Duško Trifunović

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Duško Trifunović (born in the village of Sijekovac near Bosanski Brod, 1933, died in Novi Sad, January 28, 2006) was a Bosnian Serb poet and writer.

Born in the small village to father Vaso and mother Petra, 24-year-old Trifunović moved to Sarajevo in 1957, allegedly to work as a locksmith, but a chain of events took him into poetry. He published the first book in 1958, and wrote twenty poetry books, four novels and several dramas.

He wrote over 300 song lyrics, most notably for Bijelo dugme (big hits "Šta bi dao da si na mom mjestu", "Pristao sam biću sve što hoće", and "Ima neka tajna veza", as well as others like "Glavni junak jedne knjige"), Jadranka Stojaković, Indexi, Zdravko Čolić (hit "Glavo luda"), Vajta (hit "Zlatna ribica"), Neda Ukraden and recently for Željko Joksimović.

Trifunović also authored several books for children and worked for Television Sarajevo on several children programmes, the most prominent being Šta djeca znaju o zavičaju (What children know about the homeland).

Since 1992 he lived in Novi Sad (Sremski Karlovci), Serbia, where he worked on the television until retirement. He received Branko's award, 6th April Award of city of Sarajevo, Federal and many other acknowledgments.

He was buried in Sremski Karlovci cemetery, where he lived for several last years of his life.