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Slobodan Princip-Seljo
Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay ''On Liberty'' baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples. During the decade after World War II, the name Slobodan (means "freedom") became the most popular Serbian male name, and it remained so until 1980. Common derived nicknames are Sloba, Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi and Čobi. The feminine counterpart is Slobodanka. A rare short form of the name Slobodan is Bodan, used sometimes in North Mace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleutherios (other)
Eleutherios or Lefteris (, "the liberator") is an epithet and formal attribution in the Greek pantheon, including: * Dionysus * Eros * Zeus From Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa. # He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games, # and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus. # as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. # His sons were Iasius. # and Pierus. He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis". # Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus. # Eleuther, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia. # Eleuther, one of the Curete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Prosperov Novak
Slobodan Prosperov Novak (born 11 April 1951), is a Croatian literature historian, comparativist and theatrologist. Biography Prosperov Novak was born in Belgrade, but spent his childhood in Dubrovnik. He graduated comparative literature in 1973 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, receiving his M.A. in 1976 and Ph.D. in 1978. He worked as a journalist in a periodical ''Vjesnik u srijedu'' (1973–1974). In 1977 he is an assistant, and in 1988 a professor of Old Croatian literature at the Faculty of Philosophy. In the period of 1981-1984 he teaches at the Institute for Slavic Philology of the University of Rome, and from 1990 to 1992 he serves as an assistant of the minister of education, culture and sport of the Republic of Croatia. In 1990–1992 he was the president of the council of Dubrovnik Summer Festival, and in 2000 served as its head. He was the initiator and the first editor-in-chief of Matica hrvatska's periodical '' Vijenac''. He was also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Živojinović
Slobodan "Boba" Živojinović ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Живојиновић, ; born 23 July 1963) is a Serbian former professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. Together with Nenad Zimonjić, he is the only tennis player from Serbia to be the world No. 1 in doubles. As a singles player, he reached the semifinals of the 1985 Australian Open and the 1986 Wimbledon Championships, achieving a career-high ranking of world No. 19 in October 1987. Tennis career Živojinović represented SFR Yugoslavia as the number 15 seed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, where he was defeated in the second round by France's Guy Forget. The right-hander won two career singles titles (Houston, 1986 and Sydney, 1988), as well as eight doubles titles. He reached his highest singles ATP ranking on 26 October 1987, when he became world No. 19. Živojinović was known for his tall, wiry frame that made him the original big-boom server before Goran Ivanisevic. He built his ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Vuksanović
Slobodan Vuksanović ( sr-cyr, Слободан Вуксановић, born in 1965 in Belgrade) is a poet, essayist, translator and former Serbian politician, who served as Minister of Education and Sport in the Government of Serbia from 2004 to 2007. Biography He was appointed as a minister on October 19, 2004, after an unsuccessful attempt to become mayor of Belgrade. He replaced Ljiljana Čolić, who was forced to leave after she made several controversial decisions. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in literature from the University of Belgrade The University of Belgrade () is a public university, public research university in Belgrade, Serbia. It is the oldest and largest modern university in Serbia. Founded in 1808 as the Belgrade Higher School in revolutionary Serbia, by 1838 it me ..., and obtained his PhD at the University of Novi Sad. He has been the editor of several magazines, a teacher in a secondary school, and has written 12 books. He was the president o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serbs Of Croatia
The Serbs of Croatia ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Срби у Хрватској, Srbi u Hrvatskoj) or Croatian Serbs ( sh-Cyrl-Latn, separator=" / ", Хрватски Срби, Hrvatski Srbi) constitute the largest national minority in Croatia. The community is predominantly Eastern Orthodoxy in Croatia, Eastern Orthodox Christian by religion, as opposed to the Croats who are Catholic Church in Croatia, Catholic. In some regions of modern-day Croatia, mainly in southern Dalmatia, ethnic Serbs possibly have been present from the Early Middle Ages. Serbs from modern-day Serbia and Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia-Herzegovina started actively migrating to Croatia at a time when the Habsburg monarchy was engaged in a series of wars against the Ottoman Empire. Great Migrations of the Serbs, Several migration waves happened after 1538, when the Emperor Ferdinand I granted them the right to settle on the territory of the Military Frontier. In exchange for land and exempti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Uzelac
Slobodan Uzelac ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Узелац; born 9 August 1947) is a Croatian Serb politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister of Croatia for Regional Development, Reconstruction and Return in the second cabinet of Prime Minister Ivo Sanader and his successor in that position Jadranka Kosor Jadranka Kosor (; born 1 July 1953) is a Croatian politician and former journalist who served as Prime Minister of Croatia from 2009 to 2011, having taken office following the sudden resignation of her predecessor Ivo Sanader. Kosor was the List .... He is the first member of the Serbs of Croatia, Serb minority in Croatia to hold a cabinet position since the first Croatian multi-party elections were held in 1990 Croatian parliamentary election, 1990. Biography He offered his resignation in March 2008, after the Government of Croatia Croatia–Kosovo relations, recognized Kosovo's 2008 Kosovo declaration of independence, declaration of independence However, Prime Ministe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Subotić
Slobodan "Piksi" Subotić ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Суботић, ; born 15 August 1956) is a Greek-Slovenian professional basketball coach and former player. He last served as the head coach for Budućnost of the ABA League, Montenegrin League and the EuroCup. He has Greek citizenship, which he obtained to circumvent EU administrative restrictions while playing and coaching there. To be able to obtain Greek citizenship, he had to administratively change his name in the eyes of Greek law, and is thus known there as Slompontan "Lefteris" Soumpotits (). In addition to having Slovenian and Greek citizenship, he also holds Bosnian citizenship. At 2.02 m (6'7 ") tall, he was a talented swingman, with incredible shooting ability. Playing career Subotić helped the Greek club Aris to qualify for the EuroLeague's Final Four in three consecutive years ( 1988, 1989 and 1990). With Aris, he was a five time Greek League champion, in the years 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990 and 1991, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Šnajder
Slobodan Šnajder (; born 8 July 1948) is a Croatian writer and publicist. Šnajder was born in 1948 in Zagreb, where he graduated in philosophy and English studies from the Faculty of Philosophy. He was co-founder and editor of the theatre journal ''Prolog'' as well as the editor of the editions published by Cekade. His short stories, essays and plays were published since 1966. From January to June 1993, he was a columnist in daily newspaper '' Glas Slavonije'', Osijek, ''(Reader for the Melancholics)'', and, since January 1994 till 2013, in a daily newspaper '' Novi list'', Rijeka, ''(Dangerous Connections)''. He is a member of the Advisory Board of the left-wing magazine '' Novi Plamen''. His columns and his plays have supporters and opposers. Although Šnajder has been writing prose since ever, his first full-length novel ''Morendo'' was issued in 2012. Works The very first professional production of Šnajder was his early play ''Minigolf'' – Drama Theatre Gavella, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Šijan
Slobodan Šijan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан Шијан, ; born 16 November 1946) is a Serbian film director. Biography Šijan was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p .... He graduated from the Fine Arts Academy in Belgrade, and then enrolled in Belgrade's Academy of Theater Faculty of Dramatic Arts in 1970. He directed a number of television films as well as experimental and short films during the 1970s. From 1976 to 1979, he published a series of fanzines which according to him were made "out of frustration" in between his experimentation and attempts to break into professional cinema. His first full-length feature '' Ko to tamo peva'', directed in collaboration with writer Dušan Kovačević and cinematographer Božidar Nikolić, was re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Santrač
Slobodan Santrač (, ; 1 July 1946 – 13 February 2016) was a Serbian football manager and player. He is the all-time top scorer of the Yugoslav First League with a total of 218 goals, as well as the top scorer in the history of OFK Beograd. According to the Brazilian outlet ''Almanaque dos Artilheiros'', he is the fourth highest topscorer in history with 1301 goals including all matches (youth and official friendlies). As a manager, Santrač reached the knockout stage at the 1998 FIFA World Cup with FR Yugoslavia. Club career Born in Koceljeva, Santrač grew up in Gornji Milanovac, starting out at local club Takovo. He moved with his family to Valjevo in 1958 and soon joined Radnički, which merged into Metalac Valjevo in 1959. Due to his promising performances in the Serbian League, Santrač was transferred to Yugoslav First League club OFK Beograd in the summer of 1965. He spent nine seasons with the ''Romantičari'', totaling 244 league appearances and scoring 169 goal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Rakitić
Slobodan Rakitić (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ракитић; 30 September 1940 – 1 January 2013) was a Serbian writer and politician. Biography Rakitić was born in Vlasovo, Raška, Serbia. He attended the elementary school in Raška and the high school in Novi Pazar. First he studied at the Belgrade Medical School, but then changed to the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology, where he graduated. He was the editor of literary magazines such as Contemporary (Savremenik) and Raška. He was a member of the first editorial staff who initiated the appearance of Literary Word ('' Književna reč'') in 1972. As the editor in charge of literature and language, he has been working at the Ilija M. Kolarac Foundation ever since 1973. Rakitić wrote and had the following books of poetry published: ''Lights of Writings'' (1967), ''Raska Tunes'' (1968), ''The world is not our home'' (1970), ''Earth on the Tongue'' (1973), ''Poems of Tree and Fruit'' (1978), ''Craving f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Rajković
Slobodan Rajković ( sr-cyr, Слободан Рајковић, ; born 3 February 1989) is a Serbian retired footballer who played as a centre back. Club career Born in Belgrade, Rajković started his career with OFK Beograd. He was included in the club's first team at the age of 15. During his second season in the first team, Rajković's reputation grew so such that in November 2005, English Premier League club Chelsea decided to pay €2 million for the 16-year-old centre-half. Under the terms of the deal, Rajković stayed at OFK Beograd as a loaned player from Chelsea until the end of the 2006–07 Serbian SuperLiga season. Loans in the Eredivisie In June 2007, Chelsea decided to loan Rajković to PSV ahead of the 2007–08 season, as part of the deal surrounding Alex's move to Chelsea. After the year-long loan spell at PSV, the Dutch club wanted to extend the loan period for another year, but Chelsea declined due to the lack of playing time Rajković was receivi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
