Branko Mikasinovich (academic)

Branko Mikasinovich
Born	Belišće, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Occupation	Slavist
Language	Serbian, English

Branko Mikasinovich (born November 6, 1938) is a Serbian American scholar of Yugoslav and Serbian literature, as well as a noted Slavist.

Education and career

Mikasinovich was born in Belišće. ^[1] He received his B.A. from Roosevelt University in Chicago in 1965, his M.A. from Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in 1967, and a Ph.D from the University of Belgrade in 1984. ^[1] He was a professor of Russian and Slavic literature at Tulane University and the University of New Orleans, and president of the Louisiana Association of Professors of Slavic and Eastern European languages. ^[1]

His television appearances include ABC's Press International in Chicago, PBS's International Dateline in New Orleans as well as Voice of America and the Serbian Service television program, Open Studio. ^[1]

Works

• Introduction to Yugoslav Literature (Twayne, 1973)
• Five Modern Yugoslav Plays (Cyrco Press, 1977)
• Modern Yugoslav Satire (Cross-Cultural Communications, 1979) (selected for "Best Titles of 1979" by Library Journal and included in the Pushcart Prize V: The Best of the Small Presses) ^[1]
• Yugoslav Fantastic Prose (Proex, 1991)
• Yugoslavia: Crisis and Disintegration (Plyroma Publishing Co., 1994).

References

1. Mikasinovich, Branko (2014). "About the author". Yugoslavia: Crisis and Disintegration (Via Google Books). Plyroma Publishing Company. ISBN   978-0-6922-1619-4.