Background
Bećković was born in Senta, in the Serbian province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia), to a family of Montenegrin Serbs.
Bećković was born in Senta, in the Serbian province of Vojvodina (then Danube Banate, Kingdom of Yugoslavia), to a family of Montenegrin Serbs.
He graduated from the Valjevo Gymnasium in Valjevo in 1958.
lieutenant was during his gymnasium years in Valjevo that he published his first poem, in the journal "Mlada Kultura". Furthermore, it was also in Valjevo that Bećković met, to whom the poem of the same name, published in 1960, was dedicated. Upon graduating from the Valjevo gymnasium, he entered the University of Belgrade, graduating with a degree in Yugoslav and world literature.
He lives in Belgrade since 1960.
On the Montenegrin independence referendum, 2006, Bećković did not vote since he lives in Serbia. However, he, as the most prominent figure in the block against Montenegrin independence, gave passionate speeches against separation.
A distinguishing feature of Bećković"s poetry is its regionalism. Distinctly Serbian archaic dialect and phraseology permeate his work.
This aspect of his work is most often lost when one reads it in translation.
2007: Grand Cross of the Order of the White Eagle (Serbia).
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He is a full member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He became a corresponding member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts in 1983, becoming a full member in 1991.