Slobodan Berberski is a renowned Roma poet and one of the initiators of the Yugoslavian Roma to be named with the noun Rom. This action began in 1967. He was also the first president elected to the First World Congress of the Roma - the Sunday IRU that took place on April 8, 1971 in London.
Otherwise, Slobodan Berberski was born on October 20, 1919 in Zrenjanin, where he completed primary and secondary education. He started studying Law, but as a member of SKOY he was arrested in 1941.
(1950), Spring and Eyes - Proleće i oči (1952), Zema - Uze (1955), The Storm -Nevreme (1959), The Diary of the War - Dnevnik rata, (1959), Mild Day -Blag dan (1964), Where-Kote (1968), The Departure of Brother Jakala-Odlazak brata Jakala (1976), As craving deer -Kao beskožni jeleni (1977), Still dreaming to finish - More dream of himself to complete (1979), Borders-Mead (1982), Everyday -Svakodnevnica (1983), Unwanted waters - Vode nečekane (1984), Dub -Dub (1986).
Berber constantly interacted with these days by telling not only himself, but also the world, the people in everyday life, the grief and joy, the smiles and tears and in general the man.
His poetry has been translated into Roma, French, Russian, Hungarian, Romanian, Albanian and Slavic.
Today, and one street in Belgrade bears his name. He died in 1989 in Belgrade.
