Ljubomir Đurković (13 November 1952 – 29 November 2022) was a Montenegrin author and poet.

Education

Đurković was born in

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, Montenegro. He graduated with a degree in comparative literature and theatrology from the Faculty of Philosophy,

University of Sarajevo The University of Sarajevo (Bosnian language, Bosnian, Croatian language, Croatian and Serbian language, Serbian: ''Univerzitet u Sarajevu'' / Sveučilište u Sarajevu / Универзитет у Сарајеву) is a List of universities in Bo ...

Career

Đurković worked as a playwright at the

Montenegrin National Theatre The Montenegrin National Theatre ( Montenegrin and Serbian: ''Crnogorsko narodno pozorište'' / Црногорско народно позориште) is located in Montenegrin capital of Podgorica Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ...

and was a director of the Royal Theatre ''Zetski dom'' in

. During the 1990s conflict in former

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he lived in the Netherlands as a political asylum seeker. He is the author of the plays ''The Family History Writer'', ''Petronius or Methuselahs Enjoy the Eternal Spring'', ''The Fifth Act'', Tobelia, Refuse, ''New Outfit'', ''Cassandra.Clichés'', ''The Tiresias's Lie'', ''Chiara Zorzi'', and ''Medea''. He published four collections of poetry: ''Polyphemus' Tears'', ''Works and days'', ''Still Something Changes'', and ''Selected Poems in Slovene''. His plays have been produced and/or published in English, Turkish, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Albanian, Slovenian and French. He was the winner of the most prestigious state recognition, 13 July Award.

References

External links

* http://www.etc-cte.org/bop/ * http://bib.irb.hr/prikazi-rad?lang=en&rad=650796 * http://www.atelier-slave.fr/spip.php?article21&lang=fr * http://www.etc-cte.org/bop_2012/ * http://www.lscg.org/content/respekt-4-9.html * https://web.archive.org/web/20140218080358/http://www.cnp.me/produkcija/premijera.htm {{DEFAULTSORT:Durkovic, Ljubomir 1952 births 2022 deaths University of Sarajevo alumni Writers from Cetinje Montenegrin poets Montenegrin dramatists and playwrights 20th-century poets 20th-century dramatists and playwrights 20th-century Montenegrin writers 20th-century male writers 21st-century poets 21st-century dramatists and playwrights 21st-century Montenegrin writers 21st-century male writers Montenegrin male writers Male poets Male dramatists and playwrights