Steve Tesich

1942 - 1996

photo credits: Wikimedia Commons

country of citizenship: United States of America, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia

native language: Serbian

languages spoken, written or signed: Serbian, English

educated at: Columbia University, Indiana University

occupation: screenwriter, poet, writer, playwright

award received: Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay

Stojan Steve Tesich (Serbian: Стојан Стив Тешић, romanized: Stojan Stiv Tešić; September 29, 1942 – July 1, 1996) was a Serbian-American screenwriter, playwright, and novelist. He won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay in 1979 for the film Breaking Away. Tesich is also credited as the inventor of the term "post-truth". Source: Wikipedia (en)