Branko Mikasinovich is a scholar of Yugoslav

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 and Serbia

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n literature

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 as well as a noted Slavist. He has edited Introduction to Yugoslav Literature (Twayne, 1973), a representative anthology

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 of modern Yugoslav prose

Prose

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 and poetry in English, Five Modern Yugoslav Plays (Cyrco Press, 1977), a unique collection of plays written between 1945 and 1980, Modern Yugoslav Satire (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1979), which was selected for "Best Titles of 1979" by Library Journal and included in the Puschart Prize V: The Best of the Small Presses, Yugoslav Fantastic Prose (Proex, 1991), the first anthology of Yugoslav supernatural tales in English, and Yugoslavia: Crisis and Disintegration (Plyroma Publishing Co., 1994).

Education and career

Mikasinovich received his B.A.

Bachelor of Arts

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 from Roosevelt University

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 in Chicago

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 in 1965, his M.A.

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 from Northwestern University

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, Evanston, Illinois

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 in 1967, and a Ph.D from the University of Belgrade

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 in 1984. He has taught the Russian language

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 and Slavic literature

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 at Tulane University

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 and the University of New Orleans

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, and was president of the Louisiana Association of Professors of Slavic and Eastern European languages. He has appeared as a panelist on Yugoslav press on ABC's "Press International" in Chicago and PBS's "International Dateline" in New Orleans. He also appears on "Voice of America

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" and a Serbian Service television program, "Open Studio".

Influences

Baron Mihailo Mikasinovich, who was instrumental in opening Serbian schools in Krajina in the 18th century, Stefan Mikasinovich, a teacher of Dositej Obradovic, a prime mover of the Serbian cultural rebirth in the period of Enlightenment, and his father Sava Mikasinovich inspired, to a large extent, the author's scholarly activities.