Filip David
| Filip David | |
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David in 2013
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| Native name | Филип Давид |
| Born |
July 4, 1940 Kragujevac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | writer |
| Language | Serbian |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Notable awards |
NIN Award 2014 Kuća sećanja i zaborava |
Filip David (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Давид; born 4 July 1940) is a Serbian writer and screenwriter, best known for penning essays, dramas, short stories and novels. In 2015, he won the NIN Award for best Serbian novel of the year 2014 for his novel "Kuća sećanja i zaborava" (House of memory and oblivion).
David was born in 1940 in Kragujevac to a Jewish family. He graduated from both the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade and the Academy of Theater, Film, Radio and Television of the Belgrade University of Arts. He was a long-time editor of the drama program of the Radio Television of Belgrade. In 1989, he was one of the founders of the "Independent Writers" society in Sarajevo, in then-SFR Yugoslavia. He was also the founder of the literary society "Belgrade Circle" in 1990. This society opposed the then-ruling government of Slobodan Milošević. In 1992, David was fired from the Radio Television of Belgrade for organizing an independent trade union.
David has written several television dramas, dramas, books of essays, short story collections and novels.
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