Aleksandar Popovic (writer)

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Aleksandar Popović (born November 20, 1929 in Ub , Kingdom of Yugoslavia , † October 9, 1996 , Belgrade , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslavian writer.

Life

Popović was born in Ub, a city in northwest Serbia , and graduated from high school in Belgrade. He began to study mathematics but turned to writing poetry. He became a candidate for the Serbian Writers' Association . In the 1940s, he spent five years on the Yugoslav prison island in the Dalmatian Adriatic Goli Otok , the Naked Island .

In the 1950s he began writing radio stories for children in collaboration with Dušan Radović for Radio Belgrade , which was followed by scripts for television games and television series. Since 1959 he has written dramas and comedies for the theater. The total works amount to about 50 plays, which often depict life in a satirical / comedic way, and have been performed both in Yugoslavia and abroad.

theatre

  • 1964: Ljubinko i Desanka (Ljubinko and Desanka); First performance December 30, 1964, Pozorište 212, Belgrade.
  • 1965: Čarapa od sto petlji (The stocking with a hundred stitches); Premiere: June 17, 1980, Timočka Krajina National Theater , Zaječar , Serbia.
  • 1965: The Damascus saber .
  • 1966: Pig gallop .
  • 1966: Jelena Ćetković .
  • 1966: Cinderella .
  • 1967: Rasvojni put Bore Šnajdera (The Path of Development of Bora Schnaider); Premiere: February 12, 1967, Pozorište 212, Belgrade.
  • 1967: Smrtonosna motoristika (Deadly Motoristics); Premiere: April 7th, 1967, Belgrade Dramatic Theater, Belgrade.
  • 1968: Druga vrata levo ; Premiere: 1969, Student Experimental Theater, Zagreb .
  • 1984: Mrešćenje šarana (The spawn of the carp); Premiere: April 4, 1984, National Theater in Pirot, Pirot , Serbia.
  • 1990: Bela kafa ; Premiere: December 6, 1990, National Theater in Pirot, Pirot.
  • 1992: Tamna je noć ; Premiere: June 23, 1993, Kult Teatar, Belgrade.
  • 1995: Čarlama zbogom ; Premiere: March 6th 1995, National Theater in Pirot, Pirot.
  • 1996: Baš bunar ; Premiere: October 5th, 1996, Zvezdara Teatar, Belgrade.
  • 1999. Nocna frajl ; Premiere: March 7, 1999, Stadttheater, Jagodina .

watch TV

  • 1966: Furnished room .
  • 1967: When I remember happiness .

swell

  • Program of the Theater Savremeno Pozorište , Belgrade in German for Die todbringende Motoristik , 1967.
personal data
SURNAME Popovic, Aleksandar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Popović, Aleksandar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 20, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Ub , Kingdom of Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH October 9, 1996
Place of death Belgrade , Federal Republic of Yugoslavia