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Serbian theater director and diplomat From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Vida Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Вида Огњеновић, pronounced [ʋǐːda oɡɲěːnoʋitɕ]; born 14 August 1941) is a Serbian theater director, playwright, writer, drama professor and diplomat.
Vida Ognjenović Вида Огњеновић | |
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Serbian Ambassador to Denmark | |
In office 13 June 2011 – 22 February 2013 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Dubočke Village, Nikšić, Italian-occupied Montenegro | 14 August 1941
Political party | Social Democratic Party (2021–present) Democrats of Serbia (2021) Democratic Party (1990–1996; 2004–2020) Democratic Center (1996–2004) |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology |
Ognjenović completed primary education in the town of Vrbas, before going to Sremski Karlovci for gymnasium studies and later got degrees in world literature at University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology and directing at The Faculty of Dramatic Arts.
In 1989, she was one of the founders of the Democratic Party, the first opposition party in Serbia. She was appointed Ambassador to Norway representing Serbia and Montenegro from 2001 until 2006. She served as the ambassador of Serbia to Denmark from 2007 until 2013.
Her drama "Jegor's road" was inspired by the story about Russian monk from Praskvica Monastery.[1]
She was one of the leading Parliamentary candidates of the Democratic Party in the January 2007 elections in Serbia.[citation needed] She was a vice-president of the Democratic Party.[citation needed]
In 2012, she was given the World Award of Humanism by the Ohrid Academy of Humanism.[2]
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