Branko Bokun (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Бокун; 28 June 1920 – 1 January 2011) was an author in the fields of sociology and psychology.Cite web|url=https://www.rts.rs/page/tv/ci/story/254/rts-3/3938138/mira-adanja-polak-ekskluzivno--branko-bokun--58-godina-posle.html|title = Мира Адања Полак: Ексклузивно – Бранко Бокун – 58 година после
Early life Bokun was born in Koljane, Croatia, a small village in the Dalmatian mountains of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. He began to study at the University of Belgrade; however, his education there was interrupted by the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.name="Biography">cite web |url=http://www.vitabooks.com/files/cv.pdf |title=My Life, so Far |first=Branko |last=Bokun |date=26 June 2007 |website=Vitabooks.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008181921/http://www.vitabooks.com/files/cv.pdf |archive-date=8 October 2007 He fled to Italy, where he enrolled at the University of Rome, studying economics and social sciences. At the same time, he also signed on as an extra with the Cinecittà film studio to earn a living. Later, he acted as a go-between on behalf of the Yugoslavian embassy to the Holy See, communicating with the many Yugoslav Jews who were hidden in Italy at the time. He recorded these years in his Spy in the Vatican, 1941–45 (1973).name="auto">name="Biography" He also exposed the genocide committed by the Ustashi in the so-called Independent State of Croatia against its citizens, the Serbs, Roma and Jews.Cite web|url=https://foxedquarterly.com/branko-bokun-spy-in-the-vatican-literary-review/|title=Vatican Evasions|date=June 2008
Bokun graduated from the University of Rome in 1945 and went on to attend the Sorbonne University in Paris, taking courses in sociology and social psychology, and graduating in 1949.name="auto" In Paris, he at one time supported himself by working as a dishwasher.name=obit> "Branko Bokun: Elegant Balkan writer who for half a century lit up the cafés of Chelsea with delicious stories of encounters with the great and the good", The Times, 16 April 2011
Life in England In 1960, Bokun settled in London, United Kingdom,name="auto" where he remained for the rest of his life. After his death at the Chelsea and Westminster Hospital on 1 January 2011, an obituary in The Times described him as "a beguiling Balkan boulevardier, author and anecdotist, and for half a century a familiar figure in the cafés and bookshops of Chelsea."name=obit He left a son and two grandchildren.name=vita>Cite web |url=http://www.vitabooks.com/ |title=About Vita Books |date=5 January 2011 |website=Vita Books |quote=Vita Books regrets to announce the death of Dr. Branko Bokun, aged 90, on Saturday 1st January 2011 in Chelsea and Westminster Hospital after a short illness. He is survived by his son and two grandchildren, and many who regarded him as father, mentor, and friend. R.I.P. |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110202142527/http://vitabooks.com/ |archivedate=2 February 2011
Bibliography Are We Freaks of Nature?: A New View on Evolution Humour and Pathos in Judaeo-Christianity Spy in the Vatican, 1941-45 Stress-addiction: A New Theory on Evolution Self-help with Stress: A New Approach The Pornocracy Man — The Fallen Ape Bioeconomy — Matriarchy in Post-capitalism Humour Therapy
See also Edmond Paris Viktor Novak Avro Manhattan Djoko Slijepčević Philip Vincent
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External links
Vita Books — Branko Bokun's books website, which makes his most recent book - The Origin of the Mind and its Follies/Humour Remedy available for free download. Humour Remedy, Global Ideas Bank