Jevrem Brković (born
29 December 1933) is a
Montenegrin writer (poet, novelist, journalist), historian and a cultural activist. He is known for his vivid criticism of his political opponents, as well as figures from Montenegrin public life.
Brković spent his early life in
Belgrade. In
1975 he was the recipient of the "
13th July prize".
While in Belgrade, Brković promoted
Serbian nationalism and was in support of
Milošević at first. Since the
1990s, he affirmed a pro-Montenegrin attitude, and his views were sometimes described as being anti-Serb ones. He was also at the time a harsh critic of the regime, then led by
Milo Đukanović. During the
Yugoslav wars, Brković left Montenegro for
Croatia, where he stayed until
1999.
In 1999 he returned to Montenegro, when, in his words, "Montenegro once again became Montenegrin". He has since been a strong supporter of Montenegrin independence from the state union of
Serbia and Montenegro.
The same year Brković became the founder and first president of the
Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts, a non-governmental cultural organization in Montenegro. At around the same time, he became the editor of the "Montenegrin Literary Paper" (Crnogorski Književni List - CKL) that is published in
Montenegrin,
Serbian,
Bosnian and
Croatian language, thus being the first ever newspaper published in Montenegrin.
He is criticized a lot for his frequent switches of attitudes, from a "
Greater Serb nationalist" to a Montenegrin independist and Croatian sympathizer and even nationalist; his enemies mostly calling him an "
Ustaša" because of his newfound
Greater Croatian nationalist beliefs. His works also failed to achieve a broader scale of popularity mainly because of frequent uses of obscene and vulgar wording.
Pamphlet of Jevrem Brković's Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts for the support of election of Milo Đukanović's "Coalition for an independent Montenegro" in 2001
In 2001, his organization, the
Doclean Academy of Sciences and Arts, actively campaigned for the election of
Milo Đukanović's "Coalition for an independent Montenegro". They published a novel pamphlet which depicts
Montenegro as a Greater
Red Croatia and
hypothetical pan-Croatian unified lands (
Croatia,
Bosnia and Herzegovina, western
Serbia's
Vojvodina (
Serbian Bačka and eastern
Srem), southwestern "
Old Serbia" (
Rashka and
Kosovo's
Metohija) and the northern half of
Albania). Such terminology is widely seen as anachronistic and bizarre.
On October 24, 2006 Brković and his driver and bodyguard Srđan Vojičić were attacked by three armed men. Vojičić was shot dead, while Brković escaped with mild injuries.
[1] It is speculated that the motive for the attack was the latest Brković's book, "The lover of Doclea" (Ljubavnik Duklje), in which he indirectly ridicules many people from the Montenegrin public life, especially close friends of former Prime Minister
Milo Đukanović, but not Đukanović himself.
Jevrem Brkovic is today the commander of a Montenegrin politics-orientated para-military organization, the "Lovćen guard".
Brković's son,
Balša Brković is also a notable Montenegrin writer.
Für mich macht er aber nicht den Anschein das er Musiker ist???
keiner was Albanien ist.
und sie ist so wie jedes volk sie geschrieben hat manche wahr manche weniger wahr.
