Sreten Asanović, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Sreten Asanović

Montenegrin writer

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1931

Date of Death: 03-Jun-2016

Profession: writer

Nationality: Montenegro

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Sreten Asanovic (born 22 February 1931, died 3 June 2016) was a Montenegrin author who established the short-story genre in that country.
Asanovic was born in Donji Kokoti, near Podgorica.
He completed teacher-training school, focusing on preschool education. Asanovic published his first story in the magazine Omladinski pokret, in which he had already contributed movie reviews and written a column ("From the Lives of Famous People").
From 1957 to 1960, he was editor-in-chief of the Titograd (Podgorica) magazine Susreti; editor for the Sarajevo magazine Oslobodjenje from 1960 to 1962; first editor-in-chief of the journal Odjek from 1963 to 1965; secretary of the Commission for Culture and Art in Belgrade from 1965 to 1972, and editor-in-chief of the Titograd magazine Stvaranje from 1973 to 1989.