Petar Janjatović (born 1956 in Belgrade) is a Serbian author, journalist, and music critic.

Biography

Janjatović was born in Belgrade on June 30, 1956.^[1]

Journalism

As a teenager, he contributed to Radio Beograd show Veče uz radio (Evening by the Radio).^[1] He wrote for music magazines Džuboks, Rock, X zabava and Ukus nestašnih, but also for Start, Politikin Zabavnik, NIN, Vreme, Duga, Reporter, Super Tin and Politika.^[1]

In 1993, he left Radio Beograd, and during the 1990s worked on radio stations Politika, Zrenjanin and Pančevo.^[1] From 1997 to 2002 he was the music editor on Radio Pančevo.^[1] From 2006 to 2012, he, together with Tomislav Grujić, on Radio B92, had a show Juboks (Yubox), which dealt with pop and rock scene of SFR Yugoslavia successor states.^[1] During the 2000s, he was a correspondent for Billboard, Radio Free Europe and BBC.^[1]

Publishing

In 1983, Janjatović, together with writer David Albahari and music critics Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, published the book Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (Via Other Side: The Almanac of new wave in SFRY).^[2]

In 1993, he published the book Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991 (Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991).^[1] The second edition of the book, entitled Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007) was published in 2008.

In 1998, he published the book Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997 (Illustrated Rock Encyclopedia 1960–1997).^[1] The book saw two more editions: Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000 (2001) and Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006 (2007).^[1]

Other activities

In 1990, he was the editor of the last edition of Festival Omladina.^[1] Since 2003, he is the editor of the Serbian branch of record label Dallas Records.^[1] From 2003 to 2005, he was a member of the jury in the TV contest Idol.^[1] He is an author of several short stories, published in magazine Stav and various authors book Meni pričaš?! (Kikinda Short 04).^[3]

He describes himself as a Yugo-futurist.^[4]

Books

• Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (Via Other Side: The Almanac of New Wave in SFRY, with David Albahari, Darko Glavan and Dragan Kremer, 1983)
• Pesme bratstva & detinjstva: Antologija rok poezije SFR Jugoslavije 1967 – 1991 (Songs of Brotherhood & Childhood: Anthology of Rock Poetry in SFR Yugoslavia 1967 – 1991, 1993)
• Ilustrovana YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 1997 (Illustrated YU Rock Encyclopedia 1967 – 1997, 1998)
• Ilustrovana ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 – 2000 (2001)
• Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960 - 2006 (2007)
• Pesme bratstva, detinjstva & potomstva: Antologija ex YU rok poezije 1967 - 2007 (Songs of Brotherhood, Childhood & Offspring: Anthology of Ex YU Rock Poetry 1967 – 2007, 2008)

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