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Đorđe Lebović

Writing

Birth Date

June 27, 1928

Place of Birth

Sombor, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes

Date of Death

September 22, 2004

Biography

Đorđe Lebović was a Serbian writer, playwright and screenwriter. As a fifteen-year-old, due to his Jewish origin, he was interned in the infamous German concentration camps of Auschwitz, Mauthausen, and Sachsenhausen. These experiences would later leave a deep mark on his work. He is famous for writing the screenplays for some of the most famous Yugoslav war movies, as well as for his novel Semper Idem, about his experiences in concentration camps.

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