{"id":20288,"date":"2022-11-18T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/?p=20288"},"modified":"2025-11-25T10:10:59","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T10:10:59","slug":"biljana-jovanovic-1953-1996","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.krokodil.rs\/eng\/2022\/11\/biljana-jovanovic-1953-1996\/","title":{"rendered":"Biljana Jovanovi\u0107 (1953\u20131996)<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Biljana Jovanovi\u0107 was a writer, human rights defender, and peace activist, remembered as one of the most courageous and original voices of her generation. She studied philosophy at the University of Belgrade, where she was part of a vibrant circle of intellectuals and artists who sought to challenge social and political conventions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the 1970s and 1980s, Jovanovi\u0107 was actively involved in campaigns for human rights and freedom of expression. She signed numerous petitions across Belgrade, Zagreb, Sarajevo, and Ljubljana, protesting political repression and the notorious Regulation 133, which criminalized \u201cthought crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 1984, she became president of the first Yugoslav non-governmental organization \u2014 the Committee for the Protection of Humans and the Environment. She rejected all divisions based on nationality or religion and confronted prejudice with courage, irony, and intellectual sharpness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Her debut novel, Pad Avale<\/em> (Avala Is Falling<\/em>, 1978), captured the rebellious spirit of young Belgrade and is considered one of the best first novels in modern Serbian literature. It introduced a distinctly female perspective into the literary mainstream, exploring women\u2019s experiences, sexuality, and social roles with a boldness unprecedented in Yugoslav fiction. The novel remains relevant for its honesty, energy, and youthful defiance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jovanovi\u0107 also published the poetry collection \u010cuvar<\/em> (The Guardian<\/em>, 1977), the prose volume Psi i ostali<\/em> (Dogs and Others<\/em>, 1978), and the play Centralni zatvor<\/em> (Central Prison<\/em>, 1990).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cThey called at ten in the morning from Palmoti\u0107eva; no one had witnessed anything, no one knew anything, Danilo had been dead the whole blessed night.\u201d \u2013 Dogs and Others<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In 2005, the Serbian Literary Society established the Biljana Jovanovi\u0107 Award<\/strong>, honoring authors whose work reflects her spirit of freedom, creativity, and humanism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Biljana Jovanovi\u0107<\/strong> (1953\u20131996) bila je knji\u017eevnica, borac za ljudska prava i mirovna aktivistkinja, koja je ostala zapam\u0107ena kao jedna od najhrabrijih i najoriginalnijih glasova svoje generacije. Studirala je filozofiju na Filozofskom fakultetu u Beogradu, u okviru energi\u010dne i anga\u017eovane kulturne i intelektualne scene koja je izazivala dru\u0161tvene i politi\u010dke norme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Tokom sedamdesetih i osamdesetih godina, Biljana je aktivno u\u010destvovala u kampanjama za ljudska prava i slobodu izra\u017eavanja. Potpisivala je brojne peticije u Beogradu, Zagrebu, Sarajevu i Ljubljani, protestuju\u0107i protiv politi\u010dke represije i zloglasnog \u010dlana 133, koji je krivi\u010dno gonio “misle\u0107e delikvente”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Postala je predsednica prve nevladine organizacije u Jugoslaviji 1984. godine \u2014 Odbora za za\u0161titu \u010doveka i okoline. Odbacuju\u0107i podele po naciji i veri, hrabro se suprotstavljala predrasudama, koriste\u0107i ironiju, intelektualnu o\u0161trinu i hrabrost u izno\u0161enju sopstvenih stavova.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Njen prvi roman, Pada Avala<\/em> (1978), odrazio je buntovni\u010dki duh mladog Beograda i smatra se jednim od najva\u017enijih romana u modernoj srpskoj knji\u017eevnosti. Ovaj roman donosi novi \u017eanr \u2014 prozu koju pi\u0161u \u017eene, i kroz nju autorka govori otvoreno o \u017eenskim iskustvima, seksualnosti i dru\u0161tvenim ulogama, na na\u010din koji je bio nov i odva\u017ean za tada\u0161nje vreme. Pada Avala<\/em> ostaje aktuelan i danas zbog svoje iskrenosti, energi\u010dnosti i buntovnog duha mladosti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Osim romana \u201cPada Avala\u201d objavila je zbirku poezije \u010cuvar<\/em> (1977), roman Psi i ostali<\/em> (1978), i komad Centralni zatvor<\/em> (1990).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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U njenu \u010dast je 2005. godine osnovana nagrada Biljana Jovanovi\u0107 od strane Srpskog knji\u017eevnog dru\u0161tva, koja se dodeljuje autorima \u010diji rad odra\u017eavaju njen duh slobode, kreativnosti i humanosti.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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