Ivan Glišić

Ivan Glišić
Ivan Glišić
Born	14 June 1942 (age 81); Pirot, Serbia
Occupation(s)	Writer, painter, journalist
Years active	1960–present
Movement	Punk
Parent(s)	Aleksandar.;

Ivan Glišić (

Yugoslav pop and rock and even folk music scene, and beside his mainstream success, being one of the pioneers of the Yugoslav punk rock, he also gained a status of an underground culture

celebrity.

Queen, and during a certain period, went into what he perceived as escapism under Maharishi's influence, instead of supporting the then vibrant student movement, especially active during the global protests of 1968

, which also took place in Yugoslavia, leaving strong impressions on Glišić.

Songwriter

In the early 1970s, Ivan Glišić became involved in the pop and rock music scene of

Darko Domjan and Dalibor Brun

, achieving great prominence not only in Croatia, but also in the wider Yugoslav pop and rock scene.

Glišić became so successful that the biggest

major label, the Zagreb-based Jugoton

employed him, paying him weekly round trip-airline tickets from Belgrade to Zagreb, providing him accommodation in the most prestige hotels and best recording schedules. Glišić went to Zagreb every Sunday and returned to Šabac every weekend.

Some of his successful hits included "Ulica jorgovana" and "Laku noć, Katarina" performed by Darko Domjan. Glišić also participated in many domestic and international music festivals and was awarded on several occasions.

He joined Nikola Karaklajić, one of the first Yugoslav rock DJ's, who ran a famous

Bijelo dugme

.

During the 1970s, Glišić wrote lyrics for various rock bands, such as: the aforementioned S.O.S., Rondo, Tetrapak, and others. After finishing his university studies, he became a school teacher, and also wrote lyrics for the rock band Mudra sova consisting of his pupils, early teenagers. Initially, the band was successful, it released its first single promoted with a well attended live gig and recorded the material for its first

Slatki greh

who became very popular across Yugoslavia in the 1980s.

Glišić and Jugoton had a fruitful co-operation, and his royalties were regularly received on his bank account, however as the

Serbia

, he lost them all.

Literature

Ivan Glišić is an author of many literary works, some published as books, some in the

communist regime considered suspicious and somewhat dissident at that moment. After becoming affiliated with the punk subculture in the late 1970s, Glišić became one of the first punk writers

in Yugoslavia.