Education
He studied philosophy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy (1967–1972).
He studied philosophy at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy (1967–1972).
In 1986 he obtained a Doctorate of Sociology writing the dissertation Culture of the Roma in South.F.R. Yugoslavia. In 1991 he moved to Berlin avoiding involvement in the Yugoslavian wars. He wrote more than 500 articles and, until leaving Yugoslavia, was the chief redactor for the cultural section of the newspaper Politika in Belgrad.
He was the President of the International Romani Union and is the General Secretary of the Romani Centre of International Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association. His literary works have been translated into more than five languages.
In 2011, he co-founded a Romani academy of arts and sciences in Belgrade and has been its president since then
He is also politically active as the leader of one of Romani parties in Serbia - Roma Union of Serbia.
German Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association Center.