Dražen Janković
Dražen Janković (Serbian Cyrillic: Дражен Јанковић; 1965 – 9 November 2018), also known by his nickname Drale, was a Serbian musician, composer, writer and actor. He was a band member of Sarajevo-based rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje under pseudonyms Seid Mali Karajlić (or Seid Little Karajlić), and Belgrade-based band The No Smoking Orchestra as Herr Dralle Draugentaller. He was one of the prominent members of the New Primitivism movement in his hometown Sarajevo. His older brother is a Serbian musician and actor Nenad Janković.
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| Born | 1965 Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia |
| Died | 9 November 2018 (aged 52–53) Belgrade, Serbia |
| Nationality | Serbian |
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| Education | Sarajevo Second Gymnasium |
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| Years active | 1980–2018 |
| Relatives | Nenad Janković (brother) |
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| Labels | Polis 1991 |
As an actor, he has appeared in television series Top lista nadrealista (1989–1991) and Složna braća (1996), as well as in a documentary film Super 8 Stories (2001), directed by the award-winning Serbian filmmaker Emir Kusturica.
Janković was born in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia (nowadays Bosnia and Herzegovina) where he finished elementary school and the Second Sarajevo Gymnasium. His father Srđan was a linguist and a university professor of Oriental sciences at the University of Sarajevo's Faculty of Philosophy.