Radoslav Rotković

Radoslav Rotković was a Montenegrin historian, philologist and academician. He is known for his works in Montenegrin history and literature.

Biography

Rotković was born in the village of Mojdež in Herceg Novi in the year 1928. He graduated from the University of Zagreb in 1953. He started working in 1954 as a editor in the Pobjeda Newspaper. He worked multiple jobs after that, including as the editor-in-chief of Titograd TV between 1966 and 1980. In 1974, he graduated from the University of Belgrade, and in 1979, he received his doctorate from the University of Zagreb.
He was the director of the Department of Social Sciences of the Lexicographic Institute of Montenegro until 1990, and he served as a representative of the Liberal Alliance of Montenegro in parliament between 1992 and 1998. In 2010, he was awarded the Thirteenth of July Award for his book in linguistic studies.
He died in 2013 in Risan, Kotor, from a illness.