Branka Prpa

Branka Prpa (born 1952 in Split, Croatia, Federal People's Republic of Yugoslavia) is a historian, author, and current director of Belgrade's Historical Archives ("Istorijski arhiv Beograda").

In 1972, against the wishes of her family, she left for Belgrade to study history at University of Belgrade. Soon, she got married, had a son, and remained living in the capital even after she graduated.

In 1988, her book about Serbs in Dalmatia entitled "Srpsko-dalmatinski magazin" was published.

Still, Prpa, an ethnic Croat, is much more notable as girlfriend of the slain Belgrade journalist and newspaper owner Slavko Ćuruvija with whom she lived in an unmarried union.

Prpa was with her common-law spouse on the day of his murder in April 1999. They were walking hand in hand, about to enter the front door of their apartment building when they were approached from behind by unknown men who murdered Ćuruvija and pistol-whipped Branka Prpa, briefly knocking her unconscious.

Personal

Prpa has an adult son, dramaturgist Ivan Jovanovic, from a previous marriage. She had no children with Curuvija.

References

* [http://www.politika.co.yu/ilustro/2342/3.htm Bol se leči pameću] , Ilustrovana Politika, December 3, 2003
* [http://www.vreme.com/cms/view.php?id=403546 Šta je srpska tradicija] , Vreme, January 20, 2005