One of the main themes in his work is the destruction of the civic class from
Kingdom of Yugoslavia, its values and later destruction with the formation of the
second Yugoslavia. He became the director of
Avala Film at the age of 29.[5] The
Slobodan Selenić Award is annually awarded in his honour for the best graduate work at his alma mater.[6]
Antologija savremene srpske drame, anthology (1977)
Prijatelji (1980)
Kosančićev vijenac 7 (1982)
Očevi i oci (1985);[9] English translation, Fathers and Forefathers, Ellen Elias-Bursac, tr. (The Harvill Press, 2003)
Ruženje naroda (1987)
Timor mortis (1989)
Knez Pavle (1991)
Ubistvo s predumišljajem, novel and screenplay for
film (1993);[10] English translation, Premeditated Murder, Jelena Petrovic, tr. (The Harvill Press, 1997)
^Krešimir Georgijević (1971). Živan Milisavac (ed.). Jugoslovenski književni leksikon [Yugoslav Literary Lexicon] (in Serbo-Croatian).
Novi Sad (
SAP Vojvodina,
SR Serbia):
Matica srpska. p. 474.