Radoslav Pavlović

Radoslav Pavlović
Pavlović in Voljavča monastery, May 2013
Born	Radoslav Pavlović (1954-09-08) 8 September 1954 (age 62) Aleksandrovac, Serbia
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Occupation	Playwright
Children	2

Radoslav (Lale) Pavlović (Serbian: Радослав Павловић, born in Aleksandrovac, Serbia, 8 September 1954) is a Serbian writer. Pavlovic authored numerous theatre plays and film/TV scripts popular with the audience and acclaimed by the critics. He is best known for his theatre plays Šovinistička farsa, performed more than a thousand times across ex-Yugoslavia, Mala, and Moja Draga performed for hundreds of times in Belgrade theaters, as well as movies Balkan Rules (1997), Living like the rest of us (1983),Hajde da se volimo 3 (1990) featuring ex-Yugoslavia mega-star Lepa Brena, and TV series Moj Rodjak sa Sela (2008) scoring record viewership of over 3 million viewers per episode.

Since 2012 Pavlović serves as advisor for Culture to the President of Serbia, Tomislav Nikolić. In the context of his political role, Pavlović is working on causes related to Serbia's historical heritage and raising awareness of it within public, such as the life and work of Alexander I of Yugoslavia, or the Edict of Milan issued by Constantine the Great who was born in Serbia. Prior to taking the Advisor position, Pavlović served as deputy Editor in Chief of the Cultural and Educational Programme at the National Radio Television of Serbia.

Pavlović was born on the 9th of August 1954, in Aleksandrovac to father Rajko, and mother Miroslava, both school teachers, respectively from Rogojevac and Kikojevac, typical Šumadija willages. The family moved to Belgrade where he finished elementary school, high-school and university (dramaturgy major). Autobiographical elements can often be found in his work, and references to his childhood in Šumadija are common, especially in Moj Rodjak sa Sela set in a village in Šumadija.