Borislav Jovanović (writer) facts for kids
Borislav Jovanović (Cyrillic: Борислав Јовановић), born in 1941 in Danilovgrad, is a well-known Montenegrin writer, poet, and literary critic. He also writes essays and helps people understand books better.
In the 1990s and later, Borislav Jovanović was an important writer for the newspaper Pobjeda. He helped many young Montenegrin writers get noticed. He has written about 200 different books and articles.
Many people see him as a key person who understands new trends in Montenegrin writing. His book of essays, Montenegrin literary urbanity, is very important. It is often quoted when people talk about new Montenegrin literature, especially stories about city life.
Jovanović strongly supported making the Montenegrin language officially recognized as the main language for Montenegrin people. His writing helped people understand the culture and history of Montenegro better. His ideas on this topic are mostly found in his books "Libroskopija" (2002) and "Montenegrin literary urbanity" (2005).
A shorter part of his book "Montenegrin literary urbanity" was used as an introduction for another book called "Sons – view of contemporary fiction Montenegro" in 2006. This book was published by different groups in Zagreb, Ulcinj, and Pula.
Borislav Jovanović studied at the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Philology. He is a member of the Montenegrin society independent writer and Matica crnogorska.
As a poet, Jovanović won the Ratkovic awards. This is the biggest award in Montenegro for poetry. He won it for his collection of poems called "Kenotaf". He has also written several collections of poems especially for children.
Important Books by Borislav Jovanović
Here are some of the important books Borislav Jovanović has written:
- "The Old Man and the stars" (1979)
- "Paths" (1983)
- "Amputation" (2001)
- "Libroskopija: Views from the modern Montenegrin literature and historiography" (2002)
- "Montenegrin literary urbanity" (2005)
- "Biblion:Montenegrin poetry of the nineties" (2006)
- "Kenotaf" (2006)
- "Spornik" (2009)
- "Capture Thanatos" (2010)
- "The White Raven" (2012)
