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Duško Radović | |
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Radović in Kiev, 1966 | |
| Born | Dušan Radović 29 November 1922 Niš, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes |
| Died | 16 August 1984 (aged 61) Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
| Occupation | Writer, journalist |
Dušan "Duško" Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Душко Радовић, sh; 29 November 1922 – 16 August 1984) was a Serbian writer, journalist, aphorist and a poet.
He was known for his poetry (especially children's poetry), books, television screenplays, and for his aphorisms. He was the editor in chief of "Pionirske novine", editor of Children's programme on Radio Belgrade and Radio-Television Belgrade, editor of the children's magazine "Poletarac", journalist at the Borba newspaper. From 1975 onwards he was the editor of radio Studio B. An athletic race "Remembering Duško Radović" was held in Belgrade for many years. Duško's brother is well-known athletic trainer Branimir "Brana" Radović. [1] His works have been translated into all major world languages. Radović is the recipient of the most notable awards: Neven (Calendula), Mlado pokolenje (Young Generation), the award of Zmaj Children Games, the award of Sterijino pozorje, Seventh of July award, and the scroll of honour of the Hans Christian Andersen International Organization of Children's Literature.
