem''.
He had two solo exhibitions in Belgrade and directed two theatre shows. He is in the Serbian edition of ''
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''.
Todorović continued to write after moving to Canada during the early 1990s. He published in the ''
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'', ''
This Magazine
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NOW
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to the present time.
Now, NOW, or The Now may also refer to:
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'', ''
Ottawa Citizen
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Established as the Bytown ''Packet'' in 1845 by William Harris (journalist), William Harris, it was renamed the ''Ci ...
'' and other Canadian publications. In 1997 his article ''Border Crossing'' was nominated for the Canadian National Magazine Award. In 1998 he was part of the prestigious Creative Journalism program at
Banff Centre for the Arts
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It offers arts programs in the performing and fine arts, as well as leadership training. It was established in 193 ...
. His essay ''Ticket to Fiction'' was published in 2000 as part of the collection ''To Arrive Where You Are''. The same year, he worked with
Ken Finkleman
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as the script consultant on Finkleman's TV series '' Foreign Objects'', where he also played a leading role in one of the episodes.
For his multimedia work, Todorović won awards at the New York Festivals, John Caples International Awards, and Astound International Competition (for his interactive poetry site, ''Six Walks on Isabella Street''). His most recent project was a sound-art piece for
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, titled ''In My Language I am Smart''.
In September 2005 Todorović moved to England. His memoir, titled ''The Book of Revenge'', was published in March 2006 by
Random House
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. It was awarded the
Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize
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, and nominated for
British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction
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Commonwealth Writers' Prize
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, for the
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Quill & Quire
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First Novel Award, and for the
Toronto Book Awards
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.
Todorovic teaches Creative Writing at the
University of Warwick
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in
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