National Library of
Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” will mark 15 years since the death of Ratko
Vujošević on Friday, June 21, starting at 7pm.
Borislav Jovanović, writer
and Vlatko Simunović, journalist and literary critic will speak about life and
work of the well-known Montenegrin writer. After this, an interview with Vujošević,
hosted by Bogić Rakočević, writer and television author will be shown.
Ratko Vujošević was born
on April 7, 1941 in Orahovo (Kuči) near Podgorica. He finished Gymnasium in
Titograd – today's Podgorica, and studies of political sciences in Belgrade in
1968. He worked as a journalist at the Executive Council of the Socialist
Republic of Montenegro and for the newspaper “Titogradska tribina” and
“Pobjeda”. He edited, for almost two decades, the edition “Savremena
literatura” of the publishing houses “Pobjeda” and “Ljetopis”; he reviewed and
published numerous editions of contemporary writers from Montenegro and other
Yugoslav republics. He was the founder of the Youth Writers'
Club of the Youth Center “Budo Tomović” (1961). He published four
books of poetry: “Znak na putovanju” (1966), “Pastirica” (1972), “Čini” (1991) and
“Beskonačna dozivanja” (2003). Vujošević’s poem “Orevuar Montenegro“ is one of
the best achievements of modern Montenegrin poetry.
His poems were translated
into Russian, German, Turkish, Swedish and French. He
was the winner of the Award for liberation of Podgorica (1972) and other social
and literary recognitions.
National Library of Montenegro “Đurđe Crnojević” will mark 15 years since the death of Ratko Vujošević on Friday, June 21, starting at 7pm.
Borislav Jovanović, writer and Vlatko Simunović, journalist and literary critic will speak about life and work of the well-known Montenegrin writer. After this, an interview with Vujošević, hosted by Bogić Rakočević, writer and television author will be shown.
Ratko Vujošević was born on April 7, 1941 in Orahovo (Kuči) near Podgorica. He finished Gymnasium in Titograd – today's Podgorica, and studies of political sciences in Belgrade in 1968. He worked as a journalist at the Executive Council of the Socialist Republic of Montenegro and for the newspaper “Titogradska tribina” and “Pobjeda”. He edited, for almost two decades, the edition “Savremena literatura” of the publishing houses “Pobjeda” and “Ljetopis”; he reviewed and published numerous editions of contemporary writers from Montenegro and other Yugoslav republics. He was the founder of the Youth Writers' Club of the Youth Center “Budo Tomović” (1961). He published four books of poetry: “Znak na putovanju” (1966), “Pastirica” (1972), “Čini” (1991) and “Beskonačna dozivanja” (2003). Vujošević’s poem “Orevuar Montenegro“ is one of the best achievements of modern Montenegrin poetry.
His poems were translated into Russian, German, Turkish, Swedish and French. He was the winner of the Award for liberation of Podgorica (1972) and other social and literary recognitions.
He died in Podgorica on June 21, 2004.