Miodrag Perisic
| Miodrag Perišić | |
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Perišić in Ottawa in 2003
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| Born |
July 31, 1948 Subotica, Yugoslavia |
| Died | May 6, 2003 (aged 54) Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Occupation | Author, politician |
| Nationality | Serbian |
Miodrag Perišić (Serbian Cyrillic: Миодраг Перишић; July 31, 1948 – May 6, 2003) was one of the founders and a former vice president of the modern-day Serbian Democratic Party (DS), and a former FR Yugoslavia's ambassador in Canada. He also authored several books.
Although born in Subotica, Perišić completed primary and secondary school education in Belgrade. He received a BA degree in philosophy at Belgrade University's Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy. During his studies he participated in editing and publishing of the journals Student and Vidici, and later worked as editor of the journal Književna reč (Literary Word). Perišić freelanced until 1978 when he started to work as Secretary of the Ivo Andrić Foundation in Belgrade until 1984. From 1984-92 he was editor-in-chief of the journal, Književne novine (Literary Gazette). He was an active member in the Serbian PEN Centre and a vice president of the International PEN, the worldwide association of writers.
In fall 1991, Perišić was a guest of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace at the University of Stanford (California). In fall and winter 1991-92 he was a guest at several universities in United States and gave lectures about roots of Yugoslav crisis, role of the intellectuals, and causes of SFR Yugoslavia's disintegration. In November and December 1999, he visited the seminary at the John F. Kennedy School of Government and gave lectures at Taft University.
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