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Ivo Andric: Nobel prize winning author of Bridge on the Drina
Nikola Tesla: Inventor (of the Tesla coil) & electrical engeneer
Mother Teresa (b. Gonxhe Bojaxhiu): Macedonian-Albanian humanitarian
Ivan Mestrovic: Expressionist sculptor
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Nikola Tesla: Inventor (of the Tesla coil) & electrical engeneer
Mother Teresa (b. Gonxhe Bojaxhiu): Macedonian-Albanian humanitarian
Ivan Mestrovic: Expressionist sculptor
Others?
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Wed, August 4, 2004 - 8:06 PMOh, Nadia Comanici: Romanian gold medal gymnist - first to score a perfect 10.
Eugen Ionesco: Romanian playwrite.
John Atanasoff: Bulgarian inventor of the electronic computer
Christo: Bulgarian "wrap artist"
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Wed, August 4, 2004 - 8:36 PMFrom the world of sports, media, and fashion ;)
Goran Ivanisevic - Croatian tennis star
Goran Visnjic - Croatian-American actor on "ER"
Tatjana Dragovic - Serbian fashion model
Melanie Knauss - Slovenian model (and current fiancee of The Donald, as in Trump)
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 12:31 PMVlade Divac, Serbian, basketball player NBA
Pedja Stojakovic, Serbian, basketball player NBA
Karl Malden, Serbian-American, actor
Emir Kusturica, Bosnian, film director
Peter Bogdanovich, Serbian-American film director
Mila Jovovich, Ukrainian-Montenegro actress
John Malkovich, Croatian-American, actor
Chris Novoselic, Croatian-American, bass player, Nirvana
Mother Theresa, Albanian-Macedonian, nun, Nobel Prize winner
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 3:25 PMI was hoping someone besides me would list Kusturica. You can also list him as an actor (The Widow of St. Pierre).
We have to list Goran Bregovic, too. Bosnian musician & composer.
I didn't realize that Mila Jovovich was part Montenegrin. Very cool.
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 4:56 PM<I didn't realize that Mila Jovovich was part Montenegrin. Very cool.>
Yeah, her father is one of those typical Montenegro 'businessman'. He worked for some company in Kiev, where he met Mila's mother, an aspiring actress too. I read he was jailed in US for tax evasion.
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 5:57 PMI knew Mila Jovovich had some Balkan heritage! :)
As for Goran Bregovic, what an amazing multi-faceted talent! Truly a world musician renowned for his global musical collaborations (with Poland's Kayah and Turkey's Sezen Aksu among others), film soundtracks (Temps Des Gitans Et Kuduz, Arizona Dream), and live concerts! (thanx Patrick for reminding me that I do own a GB records, and also for turning me on to other fab sonic gems from the region :)
Speaking of musicians, the late Suba (who died tragically in an apartment fire in 1999), though he became globally known for his avant-garde Brazilian electronica, was born Mitar Subotic in Novi Sad in 1961.
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 5:13 PMBalkan women and famous men:
Dora Maar, Serbian, photographer + Pablo Picasso
Oja Kodar, Croatian, actress, director + Orson Welles
Mileva Maric, Serbian, physicist + Albert Einstein
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Sat, August 7, 2004 - 11:24 AMActually, I did some research on Mila. She was born in Ukraine but her mother was Russian and her father, of course, Montenegrin (Serb). Her full name is Milica Natasa Jovovic. I think that she's really beautiful, but the funny thing is, if an American modeling scout were to go to Dalmatia or Montenegro they would find many others just as beautiful. I think that the people in this region tend to be very striking.
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 5:24 AM...and you haven't heard about gheorghe hagi the greatest romanian soccer player? He was in his best form in World Cup '94 USA -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 5:30 AM... and Vlad Tepes (Bram Strocker's 'Dracula'? / Nosferatu?) -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 5:32 AM...and if you would like to hear the real story of 'Dracula' just let me know. :)))) -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:55 AMIf you'd like to post it I'd be glad to read about it. I've read some about the real tyrant. Pretty brutal guy. -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 1:28 PMYeah I read about him. He wasn't the ruller of Transylvania, which was under Hungarian rule then, but of Walachia.
Among other things, he fought with Hungarians against the Turks in Bosnia in 16th century.
I also read that he was the founder of Bucarest. Is that true ?
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 1:25 PMYes, please post. Is he the same as Vlad the Impaler? -
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Wed, August 11, 2004 - 5:46 AMit is not quite scientific but this is how I know (excuse my english):
Vlad Tepes was born in 1431, Sighisoara (Transilvania, under Hungarian rule, indeed). His father was Vlad Dracul who was assigned to be the governor of Transilvania by Sigismund (Zsigmond in Hungarian) the emperor of Hungary. He also was the grandson of an another great "voievod" of Wallahia: (a kind of a king, but not exactly) Mircea cel Batran (Mircea the Old). In 1436 his father becomes the prince of Wallahia and he settles down in Targoviste the capital of Wallahia. Vlad Tepes goes with him together with his younger brother: Radu. In 1442 for political reasons the two brothers are taken prisoners by Murad, Sultan of Turkey. He was set free when his father was killed by a contracandidate at the wallahian throne. At 17 years Vlad Tepes supported by a turk cavalry loaned from a turk pasa: Mustafa Hassan, came back to Wallahia to conquer the throne and to revenge his father. In 1456 finally he succeeds, and revenges his father in a quite brutal way. He gathered all the "boier" (nobles) and their families who participated at the assassination and killed them in various ways: unfortunatelly i don't know the words in english for his methods: only the word for his favourite: impale, - impaler. He became famous for his ingenious methods :)
In 1462 he launched a campaign against the turks like the most of the rulers of his time (and after him for 300 years :( ) in the Balkans. He managed to horrify the turk invaders with his intimidation methods, he welcomed them in the capitol (Targoviste) when they managed to fight till there, with the dead head of 20.000 turk prisoners. The turks withdrawned an Mehmed Sultan left the second part of the battle to be fought by Radu,the younger brother of Vlad Tepes, his favourite to the throne. Tepes escaped from the capitol, and fled to Transilvania where he was taken prisoner and locked in Visegrad the capitol of Hungary. He stayed 12 years in Hungary and after converting to catholisism he was set free. In 1476 he went back to Wallahia with Transilvanian and Moldovan help. His reign only lasted for six month when he was killed on the battlefield fighting against the turks. He was decapitated and his head was taken to Constantinopole as a proof of his death. -
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 11:47 PMyes, when the capitol was under siege and he managed to escape, his wife wasn't so lucky...
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 11:48 PMyes, when the capitol was under siege and he managed to escape, his wife wasn't so lucky...
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 11:48 PMyes, when the capitol was under siege and he managed to escape, his wife wasn't so lucky...
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 11:48 PMyes, when the capitol was under siege and he managed to escape, his wife wasn't so lucky...
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 11:49 PMyes, when the capitol was under siege and he managed to escape, his wife wasn't so lucky...
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Thu, August 12, 2004 - 4:18 AMThanks for the post Balazs! The info (and your English) are awesome! :)
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:42 AMAnd Hristo Stoichkov of Bulgaria. =)
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 7:08 PMSlavoj Žižek is a philosopher/academic/professor/pscyhoanalyist from Slovenia.
The band Laibach are from Slovenia too.
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Thu, August 5, 2004 - 7:37 PMOther musicians/artists from the Balkans currently enjoying fame and recognition around the world:
Romania:
1. Taraf de Haidouks (the toast of the world music community for a couple years now)
2. Paula Mitrache aka Haiducii (based in Italy, this TV celebrity and voice behind this summer's Pan European pop radio hit, Dragostea Din Tei)
3. O-Zone (Romanian band, not the US one, original crooners of Dragostea...both versions have topped pop charts in 6 European countries, and made the Top 10 in the rest--an EU smash if ever there was one)
Macedonia:
Kocani Orkestar--Great band, currently riding the wave of the worldwide Balkan music craze.
Serbia:
Zeljko Joksimovic--His song, Lane Moje, was the first runner-up at this year's Eurovision, receiving high points from the Serbian, Croatian, and Bosnian judges. What a song! What a voice! -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 5:27 AMActually, O-Zone is from Republic of Moldova, witch is not part of Romania, not yet :)) -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 5:56 AMThanks for the clarification :)
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:44 AMAre there talks going on that Moldova will be a part of Romania?
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Fri, August 13, 2004 - 10:45 AMHm. I'm trying to decide if Moldova consititutes part of the Balkans. Culturally/linguistically they are Romanians. Geographically they seem to be kind of Balkan... -
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Sat, August 14, 2004 - 3:45 AMAnd have you decided? ;) -
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Sat, August 14, 2004 - 11:35 AMMaybe we should have a vote. Do we vote Moldova off the peninsula or let it stay? -
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Sun, August 15, 2004 - 1:20 PMMoldova sounds like an interesting place to me.
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:57 AMIn fact, isn't Laibach the Germany name for Ljubljana? I prefer the sound of Ljubljana, but not a practical name for a rock group. No one would ever be able to pronounce it correctly. You should have heard my travel agent slaughter the name over and over when I bought a ticket there in 1992. -
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Wed, August 11, 2004 - 5:57 PMPatrick: Knowing the band Laibach they probably chose it because it sounds fascist and brutal to go with their music. I heard they caused quite a stir just by using the name Laibach because it was associated with negative things like Nazism.
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Thu, August 26, 2004 - 1:31 PMLaibach is not a fascist group. In fact, they are artists opposed to that concept. They use humor and satire in their music, something most americans don't get. They are also part of the Neue Sloveniske Kunst movement (NSK) that works to promote new ideas in art and music. Some of which are controversial, to be sure. BTW, they will be here in Portland at Sabala's (Mt Tabor Pub) on Nov. 18. Get yer tix now! Just want to set the record straight on Laibach, one of my favorite groups...
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Thu, August 26, 2004 - 2:00 PMYes, they are deffinitely not fascist. They fight totalitarian
ideas by parodying them.
Others didn't get that too. In late 80-ies, old commies were
going berserk from them. Just the name Laibach was provokative
enough. They would hold press conferences dressed in uniforms,
reading their typed memorandums with stone faces.
Top of it was a poster for Dan Mladosti. Communist youth
parade that was being held in Belgrade, May each year to
celebrate Tito's birthday. By the end of 80-ies, almost 10
years after Tito's death, the parade became so obsolete
and ridiculous.
So, it was Slovenia's turn to produce design for the parade.
And, local communists gave the job to NSK. ;)
They came up with a replica of nazi poster with blonde,
muscular guy in uniform holding a red flag.
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 10:39 AMBTW, I do think Slovenia will most likely become the intellectual capital of Europe and even suprass The Sorbonne in Paris.
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Sun, November 21, 2004 - 10:36 AM=) Oh I know they're not a fascist band. They are tongue and cheek and make fun of the whole fascism and pretty much use the fascists own rhetoric against them. I find them very fascinating because there are so many layers to them.
I did get to see them in concert in Chicago and got to meet Dejan, Nikola and Ivan anda they are such wonderful people. I love Laibach and they're also one of my favorite bands.
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Sat, August 7, 2004 - 11:15 AMI doubt that either of them ever went to Albania, but John Belushi and Jim Belushi are Albanian-American. -
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Sat, August 7, 2004 - 12:06 PMfrom the fringe:
Catherine Oxenburg - American socialite, actress and daughter of Princess Elizabeth of Yugoslavia (Serbia) (a great humanitarian and very noteable figure in her own right, BTW)
Weird Al Yankovich - Serbian(thru his father)-American comic musician.
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:29 AMErm, Catherine Oxenberg--was she the one who played Amanda Carrington on Dynasty? I believe she is married to actor Casper Van Dien. -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:55 AMYes, it's the same Catherine Oxenberg. -
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 10:59 AMI knew it!! Aah, the 80s :D
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 11:06 AMI read an article about the woman who holds the world's record for surviving the longest fall withouth a parachute. She was a JAT flight attendant named Vesna Vuloviæ from Serbia who survived the 1972 bombing of a flgiht she was working after falling 10,160 meters (the plane was bombed by a Croat separatist terrorist organization).
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 11:10 AMHats off to her and all other flight attendants who endure unspeakable challenges at work.
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Tue, August 10, 2004 - 1:11 PMAna Oxa - Italian singer. Her real last name is Hoxha (Albanian)
Angela Ghiorghiu - Romanian soprano -
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 1:57 PMDrazen Petrovic... The late NBA player. -
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 3:54 PMHey, bok Twisted. Jesi bio u hrvatskoy i taliji? Kako ti je bio odmor? -
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Fri, August 27, 2004 - 8:02 AMJe sam! Super je bilo!! Bio sam i u Bosni... Lipo bi bilo stati vise dok skuvaju rakiju!! -
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Fri, August 27, 2004 - 2:45 PMLjubomoran sam. Jesi dobre rekije popio? Ja jos imam bocu slivovice... Gdje si bio u Bosni? -
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Sat, August 28, 2004 - 4:43 AMMedugorije... Rakija i vino su jako dobri ve godine! Donija jam nazad bocu rakije, vina, sira i salama :) -
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Wed, December 15, 2004 - 9:35 PMizvini ssefe, to je hercegovina - ili mozzda bosna i hercegovina, nikako bosna
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Fri, September 12, 2008 - 10:24 AMevo ja sad pijem šljivovicu iz Velike Kladuše,BiH, nažalost ovo mi je zadnji gutljaj..al je bila dobra uuu :)
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Wed, August 25, 2004 - 3:54 PMDid anyone mention that Denis Kucinich is Croatian-American? -
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Thu, August 26, 2004 - 2:01 PMNewt Gingrich ? -
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Fri, August 27, 2004 - 9:58 PMHaha! Do you REALLY want to claim Newt Gingrich?
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Sat, August 28, 2004 - 11:35 AMIt's a Serbian name, isn't it? I seem to remember that there was a Gingric who was mayor of Belgrade at one time. Let's lock Newt up with Slobodan. -
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Sat, August 28, 2004 - 3:50 PMIt sounds Croatian to me. ;)
But, immigrants often modify spelling of their name to make
it more Americanized. Can be both.
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Sat, August 28, 2004 - 3:57 PMOk, I did a search. You guys might be relieved to hear that Newt Gingrich is of no Serbo-Croatian origin.
He was the son of Kathleen and Newton McPherson. The couple separated soon after Newt's birth, and her mother raised him by herself until she married Robert Gingrich, who adopted Newt.
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Wed, September 1, 2004 - 3:27 PMAbout Catherine Oxemburg: Serbs here in Belgrade are very proud of the fact that she apparently dated John Kerry at one point. One of my teachers said she is a Serbian princess or something? -
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Thu, September 2, 2004 - 2:49 PMShe's the daughter of Princess Elizabeth, so she is a princess.
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Fri, September 3, 2004 - 7:57 AMSo he had a pet "newt"... lol
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Sat, November 20, 2004 - 1:35 AMand what about tennis player Monika Seles, from Novi Sad (like me) -
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Sat, November 20, 2004 - 9:54 AMHey, cool. I'll be in Novi Sad next month. Too bad neither you nor Monika is there!
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Thu, December 2, 2004 - 12:08 PMAleksandar Hemon, writer, winner of the 2004 MacArthur Fellow Grant ("Genius Grant") -
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Fri, December 10, 2004 - 12:32 AMHey!!!
Has anybodyx see the original Balkan version of the film KOZIJAT ROG (THE GOAT HORN) by Metodi Andonov - 1972, Bulgaria??? Great film!!! - if anybody has seen it, what about opening new discussion on it??? If nobody has seen it, go and rent the DVD, great film, although black and white and almost silent :)
I also loved Srdjan Karanović's VIRDZINA, 1991, but I don't knwo if you can get it in the US.
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Wed, December 29, 2004 - 2:03 PMI looked for Kozijat Rog on both netflix.com and greencine.com and didn't find it, and they both have just about everything.
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Mon, May 5, 2008 - 10:11 PMI saw it when it first came out in Bulgaria in 1972 (in Plovdiv.)
It is a Bulgarian film ... I was unaware of any other versions ...
I would expect it to show it's age, much like a film made in the
West at that time... We loved it then, but that was under
the communists ... it might seem a little leaden and heavy handed
today ... you really couldn't make normal films under that system...
so if you were not born under it, the subtexts are largely lost on outsiders...
but then, they aren't burdened by them either.
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Fri, December 10, 2004 - 5:34 AMThere is Goran Ivanisevic the tennis player too. He won the Wimbleton Championship in 2001. I usually don't follow tennis, but I watched the finals because I think that Goran is sooooooooooooooooooo damn sexy.
*sigh* I have a thing for Balkan boys.
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Mon, March 24, 2008 - 8:03 AMI'm looking for some assitance from the group. We are in the process of creating an audiobook version of the book "Mother Theresa, Come Be My Light" in english. I'm looking for the proper english pronunciation of Mother Teresa's Croation, albanian and Serbian names.. If the pronunciation could be in english phonetic spellings, that would be great. Of prime interests are Mother's names, Gonxha Agnes Bojaxhiu, Gonda Bojadijevic - and any other Albanian, Serbian or Croation versions of her name in an english phonetic pronunciation. Your help with this will be of great resource to our work.
Matt