Duško Trifunović | |
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 Duškov Vidikovac monument inSremski Karlovci | |
| Born | Duško Trifunović (1933-09-13)13 September 1933 |
| Died | 28 January 2006(2006-01-28) (aged 72) |
| Occupation | Poet and author |
| Period | 1958–2006 |
Duško Trifunović (Serbian:Душко Трифуновић, 13 September 1933 – 28 January 2006) was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer, poet and television author.
Born in the small village ofSijekovac nearBosanski Brod (then part of theVrbas Banovina,Kingdom of Yugoslavia),[1] to father Vaso and illiterate mother Petra. His father died fromtuberculosis in 1945.[2]
Trifunović did not have much formal schooling since he started working in a factory during his early teens. Working as alocksmith affixing train wagon doors, he eventually moved toSarajevo in 1957 at the age of 24 to continue the same line of work. Parallel to his factory work, he also secretly wrote poetry and once in Sarajevo finally got a chance to pursue it in earnest. He published his first book in 1958, and over the next 48 years wrote 84 poetry books, four novels, and several dramas.
He also wrote over 300 song lyrics,[1] most notably forBijelo dugme (nation-wide hits "Ne gledaj me tako i ne ljubi me više" "Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu", "Doživjeti stotu", "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće", and "Ima neka tajna veza", as well as other tracks like "Glavni junak jedne knjige" and "Ništa mudro"),Indexi (hit "I pad je let"),Zdravko Čolić (hit "Glavo luda"),Vajta (hit "Zlatna ribica"),Jadranka Stojaković,Neda Ukraden, andŽeljko Joksimović ("Ima nešto u tom što me nećeš").
Trifunović also authored several children's books and created several children programs forTelevizija Sarajevo, the most prominent beingŠta djeca znaju o zavičaju (What children know about the homeland).
Since 1992, he divided his time betweenNovi Sad andSremski Karlovci in Serbia, working onRadio Television Novi Sad (RTNS) until retirement. He received Branko's award, City of Sarajevo April 6 Award, Federal and many other acknowledgments.
He died on 28 January 2006 in Novi Sad (at the timeSerbia and Montenegro) at the age of 72, and was interred at the Čerat Cemetery in Sremski Karlovci where he had lived during the last years of his life.[1]
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