Josip Pejaković
Bosnian actor and writer (1948–2025)
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Josip Pejaković (5 March 1948 – 18 July 2025) was a Bosnian actor and writer. At one time he was the lead singer for the Travnik-based rock group Veziri. He was also an anti-war activist at the start of the Bosnian War. Pejaković was awarded the Sixth of April Sarajevo Award in 1975.[1]
Life and career
Pejaković was born in Travnik, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia on 5 March 1948. He hosted a show on Bosnian television called "Josip Pejaković – U ime naroda" (Josip Pejaković – In the Name of the People). He was also a member of the advisory board of the left-wing magazine Novi Plamen.
Pejaković died in Sarajevo on 18 July 2025, at the age of 77.[2][3] He was buried in Sarajevo five days later, at the Bare Cemetery on 23 July.[4]
Filmography
- Uvrijeđeni čovjek (1972)
- Papirna (1973)
- Odbornici (1975)
- Porobdžije (1976)
- Osma ofanziva (1979)
- Ukazanje Gospe u selu Grabovica (1982)
- Ljudski faktor (1981)
- Hasanaginica (1983)
- Vuk Karadžić (1988)
- Kuduz (1989)
- Silent Gunpowder (1990)
- Zamka Za Ptice (1991)
- The Perfect Circle (1997)
- All for Free (2006)
