Nevenka Tadić

Nevenka Tadić (Serbian Cyrillic: Невенка Тадић) (born 1926 in Bijeljina, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) is a Serbian neuropsychiatrist most noted for her work in the psychotherapy of children.[1][2] She is the mother of Boris Tadić, the former president of Serbia and leader of the New Democratic Party–Greens.

Early life

Nevenka Tadić was born Nevenka Kićanović (Невенка Кићановић). Her mother Milica (née Konjević) came from Drenovac Radučki village in Lika to Brodac village near Bijeljina at the age of 16, got married there, and gave birth to a son and two daughters. Nevenka's father, Strahinja Kićanović, was a wealthy merchant and landowner, and as a leader of the Agrarian Party in Semberija before the World War II, he was twice a candidate to become a member of the Parliament of Yugoslavia.[3] He was killed in 1942 by the Ustaše in Jadovno concentration camp, during the World War II genocide.[4][5]

Professional career

After the war, Tadić got her medical degree from the University of Belgrade (Belgrade Medical School). She specialized neuropsychiatry in Sarajevo, where she has worked from 1954 to 1962. In 1957, she went to Pitié-Salpêtrière Hospital in Paris for further education.[1] There, she worked alongside some of the most notable French psychoanalysts such as Serge Lebovici, René Diatkine and Georges Heuyer. Afterwards, she has worked in Belgrade in the Mental Health Institute and, as a professor, on the Faculty of Defectology (today renamed to Faculty of Special education and Rehabilitation).[1] She is an author of numerous books and articles, mainly related to the psychoanalysis of children.[2] She has also translated the book La Psychanalyse de l'enfant by Victor Smirnoff from French in 1970.[1]

Personal life

Nevenka Tadić was married to Serbian philosopher Ljubomir Tadić (died December 31, 2013), whom she met while studying at the University of Sarajevo and with whom she has two children – daughter Vjera (Radović) (born 1952) and son Boris (born 1958), both of whom went on to become psychologists.[6][7] Boris Tadić has been the president of Serbia and the leader of the Democratic Party from 2004 to 2012. In February 2014, Boris Tadić left Democratic Party to become the president of the New Democratic Party–Greens.

Nevenka Tadić currently lives in Belgrade.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Spasenija Ćeranić. "Doprinos Srba iz Bosne razvoju psihoanalitičke prakse" (in Serbian). University of East Sarajevo. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "International Dictionary of Psychoanalysis - Yugoslavia (Ex-)". eNotes. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Tadićevog dedu ubile su ustaše" (in Serbian). Kurir. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Na komemoraciji u Jadovnu i Nevenka Tadić" (in Serbian). Kurir. Retrieved 24 January 2011.
  5. ↑ "Strasni poljupci za tatu" (in Serbian). Politika. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
  6. ↑ "Politika mi je uzela brata" (in Serbian). Bilje i zdravlje. Retrieved 8 January 2011.
  7. ↑ "Tvrdo, bez jastučića" (in Serbian). E-novine. Retrieved 8 January 2011.