Branislav Dimitrijevich (DDS, PHD) was born in 1939 in Belgrade, Serbia. He was a professor of maxillofacial surgery at Faculty of Belgrade, Serbia, Division of Dental School.

He published over 160 scientific and specialty related works in various fields of dentistry; they are dealing with maxillofacial prosthetics, forensic dentistry, medical law, biomaterials, History of Medicine and Dentistry, as well as History of Astronomy.

He is a member of Association of Medical Law and as such one of co-authors of “Codex of Medical Ethics in Serbia”.

Under the literary name of Brana Dimitrijevich, he published novels, stories, essays, travel books and others. Some of his works are: “The Ballad of Koshava Wind”, “Lark in the Garden of Omens”, “To die in Armenia”, “Dentistry and Culture”, “In the Container - a war diary of a Serbian surgeon in the years 1916-1918 –“, “The Yerevan Prophecy” “Michael’s Bulgakov’s Belgrade Nightmare - Dog’s Heart Part Two.”

He has also written a play for television, and nearly ten of his plays had been broadcast over the radio. He was a scenarist and an anchorman to several scientific and documentary films he has produced for television. The most recent ones are Legend about Dragomanci and The Basement of Holly Sacrifices.

(Translated by Branka Koljenishich – Rifai)