BIOGRAPHY
 Radoman
Kanjevac (1960) came into prominence in the early 1980s, as
one of the pioneers of innovative and open-minded radio journalism
- the creator of groundbreaking programmes such as Nobody Like
Me and It's Only Rock'n'Roll. At the end of the eighties, he achieved
a wider popularity as the author of lyrics for the rock-group Galija.
The trilogy of albums, whose clever and well-defined concept was based
upon Kanjevac's lyrics, marked the peak of the group creative achievement
and commercial success. The collaboration with Galija ended
in 1994, and a few months later Radoman Kanjevac published two books
of poetry. Highly exciting and provocative, this poet's verses attracted
a considerable attention among readers and critics. Written during
an extremely turbulent and disturbing period, the poems from the collections
The Open Letter and Words for Singing record a state
of mind of a nation that got lost in cul-de-sacs of history, perplexed
by the unreliability of geography. The book entitled Like a Hand
down the Neck of a Double Bass marks the poet's return to a timeless
lyric poetry and pure poetic emotions, offering a drop of tenderness
in a merciless age. Radoman Kanjevac's latest book, Babe, I Think
you Don't Know Who You Are Dealing With, is due to be published
very soon. Every month during the next twenty months, the Internet-users
will have an opportunity to read a new chapter of that poem. |