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Dušan Jakšić
Dušan Jakšić ( sr-Cyrl, Душан Јакшић, 5 June 1927 – 17 December 2009) was a Serbian and Yugoslav singer and actor. He gained popularity in Yugoslavia with his mid-century covers of old town songs, schlagers, chansons and jazz songs. He recorded around 80 records and cassettes and performed at numerous concerts within Yugoslavia and abroad. He has been likened to Yves Montand. Biography Jakšić was born in 1927 in Karlovac, then Kingdom of Yugoslavia. At the age of 17, during the Second World War, he was drafted to the Syrmian Front. After the war, at the age of 18, he moved to Belgrade to pursue acting, where he first studied singing at the Music Academy of the University of Belgrade, and then transferred to the Theatre Academy (today's Faculty of Dramatic Arts), where he was taught by Bojan Stupica. Jakšić started his acting career in 1950 at the Yugoslav Drama Theatre. He subsequently performed at the Novi Sad Theatre, and in 1953 he landed his first ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stevan Kragujević
Stevan Kragujević (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Стеван Крагујевић; 4 February 1922 – 17 April 2002) was a Serbian photojournalist and art photographer. Career Kragujević was born on 4 February 1922, in Senta, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. He began practicing photography at the age of 14 upon the insistence of his father. He started in a small studio in his hometown before moving to Belgrade where he eventually started to work as a professional for the Tanjug agency. His first notable photograph was of the destroyed bridge in Senta during World War II he took at the age of 19. In 1943, he bought a colour film and used it only for the most valuable shots, one of which was ''"A Goose-girl"'', a photo of a young woman with a basket and geese in a Vojvodina alley. The photo, entitled "A Motif from Vojvodina Village" was published on the front cover of "Duga" magazine, in 1950. It was Yugoslavia's first illustrated m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |