Petar Janjatović (born June 30, 1956 in

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) is a Serbian author, journalist, and music critic.

Biography

Janjatović was born in

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Journalism

As a teenager, he contributed to Radio Beograd show ''Veče uz radio'' (''Evening by the Radio''). He wrote for music magazines ''

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'', ''

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'', ''X zabava'' and ''Ukus nestašnih'', but also for ''Start'', ''

Politikin Zabavnik ''Politikin Zabavnik'' (Serbian Cyrillic: Политикин Забавник) is a popular magazine in Serbia, published by Politika Newspapers and Magazines. The first issue came out on 28 February 1939. In the beginning it was printed in the ...

'', '' NIN'', ''

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'', '' Duga'', ''Reporter'', ''Super Tin'' and ''

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''. In 1993, he left Radio Beograd, and during the 1990s worked on radio stations Politika, Zrenjanin and Pančevo. From 1997 to 2002 he was the music editor on Radio Pančevo. From 2006 to 2012, he, together with Tomislav Grujić, on

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, had a show ''Juboks'' (''Yubox''), which dealt with pop and rock scene of SFR Yugoslavia successor states. During the 2000s, he was a correspondent for ''

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'',

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and

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Publishing

In 1983, Janjatović, together with writer

David Albahari David Albahari (, ; 15 March 1948 – 30 July 2023) was a Serbian writer. Albahari wrote mainly novels and short stories in the Serbian language. He was also an established translator from English into Serbian language, Serbian. He was a member of ...

and music critics Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, published the book ''Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ'' (''Via Other Side: The Almanac of new wave in SFRY''). In 1993, he published the book ''Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991'' (''Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991''). The second edition of the book, entitled '' Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007'' (''Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007'') was published in 2008. In 1998, he published the book ''Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997'' (''Illustrated Rock Encyclopedia 1960–1997''). The book saw two more editions: ''Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000'' (2001) and '' Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006'' (2007).

Other activities

In 1990, he was the editor of the last edition of

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. Since 2003, he is the editor of the Serbian branch of record label Dallas Records. From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of the jury in the TV contest ''

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''. He is an author of several short stories, published in magazine ''Stav'' and various authors book ''Meni pričaš?! (Kikinda Short 04)''. He describes himself as a Yugo-futurist.

Books

*''Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ'' (''Via Other Side: The Almanac of New Wave in SFRY'', with

, Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, 1983) *''Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991'' (''Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991'', 1993) *''Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997'' (''Illustrated YU Rock Encyclopedia 1967 – 1997'', 1998) *''Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000'' (2001) *'' Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006'' (2007) *'' Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007'' (''Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007'', 2008)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Janjatovic, Petar Serbian non-fiction writers Journalists from Belgrade 1956 births Living people Serbian male non-fiction writers Serbian editors