Momo Kapor

Momčilo "Momo" Kapor (Serbian Cyrillic: Момчило "Момо" Капор; 8 April 1937 – 3 March 2010^[1]) was a Serbian novelist,^[2] painter^[3], and short story writer.^[4]. Several successful films have been based upon his novels. He was born in Sarajevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia and died in Belgrade, Serbia.

Kapor was born in Sarajevo in 1937 and graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade in 1961. He was a member of the "Committee to Protect the Truth of Radovan Karadžić"^[3] and was a defence witness at Slobodan Milošević's trial at the ICTY Tribunal.^[5] He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska.^[6]

Works

• Foliranti, 1975.
• Provincijalac, 1976.
• Ada, 1977.
• Lanjski snegovi, 1977.
• Hej, nisam ti to pričala, 1978.
• Zoe, 1978.
• Beleške jedne Ane (hronika u 26 glava), 1978.
• Skitam i pričam: putopisni dnevnik, 1979.
• 101 priča, 1980.
• Una: ljubavni roman, 1981.
• Onda, 1982.
• Sentimentalno vaspitanje, 1983.
• Knjiga žalbi, 1984.
• 011-Istok-Zapad, 1990.
• Halo, Beograd, 1990.
• Dama skitnica i off priče, 1992.
• Zelena čoja Montenegra, 1992.
• Blokada 011, 1992.
• 100 nedelja blokade, 1994.
• Lero – kralj leptira, 1995.
• Poslednji let za Sarajevo, 1995.
• Hronika izgibljenog grada, 1996.
• Od sedam do tri, 1996.
• Smrt ne boli: priče iz poslednjeg rata, 1997.
• Najbolje godine i druge priče, 1997.
• Ivana, 2001.
• Legenda o Taboru, 2002.
• Sanja, 2003.
• Luvar adrese
• Dosije Šlomović
• Konte
• Lep dan za umiranje
• Ljubavne priče
• Samac
• Uspomene jednog crtača
• Eldorado
• Putopis kroz biografiju

References

1. ^ "Momo Kapor dies" (Serbian)
2. ^ "What is most important for a book? To be interesting.". World Literature Today. 22 September 1995. http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-17839157.html. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Wood, Nicholas (21 January 2005). "Raves for Authors With a Solid Grasp of Serb Atrocities". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/21/international/europe/21serbia.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/B/Books%20and%20Literature. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
4. ^ "Filip David. Najlepse price Filipa Davida". World Literature Today. 22 March 2002. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-25792950_ITM. Retrieved 2009-01-02. 
5. ^ "MILOSEVIC TO CALL CHURCH HEAD AS WITNESS." (fee required). ONASA News Agency. 9 July 2004. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-21962329_ITM. Retrieved 2009-01-02. "The source said he did not want to reveal all the names on Milosevic's witness list, but said that local witnesses would include novelist Momo Kapor." 
6. ^ "A list of the full members of the academy". Official web site of The Academy of Sciences and Arts of the Republika Srpska. http://www.anurs.org/index.php?option=btg_clanovi&idzvanje=1. Retrieved March 19, 2011. 

External links

• Valter brani Sarajevo IMDB
• Una IMDB
• Momo Kapor on Amazon.com

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Name	Kapor, Momo
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Date of birth	8 April 1937
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Date of death	3 March 2010
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