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Reviewing the week of 29 July-4 August (#31) and previewing the week of 5-11 August (#32) of 2024.

News Roundup

In the dead of summer, news is slow.

“Three review – Yugoslavian trilogy of tales tracks the horrors of the second world war,” Guardian, 29 July 2024

“Serbian film-maker Aleksandar Petrović was a member of the former Yugoslavia’s insurgent Black Wave cinema movement; it also included Dušan Makavejev’s WR: The Mysteries of the Organism. Now Petrović’s fascinating and mysterious anti-war triptych Three, from 1965, has been revived, performed and presented in a distinctively self-aware, almost theatrical way. It’s a succession of three interlinked tales from the horror of the second world war, based on stories by Serbian author Antonije Isaković.“

“What cultural legacies have the Olympic Games left its host cities?” Roadbook, August 1, 2024

“A global sporting celebration like no other, the Olympic Games often has a transformative effect on the destinations that host it. Ahead of Paris 2024, we chart the distinctive legacies left by the Games and highlight some of the fascinating Olympic sites worth visiting today.

“Another city famous for its abandoned infrastructure is Sarajevo, Bosnia, which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1984, thrusting the city into the global spotlight before the Yugoslav Wars saw its various venues and bobsleigh track in particular become among the most famous examples of abandoned architecture in the world, beloved of ‘ruin porn’ photographers.“

Today in History

Events

• 9 August 1954 – Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey and Yugoslavia conclude the Balkan Alliance on political cooperation and mutual assistance.
• 11 August 1945 – Women in Yugoslavia gain voting rights.

Birthdays

• 5 August
  • 1914 – Stjepan Šulek, Croatian violinist and composer
  • 1939 – Ratomir Vićentić, Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player
  • 1940 – Tone Partljič, Slovenian comic and writer
  • 1964 – Zoran Sretenović, Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player
• 6 August
  • 1936 – Dražan Jerković, Croatian/Yugoslav football player and coach
  • 1948 – Goran Tribuson, Croatian writer
• 7 August
  • 1920 – Sergije Lukač, Serbian journalist and lawyer
  • 1927 – Miroslav Belović, Serbian/Yugoslav actor, director, and drama professor
  • 1930 – Josip Gabrić, Yugoslav table tennis player
  • 1932 – Đorđe Nikolić, Serbian cinematographer
  • 1934 – Marija Kohn, Croatian actress
  • 1938 – Zora Dubljević, Bosnian sevdalinka singer
  • 1941 – Vladislav Lučić, Serbian basketball coach
  • 1948 – Dragan Kapičić, Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player
  • 1954 – Rajko Dujmić, Croatian musician and composer (Novi Fosili)
  • 1957 – Sabit Hadžić, Bosnian/Yugoslav basketball player
  • 1962 – Željko Pervan, Croatian comic
• 8 August
  • 1935 – Branislav Jovin, Serbian architect
  • 1943 – Esma Redžepova, Roma/Macedonian singer
  • 1989 – Filip Kumbatovič Kalan, Slovenian Partisan, writer, and architect
• 9 August
  • 1910 – Dragoljub Aleksić, Serbian actor, director, and acrobat
  • 1912 – Bojan Adamič, Slovenian composer and conductor
  • 1918 – Anka Matić Grozda, Serbian Partisan; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1922 – Predrag Tasova, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 1935 – Zoran Rankić, Serbian/Yugoslav actor and writer
  • 1937 – Stane Koritnik, Slovenian opera singer
  • 1944 – Milivoje Unković, Serbian artist
• 10 August
  • 1928 – Leopold Suhodolčan, Slovenian writer
  • 1939 – Vera Stojčevska Antić, Macedonian literary historian
• 11 August
  • 1911 – Gojko Nikoliš, Serbian/Yugoslav Partisan, JNA officer, diplomat, and physician; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1933 – Božidar Todorovski Bodle, Macedonian poet
  • 1934 – Danilo Bata Stojković, Serbian/Yugoslav actor
  • 1946 – Milan Gutović, Serbian actor
  • 1960 – Tomislav Ivković, Croatian/Yugoslav footballer

Deaths

• 5 August
  • 1942 – Ante Jonić, Croatian Partisan; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1986 – Himzo Polovina, Bosnian sevdalinka singer
  • 1991 – Jovan Aćin, Serbian/Yugoslav TV producer
  • 2010 – Slavica Maras-Mikulandra, Croatian actress
• 6 August
  • 2008 – Krešo Novosel, Croatian writer and TV producer
  • 2009 – Savka Dabčević-Kučar, Croatian politician
  • 2011 – Marijan Domić, Croatian jazz musician (trumpet)
• 7 August
  • 1989 – Mira Trailović, Serbian/Yugoslav theater director
  • 1989 – Risto Kalčevski, Macedonian artist
  • 1993 – Tatomir Anđelić, Serbian/Yugoslav mathematician
  • 2003 – Rajko Žižić, Serbian/Yugoslav basketball player
  • 2009 – Danko Popović, Serbian writer
  • 2012 – Veljko Rogošić, Croatian swimmer
• 8 August
  • 1941 – Branko Krsmanović, Serbian revolutionary and Partisan; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1946 – Dragutin Šurbek, Croatian/Yugoslav table tennis player
  • 1953 – Gordana Kosanović, Serbian/Yugoslav actress (died same day 1986)
  • 1956 – Miloš Šestić, Serbian/Yugoslav footballer
• 9 August
  • 2010 – Dragica Martinis, Croatian opera singer
  • 2021 – Tomislav Petranović Rvat, Croatian painter
• 10 August
  • 1969 – Tone Seliškar, Slovenian poet and writer
  • 1972 – France Stele, Slovenian art historian and professor
  • 1981 – Dušan Popov, Serbian lawyer and secret agent, inspiration for James Bond
  • 1981 – Branko Stojanović, Serbian/Yugoslav Partisan and JNA officer; People’s Hero of Yugoslavia
  • 1993 – Dimitar Kondovski, Macedonian artist and professor
  • 2022 – Kiril Dojčinovski, Macedonian/Yugoslav football player
• 11 August
  • 1987 – Sergije Dimitrijević, Serbian/Yugoslav economist, lawyer, and historian
  • 1987 – Živko Čingo, Macedonian storyteller and writer
  • 2014 – Vladimir Beara, Croatian/Yugoslav footballer
  • 2014 – Nino Robić, Croatian/Slovenian singer
  • 2020 – Tonko Maroević, Croatian writer and art critic