Gojko Čelebić

Gojko Čelebić (Cyrillic: Гојко Челебић) (born 1958) is a Montenegrin writer and diplomat.

Čelebić was born in Podgorica, Montenegro (at that time part of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia).

Čelebić went on to study at the University of Novi Sad Faculty of Law, Serbia and Podgorica, Montenegro.

During the dissident movement in East Europe, through which Čelebić build himself as a creator of similar works, beginning in the 1980s he directed numerous theatrical pieces of dissident writers and began to publish dramas, poetry, short stories and novels.

He also spent some time as a Prague student in Schauspielhaus, Berlin in 1987 as he participated in a seminar on Bertolt Brecht.

Following which he served as the ambassador of Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to Argentina for the period between 1998 and 2002, (submitted credentials to President Carlos Saúl Menem on the August 12, 1998).

During the same period, Čelebić also served as a non-residing ambassador to Uruguay, (submitted credentials to President Julio Maria Sanguinetti on the November 11, 1998).

In addition, he served as a non-residing ambassador to Paraguay during the same time, (submitted credentials to the President Raúl Cubas Grau on February 9, 1999).

Currently Čelebić serves as a Deputy Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the United Nations in New York.

By a literary vocation, Čelebić is a novelist, channeling the traditional European philosophical novel.

The most significant influence on his literary development, which became evident in his work, was the American (and later European) Hippie movement.

In addition, the dissident literature such as that of Milovan Djilas and Vladimir Nabokov as well as numerous writers of his own generation in Poland, Germany, and Russia have been very significant in the process of his artistic creation.

The second, of which he is also the creator, is a complete anthology of the Montenegrin literature that has been in development for the last thousand years.

These works were created in four languages: Latin, Italian, Serbian and Church Slavonic.

It has also been published by his conduct in twenty-three volumes in a collection entitled Literature of Montenegro 12th to 19th century.

Čelebić is a polyglot (fluent in English, French, Czech, Russian, and Spanish).

The following is a list of Čelebić's published works by their year of appearance Novels: A Heroic Novel about Women's Tears (Viteski roman o ženskim suzama) 1983 The Murder of A.G. W and Persecution (Ubistvo A. G. W. i gonjenje) 1988 Mature Herta (Zrela Herta) 1989 Pseudo, 1994 City Club, 1995 Spiders (Pauci), 1997 Lightening (Grom) 2003 Twins (Blizanci) 2004 Buried, Listen (Pokopani, čujte) 2006 Collection of Short Stories: A Farewell from the King (Oproštaj od kralja) 1992 The Atlantic Waves (Valovi Atlantika) 2001 Candidacy (Kandidatura) 2003 Dust in Love (Zaljubljeni prah) 2004 Bohemian Season (Boemska sezona) 2007 Poetry: Lira in Purgatory (Lira u čistilištu) 1982 Drama: Baroque (Barok) 1995 Selected works: Selected works of Gojko Čelebić 1–10 (Odabrana djela Gojka Čelebića I – X) 2004 Bibliography: Čelebić's bibliographies, that is special publishings of his books, translations, essays, dramas, criticism, political pieces, translations of his work in numerous languages, newspaper articles, reviews, etc.

In: Orme sull’ Adriatico: Poesia del-la Puglia e del Montenegro/ Scelta degli autori montenegrini: Steve Kordić; traduzioni in italiano e dall/ italiano: Dragan Mraović—Nikšic: Univerzitetska riječ; Bari: La valissa, 1990, pg.

The Welcoming in the name of the City In: Anthology of modern Montenegrin stories/ prepared by: Slobodan Kalezić and Vojislav D. Nikčević—Cetinje: Obod; Podgorica: Pobjeda, 1996, pg.

6 BORHES & Zmajević In: Jorge Luis Borges: Works of international literature and science meeting dedicated to H.L.

Prepared by: Radivoje Konstantinović, Filip Matić, Marko Nedić—Belgrade: Institute for textbooks and other teaching material: Serbian cooperative for literature: Partnership of Yugoslavia and Latin America, 1997 pg.

Literature Montenegro: (krimipovidka) In: Souvislosti (revue pro kŕestanství a kulturu).

In: Pobjeda, Edition 42, Number 7208 (29.XII 1985), pg.11 The talk with the Czech author Bohumil Hrabal was led by Gojko Čelebić.

Short history of Montenegro In: Royal Theatre “Zeta Hall”, Cetinje, 1996 pg.2–10.

Prepared by: Jovan Cirilov, Feliks Pašić--Budva, Grand Theater 1998, pg.72.

Performance based on Skeaksear’s “Dream of a summer night” directed by Gojko Čelebić, and ran by the Herzegovian National Theater.

Contains the following songs: The tomb of mister Casanova, The ring of king Otakar I, Compound source, Cashmere scarf.

Creando en una de las esquinas del mundo.

Con Gojko Čelebić, escritor y embajador Yugoslavo (interview).

Gojko Čelebić: “City Club”, Belgrade, 1995/ Branko Popović.