DRAGO KEKANOVIĆ
Writer
Bratuljevci close to Slavonska Požega, 16 August 1947)

Foreign member

Department of Languages and Literature

 

Membership of SASA
Foreign member since 7 November 2024.

Education
BA  – Department for Yugoslav Languages and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Philosophy, University of Zagreb

Career
Editor of Drama Programme of Zagreb Television, now Croatian Radio Television

Membership of editorial boards
Prose editor in journals ‘Polet’ and ‘Studentski list’; One of the founders of theatre journal ‘Prolog’; Editor and publication editor at Prosvjeta Serbian Cultural Society

Awards and recognitions
Sedam sekretara SKOJA Prize
Mladost Magazine Prize
Politika Newspaper Short Story Award
Vladimir Nazor Prize
Sava Mrkalj Prize for the contribution to the culture of Serbs in Croatia
Svetozar Ćorović Book of the Year Award
Borisav Stanković Award
Vital Prize ‘Golden Sunflower’ (2013)
Dušan Vasiljev Prize
Branko Ćopić Endowment Award
Grigorije Božović Award
Danko Popović Prize
Andrić Award for a book of short stories (2013)
Belgrade Victor Award (2022)