What is Jovan I. Deretić?
[[File:Dr deretic.jpg|right|200px]] '''Jovan Ilić Deretić''' ({{lang-sr-cyr|Јован Илић Деретић}}; 18 January 1939 – 6 June 2021) was a Serbian publicist and writer. Deretić was known for his [[conspiracy theories|conspiracy theory]] writings.<ref name=Zivkovic>Zivkovic, Marko (2001), ''Serbian stories of identity and destiny in the 1980s and 1990s,'' Chicago, University of Chicago, Department of Anthropology,p. 127</ref> He would write about the alternative history of the [[Serbs]] that had a larger role in history than described by historians. Deretić was born in [[Donji Orahovac|Orovac]], [[Kingdom of Yugoslavia]]. Deretić died on 6 June 2021 in [[Belgrade]], aged 82.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/drustvo/1004271/preminuo-jovan-deretic-njegove-teorije-izazivale-brojne-kontroverze-tvrdio-srbi-balkanu-dva-milenijuma|title=PREMINUO JOVAN I. DERETIĆ: Njegove teorije izazivale brojne kontroverze, tvrdio da su Srbi na Balkanu dva milenijuma|date=6 June 2021|publisher=Novosti|website=novosti.rs|language=Serbian}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.b92.net/info/vesti/index.php?yyyy=2021&mm=06&dd=06&nav_category=12&nav_id=1870243|title=Preminuo poznati publicista Jovan I. Deretić|date=6 June 2021|publisher=B92|website=b92.net|language=Serbian}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Deretic, Jovan I.}} [[Category:1939 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Serbian writers]] {{bio-stub}}