Jovan Ćirilov

Jovan Ćirilov (; 30 August 1931 – 16 November 2014) was a Serbian theater expert, philosopher, writer, theatre selector, and poet. He mostly wrote about the Serbian culture. He was born in Kikinda, Yugoslavia.

As a member of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, he was the first person who publicly called for decriminalization of male same-sex relations ("sodomy laws") in the 1980s.Zoran Milutinović & Will Petersen, Yugoslavia, in Gay Histories and Cultures: An Encyclopedia pp. 964–965, ed. George E. Haggerty, New York and London: Garland Publishing, 2000http://fabrikaknjiga.co.rs/rec/67/317.pdf  pp. 324–325, footnote # 31

Ćirilov died in Belgrade, Serbia, aged 83.

References

Other websites

 Jovan Čirilov  page at UNESCO


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Category:Serbian poets
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