Born on July 12, 1949, in Belgrade, where he completed all of his schooling. A journalist.
Always dreamed of a life that wouldn't be boring.
First article published on April 5, 1967, in the weekly magazine Gong. Later wrote for all major newspapers in his home country.
Editor-in-chief of two of the highest-circulation magazines in the history of Yugoslav rock periodicals (Džuboks 1976-1977) and Rock (1982-1986).
Participated in launching two magazines (Intervju and Rock) and a daily newspaper (Sportski žurnal) at Politika.
Contributed to organizing some of the biggest music events in Belgrade in the 20th century.
Successful licensee (1986-1988) and unsuccessful editor-in-chief of PGP RTS (95).
First music editor of the first music radio station in the SFRY (101 Radio Beograd - 1989).
Author of the longest documentary rock series on Televizija Beograd. (Rokumenti – 1995, 26 episodes).
One of the editors at the first truly independent television station in the second Yugoslavia until it was banned (OK TV, 1989)
Took the largest music caravans to Zagreb, Skopje, and Split in the last century.
A weak chess player, but participated in organizing one of the largest simultaneous chess games in the history of the game ("Mat Ratu", 1993 - with the participation of 1324 children and 60 of the most famous Yugoslav chess players).
Incidentally, lost to three world champions: Petrosian, Tal, and Kasparov.
One of the founders of the independent classical and contemporary music festival BUNT, 2013 Belgrade.
Lived to become the editor of the Red Star magazine. Knows all five Red Star stars.
Not politically engaged, but worked for the United Nations and the European Union. Initiator of ProGlas.
Taught at schools, universities, official, and informal places.
Received awards, medals, plaques, and decorations in Serbia and worldwide.
Cannot pronounce the letter "r", but the recipient of two annual awards from Radio Belgrade (1971 and 1972) and Studio B(1977). Politika Award for 80 years of the house (1984), May Award of Belgrade (1985), PGP RTB Lifetime Achievement Award (1987), JRT Award for "From Our Correspondent-London" (1986), Belgrade City Award (2013), Stefan Prvovenčani Charter (2015), Lifestyle Personality Award (2016), Tanja Petrović Award (2017), Charter of the Association of Jazz, Pop and Rock Musicians (2018), UNS Lifetime Achievement Award (2018), Knight of the Call (2023)…
Has two honorary badges from Work Actions and four medals from the JNA.
Honorary member of the Serbian Medical Society, the wine knightly order "Monk Dorotej", and the SM SMOM.
Books:Rokopisi (Zepter Book, 2008 - sold out), Kikinda Short 04 (two stories - Kikinda 2010), Being Rock'n'Roll (co-authored with Mihajlo Pantić - Official Gazette 2011, three editions), Springs in Topčider (KOV 2019 - six editions), Traces in Infinity (KOV 2021 - five editions), Keeper of the Flea Market (KOV 2022 - six editions), and Third Side of the Record (KOV 2023 - five editions), Geography of a Scattered Heart (RDS Raška 2023)
Main character of the documentary film Captured Time by Milan Nikodijević (Arbos, 2017) and TV series Rock Writer (Arbos, 2018 - not yet aired).
Wrote dozens of forewords and afterwords for books in popular culture.
Eight heart attacks, four heart surgeries, two clinical deaths, 8 bypasses, and 15 stents.
President of the Association of Patients with Heart Failure of Serbia.
One wife, two sons, and a namesake grandson.
Unsaddled retiree.
He couldn't have expected more from life.
