Jovan Ćirilov

Serbian writer and academic

Jovan Ćirilov (pronounced [jǒ̝v̞an tɕirǐlo̝v̞]; 30 August 1931 – 16 November 2014) was a Serbian theater expert, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, and poet. He mostly wrote about the Serbian culture. He was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia.

Jovan Ćirilov
Jovan Čirilov at conference in Slovenia
Born(1931-08-30)30 August 1931
Died16 November 2014(2014-11-16) (aged 83)
Occupation(s)Theatrologist, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, poet
Years active1955–2014

As a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, he was the first person who publicly called for decriminalization of male same-sex relations ("sodomy laws") in the 1980s.[1][2]

Ćirilov died in Belgrade, Serbia, aged 83.

References change

  1. Zoran Milutinović & Will Petersen, Yugoslavia, in Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia pp. 964–965, ed. George E. Haggerty, New York and London: Garland Publishing, 2000
  2. http://fabrikaknjiga.co.rs/rec/67/317.pdf Archived 2013-10-05 at the Wayback Machine pp. 324–325, footnote # 31

Other websites change

  Media related to Jovan Ćirilov at Wikimedia Commons

  • Jovan Ćirilov on IMDb
  • Jovan Čirilov page at UNESCO
  • David Zarić, Mia. "Intervju: Jovan Ćirilov". B92. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 12 October 2010. (in Serbian)