Dragana Kršenkovic Brkovic
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Dragana Kršenković Brković (Драгана Кршенковић Брковић) is a writer from Montenegro
.
Kršenkovic Brković graduated from the Faculty of Political Science in 1980 and from the Faculty of Drama Arts, in 1984. TV Belgrade
screened her play - Vrele kapi in 1981. She wrote it for an entrance examination.
As the Wars in the Balkans
erupted, she moved from Belgrade
(Serbia
), to Podgorica
(Montenegro
). There, Kršenković Brković established a puppet theater called the Blue Lagoon, with her husband, Tomislav Brković.
Dragana Kršenković Brković was a Hubert Humphrey
Fellow 2005-06, which is part of the Fullbright Exchange Program. She spent a year in Washington DC, USA. She also received an Austrian Government grant in order to carry out research in Graz (University of Graz) in 2008.
Her plays are performed in many Balkan countries. Four of her plays are set texts for elementary schools in Montenegro and Macedonia. Her book The Genie of the Manito Lake was selected for The White Ravens 2011. by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich, Germany.
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
.
Kršenkovic Brković graduated from the Faculty of Political Science in 1980 and from the Faculty of Drama Arts, in 1984. TV Belgrade
Radio Television of Serbia
Radio Television of Serbia or Serbian Broadcasting Corporation is the public broadcaster in Serbia. It broadcasts and produces a variety of news, drama, and sports programming through radio, television and the Internet. RTS is, since July 2001, a member of the European Broadcasting Union. RTS is...
screened her play - Vrele kapi in 1981. She wrote it for an entrance examination.
As the Wars in the Balkans
Yugoslav wars
The Yugoslav Wars were a series of wars, fought throughout the former Yugoslavia between 1991 and 1995. The wars were complex: characterized by bitter ethnic conflicts among the peoples of the former Yugoslavia, mostly between Serbs on the one side and Croats and Bosniaks on the other; but also...
erupted, she moved from Belgrade
Belgrade
Belgrade is the capital and largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers, where the Pannonian Plain meets the Balkans. According to official results of Census 2011, the city has a population of 1,639,121. It is one of the 15 largest cities in Europe...
(Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
), to Podgorica
Podgorica
Podgorica , is the capital and largest city of Montenegro.Podgorica's favourable position at the confluence of the Ribnica and Morača rivers and the meeting point of the fertile Zeta Plain and Bjelopavlići Valley has encouraged settlement...
(Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro Montenegrin: Crna Gora Црна Гора , meaning "Black Mountain") is a country located in Southeastern Europe. It has a coast on the Adriatic Sea to the south-west and is bordered by Croatia to the west, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the northwest, Serbia to the northeast and Albania to the...
). There, Kršenković Brković established a puppet theater called the Blue Lagoon, with her husband, Tomislav Brković.
Dragana Kršenković Brković was a Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert Horatio Humphrey, Jr. , served under President Lyndon B. Johnson as the 38th Vice President of the United States. Humphrey twice served as a United States Senator from Minnesota, and served as Democratic Majority Whip. He was a founder of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party and...
Fellow 2005-06, which is part of the Fullbright Exchange Program. She spent a year in Washington DC, USA. She also received an Austrian Government grant in order to carry out research in Graz (University of Graz) in 2008.
Her plays are performed in many Balkan countries. Four of her plays are set texts for elementary schools in Montenegro and Macedonia. Her book The Genie of the Manito Lake was selected for The White Ravens 2011. by the Internationale Jugendbibliothek in Munich, Germany.
Works
- Tajna plavog kristala /The Secret of a Blue Crystal
- Iza nevidljivog zida /Behind the Invisible Wall
- Gospodarska palata /The Master's Palace
- Vatra u Aleksandriji /The Fire in Alexandria
- Izgubljeni pečat / The Lost Seal
- Duh Manitog jezera / The Genie of the Manito Lake