Jovanović was born in Batajnica, suburb of Belgrade in 1925. During World War II he was imprisoned in three camps. After that he joined the Yugoslav Partisans. At the time of war, Jovanović lost most of his family. He moved to Paris on February 21, 1964. Jovanović was known as Romani activist. He participated on two Romani Congresses, one in 1971 near London and other in 1978 in Geneve. On the Second Roma Congress he was named Romani Culture Minister. He was known in Paris for playing a balalaika, a Russian traditional instrument.[1] Jovanović died in Paris in 1985.
References
^ abKalezić, Miško (1984). "Ministar na koljenima" (in Croatian). Tamburica. Retrieved 6 April 2012.
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Žarko, jovanović, serbian, cyrillic, Жарко, Јовановић, december, 1925, march, 1985, serbian, romani, musician, known, composing, romani, anthem, gelem, gelem, Жарко, Јовановићborn, 1925, december, 1925batajnica, belgrade, kingdom, serbs, croats, slovenesorigin. Zarko Jovanovic Serbian Cyrillic Zharko Јovanoviћ 26 December 1925 26 March 1985 was a Serbian Romani musician who is known for composing the Romani anthem Gelem Gelem 1 Zarko JovanovicZharko ЈovanoviћBorn 1925 12 26 26 December 1925Batajnica Belgrade Kingdom of Serbs Croats and SlovenesOriginBelgrade SerbiaDied24 March 1985 1985 03 24 aged 59 Paris FranceGenresRomani musicOccupation s Musician composerInstrument s BalalaikaYears active1949 1985Biography EditJovanovic was born in Batajnica suburb of Belgrade in 1925 During World War II he was imprisoned in three camps After that he joined the Yugoslav Partisans At the time of war Jovanovic lost most of his family He moved to Paris on February 21 1964 Jovanovic was known as Romani activist He participated on two Romani Congresses one in 1971 near London and other in 1978 in Geneve On the Second Roma Congress he was named Romani Culture Minister He was known in Paris for playing a balalaika a Russian traditional instrument 1 Jovanovic died in Paris in 1985 References Edit a b Kalezic Misko 1984 Ministar na koljenima in Croatian Tamburica Retrieved 6 April 2012 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Zarko Jovanovic amp oldid 1149253523, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
