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She was born in [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], into a Jewish-Montenegrin family. Related to her grand-grandmother Serafina was |
She was born in [[Belgrade]], [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]], into a Jewish-Montenegrin family. Related to her grand-grandmother Serafina was [[Lotika Zellermeier]]<ref>[http://www.israelhayom.com/site/newsletter_article.php?id=4473]</ref>, who was the inspiration for a character in [[Ivo Andrić]]'s novel ''[[The Bridge on the Drina]]''. |
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Jelena Đurović (Cyrillic: Јелена Ђуровић) (born 13 July 1973) is a journalist, writer and political activist. She advocates changes to the cultural policy of the Government of Serbia, Serbian acceptance of the responsibility for recent wars in the Balkans and re-affirmation of the Second World War anti-fascist movement in Serbia.
Biography
She was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, into a Jewish-Montenegrin family. Related to her grand-grandmother Serafina was Lotika Zellermeier[1], who was the inspiration for a character in Ivo Andrić's novel The Bridge on the Drina.
Literary work
Jelena is a graduate of the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade, Department of Theater and radio production. Her bachelor thesis, "Theatre in the shadow of the gallows" ("Pozornica u senci vešala") explored the programming policies of Belgrade theaters during the Slobodan Milošević era. During the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999, Jelena lived in Budapest, Hungary, where she started work on her novel "Kingdom"[2] published in November 2003, excerpts from which were published in the book Voices from the faultline, A Balkan Anthology.[3]
Kingdom
"Kingdom" is the book that elaborates influence of historical events in the life of an individual. It plays with three sequences - literary genres and uses a fragmentary approach, but the basic idea, well hidden among its pages, is the understanding of the art.
The choice of the nine most significant dates in Yugoslav history, the plot of the story that unfolds amongst these dates, as well as the genres of each of the chapters in "Kingdom" form a unique literary experiment.
February 30th
In October 2011. her second novel, "February 30th" ("30. februar") was published in Belgrade. It is a sci-fi love story that treats Serbian current affairs from the viewpoint of 4 main characters, young professionals living in Belgrade. Each of them is giving their own view of the same set of events that, eventually, lead to exposure of corruption and dishonesty of Serbian political and business elites. At the same time this novel gives the grim picture of the hopelessness that Serbian young adults have to deal with.
Politics
By her own testimony, Jelena is active in Serbian politics since 1991[4] but she actively takes part in day-to-day politics since 2006 when she became member of the Liberal Democratic Party. After parliamentary elections in Serbia in May 2008, she was elected councilor[5] in the Belgrade borough of Vračar. Reading her published articles and listening to her radio shows one easily understands that she campaigns for the wide range of rights for ethnical minorities, establishment of strictly secular state and arrest of remaining Serbian war criminals that are still at large. However, her work is mainly related to cultural establishments and popular culture, both in Serbia and in Great Britain where she spends considerable amount of time.
Journalism
In 1994 and 1995 she worked at one of Belgrade’s most popular radio stations, Studio B,[6] as author and editor of the weekly radio show "Time In". This show was sponsored by Soros Fund Yugoslavia. Since October 2005 she is the author and editor of "AgitPop"[7] blog. Its motto is a citation from the letter written by Sigmund Freud to Albert Einstein in Vienna in September 1932: "Meanwhile we may rest on the assurance that whatever makes for cultural development is working also against war...".[8] At the same time Jelena writes for several Serbian newspapers and magazines[9][10][11] and became a part of the editorial team of the "Novi Radio Beograd".[12][13] She used to host daily broadcasts on Wednesdays, campaigning for arrest of Ratko Mladić, criticizing the influence of the Serbian Orthodox Church in Serbia, advocating reconciliation between Serbs and Kosovo Albanians. Since May 19, 2009 Jelena's daily show is aired on Thursdays from 2pm to 4pm under the name Agitpop. The format of the show remains largely unchanged.
Personal life
Jelena Đurović married Tomica Orešković,[citation needed] a descendant of the Second World War Croatian national hero Marko Orešković[citation needed] on January 31st 2008. Since February 2009 Jelena lives between Belgrade and Richmond, London[citation needed].
External links
- Interview with Jelena Đurović (in Serbian) related to her latest novel "February 30th"
- Interview with Jelena Đurović (in Serbian) for Belgrade daily newspaper Glas
- Jelena on BalkanWriters.com
- "Kraljevstvo" on WorldCat.org
- Slavic and Eastern European Collections at UC Berkeley, New Acquisitions from and about Eastern Europe (except Poland), page 53
References
- ^ [1]
- ^ at Jelenadjurovic.com
- ^ ZayuPress ... VOICES FROM THE FAULTLINE - A Balkan Anthology
- ^ Agit Pop: Građani I Građanke Na Rubu Nervnog Sloma - Deo Prvi
- ^ http://www.ldpvracar.org.rs/srpski/clanovi_OO.html
- ^ http://www.studio-b.rs/radio/
- ^ Agit Pop
- ^ A letter from Freud to Einstein | UNESCO Courier | Find Articles at BNET
- ^ Articles written and/or edited by Jelena for CAMP, FAAR and Glas magazines: http://agitpopmagazine.blogspot.com/
- ^ www.glas-javnosti.co.yu
- ^ Faar magazin / Faar magazine
- ^ noviradiobeograd.com
- ^ Blic Online | Novi Radio Beograd na internetu