Radoslav Rotković

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Radoslav Rotković
Радослав Ротковић
Born30 May 1928
Died8 September 2013(2013-09-08) (aged 85)
Risan, Montenegro
Alma materUniversity of Zagreb
University of Belgrade
OccupationsHistorian, philologist, academician
Known forMontenegrin history
Notable work
  • Flag of Montenegro
  • Montenegrin literary heritage (1976)
  • Odakle su došli preci Crnogoraca (1995)
  • A great conspiracy against Montenegro (2001)
  • Njegoš and Croats (2011)
AwardsOrder of Labor with Golden Wreath (1984)
HonoursThirteenth of July Award (Trinaestojulska nagrada), 2010

Radoslav Rotković (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Радослав Ротковић; 30 May 1928 – 8 September 2013) was a Montenegrin historian, philologist and academician. He is known for his works in Montenegrin history and literature.[1][2]

Biography

Rotković was born in the village of Mojdež in Herceg Novi in the year 1928.[3] He graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1953.[4] He started working in 1954 as a editor in the Pobjeda Newspaper. He worked multiple jobs after that, including as the editor-in-chief of Titograd TV between 1966 and 1980. In 1974, he graduated from the University of Belgrade, and in 1979, he received his doctorate from the University of Zagreb.

He was the director of the Department of Social Sciences of the Lexicographic Institute of Montenegro until 1990, and he served as a representative of the Liberal Alliance of Montenegro in parliament between 1992 and 1998.[5] In 2010, he was awarded the Thirteenth of July Award for his book in linguistic studies.[6]

He died in 2013 in Risan, Kotor, from a illness.[7]

Works

Work Year
Montenegrin literary heritage 1976
Overview of Montenegrin literature from the earliest times to 1918 1979
Looking for Ljubiša 1982
Creation of Cetinje, sources and legends 1984
Contemporary drama and theater in Montenegro 1987
Where did the ancestors of Montenegrins come from 1995
A short or organized history of the Montenegrin people 1996
Montenegro and Dušan's empire 1997
Kingdom of Vojislavljević, collection of sources and legends 1999
Forms and ranges of bococcal representations 2000
Battle of Vučje dol 2000
A great conspiracy against Montenegro 2001
Linguistic studies 2010
Theater without a house 2011
Njegoš and Croats: on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the birth of Petar II Petrović Njegoš 2011
History of Montenegrin literature, volume 2, From the beginning of literacy to 1852. 2012

References

  1. "Vijece Crnogoraca | IN MEMORIAM- RADOSLAV ROTKOVIĆ". Vijece Crnogoraca (in Croatian). Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  2. "IN MEMORIAM: Radoslav ROTKOVIĆ, istoričar svoje države". Portal Analitika (in Serbian). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  3. "UMRO AKADEMIK RADOSLAV ROTKOVIĆ – Montenegrina.net | Kultura, umjetnost i nasljeđe Crne Gore. Culture, Arts & Heritage of Montenegro". Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  4. "Radoslav Rotković – Njegoš i Mažuranić – Montenegrina.net | Kultura, umjetnost i nasljeđe Crne Gore. Culture, Arts & Heritage of Montenegro". Retrieved 2025-11-22.
  5. Evropa, Radio Slobodna (2013-09-08). "Crna Gora: Preminuo akademik Radoslav Rotković". Radio Slobodna Evropa (in Serbo-Croatian). Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  6. "Preminuo Radoslav Rotković". RTCG - Radio Televizija Crne Gore - Nacionalni javni servis. Retrieved 2025-11-23.
  7. Nelevic, Jelena (9 September 2013). "Radoslav Rotković died: an erudite who will be remembered". Online Vijesti.