Not to be confused with Dragan Todorović

, Serbian politician.

Dragan Todorović (Serbian

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: Драган Тодоровић; born in September 1958 in Kragujevac

Kragujevac

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, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia) is a writer and multimedia

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 artist. Until 1995 he lived in Yugoslavia

Yugoslavia

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, where he worked as a journalist, editor, and TV personality.

Between 1977 and 1995 Todorovic published over 2,000 articles (commentaries, interviews, essays and reports) in leading magazines of Yugoslavia. On radio, he worked as a host, writer and producer, among other things writing and directing 24 radio-plays for Radio Politika. He also made two TV documentaries and hosted over 150 TV shows.

He won the Best Young Journalist award in 1980. He published four books in Yugoslavia: Tajfun zvani Bruce (Hurricane Called Bruce, 1989—biography of Bruce Springsteen

Bruce Springsteen

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), Džokej pun burbona (Jockey Full of Bourbon, 1990—Tom Waits

Tom Waits

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' poetry - translation and introduction), Pogled kroz prozor metroa (View Through the Window of a Subway, 1991—biography of Tom Waits), and Sen & san (A Shadow and a Dream, 1993—conceptual book of poetry). His series of essays on rock, titled Pesme uz koje ne igram (The Songs I don't Dance to), published in Politika

Politika

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s Rock Magazine, had a cult status in the country.
He had two solo exhibitions in Belgrade and directed two theatre shows. He is in the Serbian edition of Who's Who

Who's Who

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Todorović continued to write after moving to Canada

Canada

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 during the early 1990s. He published in the Toronto Star

Toronto Star

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, This Magazine

This Magazine

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, Saturday Night

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, NOW, Ottawa Citizen

Ottawa Citizen

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 and other Canadian publications. In 1997 his article Border Crossing was nominated for the Canadian National Magazine Award. In 1998 he was part of the prestigious Creative Journalism program at Banff Centre for the Arts. His essay Ticket to Fiction was published in 2000 as part of the collection To Arrive Where You Are (Banff Press). The same year, he worked with Ken Finkleman

Ken Finkleman

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 as the script consultant on his TV series Foreign Objects (episode “Evil”), where he also played one of the leading roles.

His writing was described as “fascinating, liquid storytelling, which leads the reader smoothly from the sociology of rock and roll, through brilliant essayistic insights, to the heavy, Hemingwayesque prose,” and “impeccable pacing with the occasional flight of dark fantasy”.

For his multimedia work, Todorović won awards at the New York Festivals, John Caples International Awards, and Astound International Competition (for his interactive poetry site, Six Walks on Isabella Street). His most recent project was a sound-art piece for CBC Radio One

CBC Radio One

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, titled In My Language I am Smart.

In September 2005 Todorović moved to England

England

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. His memoir, titled The Book of Revenge, was published in March 2006 by Random House

Random House

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. It was awarded the Nereus Writers' Trust Non-Fiction Prize, and nominated for British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction

British Columbia's National Award for Canadian Non-fiction is a Canadian literary award. It is awarded annually since 2005 by the British Columbia Achievement Foundation. It is the largest non-fiction prize in Canada, rising from $25,000 2005-2007 to $40,000 since 2008...

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In March 2009 Random House Canada published his novel Diary of Interrupted Days to a critical acclaim. It was short listed for Commonwealth Writers' Prize

Commonwealth Writers' Prize

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, for the Amazon.ca/Quill & Quire

Quill & Quire

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 First Novel Award, and for the Toronto Book Awards.

External links

• Author's website
• Блуз за бившу Југославију, Politika, July 10, 2008
• Dragan Todorović - pisac, novinar i multimedijalni umetnik, Hulahop @ B92, September 6, 2008