🔹 Before her literary fame, she wrote scripts for Yugoslav films and TV, and worked as a journalist. She was a master of dialogue and emotional nuance.
Gordana Kuić (1942–2023) was a Serbian and Yugoslav novelist, screenwriter, and journalist of Sephardic Jewish origin. She was born in Belgrade into the famous Alkalaj family, a prominent Sephardic dynasty. gordana kuic biografija
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🔹 Kuić drew heavily from her own family history. Her mother, Blanki, and her aunt, Buka, served as real-life inspirations for the main characters. Through humor, tragedy, and memory, Gordana preserved the vanishing world of Sephardic Jews in the Balkans. She was born in Belgrade into the famous