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While their territory has been devastated and their homes despoiled, the spirit of the Serbian people has not been broken.
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Book Talk: Marija Sajkas, Author, “Esther Jovnovic’s Scrapbook”

Please join the Harriman Institute and the East Central European Center for the Njegos Endowment for Serbian Language and Culture lecture series with:

Marija Sajkas, Author
“Esther Jovnovic’s Scrapbook”

The novel is a fictional account of two immigrations, from Belgrade to New York in the 1930s and from New York to Belgrade in the 1990s.

The author will be introduced by Radmila Gorup.

Columbia University

Friday, February 21, 2014

Room 1219 IAB, 7:15 pm

420 West 118th Street

12th Floor

New York, NY 10027

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Vuk Kulenović

Vuk Kulenovic (born 1946) is a contemporary composer and teacher based in Boston, Massachusetts. He teaches counterpoint, orchestration and directed study at Berklee College of Music. He actively composes and has commissions from around the world. His influences are wide-tanging, including jazz, Indian ragas, Balkan folk music, rock and many other contemporary styles. He has written over 100 works for symphony orchestra, solo instruments, chamber ensembles, choral and vocal pieces, ballet, and scores for film and stage music.