Dušan Gojkov
A Writer

A Notes For One Biography
(Curriculum vitæ)

Works:

Grand Hotel, short stories, three editions 1993 - 1994; 
Slepi putnik, novel, 1994; 
Evropa pleše, radio phonic essays, 1995, 1996; 
Fotografije glasova and Utuljena baština, documentary-dramatic radio phonic essays, 1997;
Une nuit (un jour) d'une vie, collected essays, 1997;
Passager clandestine, novel, 1998; 
Opšta mesta – jedan paraliterarni herbarijum, novel, 1998.
Album fotografija 1991 – 1993, novel, 2003.

A short story writer, novelist, essayist, journalist, radio drama director. Published few books, and some prose in dozen 
Yugoslav (Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian) and foreign anthologies.

1965	Born in Belgrade, Serbia, Former Yugoslavia.	
1971-1976	Host in Radio Belgrade Children's programme.	
1976-1983	Actor in Belgrade theatres KPGT, Atelje 212, Narodno pozorište, at Television Belgrade, as well as in couple of movies. Director's assistant at Radio Belgrade Drama programme. 
Plays a piano and bass in jazz band. 
Composing music for three theatre plays. 	
1983	Army service.	
1984	Radio Belgrade «flying reporter». 
Host of morning programme. 
Started studies of Classical Archaeology and Cultural Anthropology, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Belgrade. 	
1985	Arrested for a first time, during taping of radio reportage at Dedinje – residential centre for Communist Party Central Committee members in Belgrade. Beaten in militia station. This kind of arrests, or, so-called «informatory conversations» because of delictum verbi will happened ten times more. 
Founds Beogradsko čitalište – informal place for prose or poetry readings, exhibitions, concerts, and small plays. 
First editor of Novine beogradskog čitališta.	
1986	Lives in London, writing his first, yet unpublished novel A Jazz Novel, works as a chef in a restaurants. 	
1987-1989	As a correspondent for Radio Belgrade and Belgrade daily «Politika» writes from Europe, Mediterranean, Near and Far East, Africa, former Soviet Union, Asia, and United States. 
Stays outside his country for nearly two years. Writes as well for Yugoslav newsmagazines NIN, Vreme, Košava, Borba, Književne novine, Književna reč, Reč...	
1990	After first signs of war in former Yugoslavia, starts working for YUTEL – Yugoslav Television. Writes from Belgrade, Sarajevo, and Zagreb. 	
1991	After a few threats, lives a country. First to Greece, then Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Belgium, UK and US.
During emigration writes his first novel Slepi putnik. In Europe, works as a chef in restaurants, in US, works as an editor in publishing house GLG-Chicago.	
1992	At the end of a year, returns to Serbia, and works as a journalist in Radio Belgrade. Fired because of anti-war commentary. 	
1993	Transfer to opposition Radio B92, for a position of World Service editor, and literary critic.
Founds Literary Club Jazzbina, Belgrade.
Publishes his first book Grand Hotel, in three editions.	
1994	Joins UN Peace Corps (ICFY Mission) at Yugoslav – Bosnian border.
Publishes his first novel Slepi putnik, which is proclaimed as one of ten best novels of the year.	
1995-1999	After his service, returns to Belgrade, and works as Drama editor for Radio Politika, and director of Documentary programme in Television Politika During that time wrote and directed fifty one original radio plays and radio phonic essays, and dramatised for radio and directed hundred and ninety one prose and poetic works of Yugoslav and foreign authors. 
Directed twenty documentary films for television.
Publishes his second novel Opšta mesta (Laza K. Lazarević Prize), radio phonic essays  Evropa pleše in two editions (Critic's Choice Prize), and documentary essays Fotografije glasova and Utuljena baština, as well as novel Passager clandestine (Centre national du livre Prize and Centre régional des lettres midi-pyrénées Prize). 	
1999	During NATO bombing, after criticizing president Milosevic, fired from Radio-Television Politika. 	
1999-2003	Finished novel Album fotografija (in press) and publishes it at Web-based electronic literary magazine: 
http://www.zetna.org.yu/zek/konyvek/91/index.html
http://www.ac.wwu.edu/~kritika/#_top 
http://www.pdf.org.yu/authors.htm 
Still writes in Serbian / Croatian / Bosnian. Cooks for his friends for fun, walks a lot and flies his kite. 
Looking for a job. 	

Dušan Gojkov
Marijane Gregoran 69
11060 Belgrade
Serbia
Serbia and Montenegro
Tel ++381 11 755 970
Email gojkov@InfoSky.net and/or gojkovdusan@yahoo.com