Risto Radulović

The great-grandfather of Radulović decided to abandon his hard working life in Tulje near Trebinje and moved to Mostar to work as stonemason. His two sons, Jovo and Lazo started trading business and established trading connections with Trieste. Their descendants continued trading business but were also active in political and cultural life, some of them being actors in theater.{{harv|Radulović|1940|p=ix}} Members of Radulović's family participated in the uprisings of 1875 and 1882 so Radulović was brought up as an enemy of Austria-Hungary.{{harv|Ćorović|1967|p=151}}

In 1897 Radulović was an editor of the school paper "Serbdom" ({{langx|sr|Српство}}) published since Summer of 1896 by the "Serb consciousness" ({{langx|sr|Српска свијест}}), а secret students' society of the Gymnasium in Mostar established in Autumn of 1895.{{cite book|title=Bibliotekarstvo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UlowAQAAIAAJ|year=1971|page=38|quote= SRPSTVO — dacki list. Izdavalo ga je tajno drustvo ucenika Gimnazije u Mostaru »Srpska svijest«. Izlazio u Mostaru (litografisan) 1897. godine. Urednik Risto Radulovic. }}{{cite book|title=Glasnik arhivâ i Društva arhivskih radnika Bosne i Hercegovine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VC9mAAAAMAAJ|year=1986|page=179}} In 1897 Radulović was the first student who was expelled from Mostar school.{{cite book|last=Sarajevo|first=University of|authorlink=University of Sarajevo|title=Survey Sarajevo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XLInAQAAIAAJ|year=1974|publisher=University of Sarajevo|page=42|quote=The grammar school in Mostar also had its first vitims. In 1897, Risto, nicknamed Rinda, Radulovic who was later to be known as a political and cultural worker, was expelM from the school. In the subsequent year, Osman Djikic was also forced ...}}

At the beginning of 1907 a group of Serb intellectuals in Mostar began publishing of the journal "People" ({{langx|sr|Народ}}) which was edited by Radulović.{{cite book|last=Nazečić|first=Ahmed|title=Revolucionar Asim Behmen: Na putevima internacionalizma|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1WRKAAAAMAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Svjetlost|page=16}} Radulović closely collaborated with Aleksa Šantić, Svetozar Ćorović, Atanasije Šola and other notable Mostar intellectuals, and was also very active in Gusle Singing Society.{{cite book|last=Hadžiosmanović|first=Lamija|title=Biblioteke u Bosni i Hercegovini za vrijeme Austrougarske vladavine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XNkaAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher=Veselin Masleša|page=146 }}

Radulović was an editor of the journal "Pregled" since August 1910.{{cite book|last=Blagojević|first=Obren|title=Ekonomska misao u Bosni i Hercegovini: do Drugog svjetskog rata|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qu-7AAAAIAAJ|year=1993|publisher=Srpska akademija nauka i umetnosti|page=66|isbn=9788670251786}}{{cite book|last=Papić|first=Mitar|title=Tragom kulturnog nasljeđa|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1EYjAAAAMAAJ|year=1976|publisher=Svjetlost|page=212}} In his texts Radulović expressed his affinity toward Yugoslavism, as a way to overcome destructive national antagonisms.{{harv|Radulovic|1988|p=37}}

Bogdan Žerajić decided to assassinate General Marijan Varešanin, the Governor of Bosnia and Herzegovina, after he read an article written by Risto Radulović, who argued against dispiritedness in the public life of Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{harv|Radulovic|1988|p=33}} In his article, Radulović explained that he did not see glorious moments of the nation nor a single tragedy which he believed was necessary to temper the struggle. When Žerajić read these words he yelled "There will be a tragedy!".{{cite book|title=Glasnik Srpskog istorijsko-kulturnog društva "Njegoš".|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_dXlAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Njegoš}}

Radulović was the central figure of anti occupational movement before the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria{{cite book|author=Institut za jezik i književnost u Sarajevu. Odjeljenje za književnost|title=Godišnjak Odjeljenja za književnost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jYNiAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Institut za jezik i književnost u Sarajevu|page=200}} Members of Young Bosnia followed his political course. Still, he disagreed with their glorification of the peasantry. He believed that authentic nationalism is cultural phenomenon connected with educated people in enlightened civic societies.{{cite book|title=The South Slav Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZQsAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Dositey Obradovich Circle.|page=138|quote=Radulovic was a generation older than the 'Young Bosnian' who followed his political footsteps. He did not agree ... }}

Radulović belonged to large group of notable Serbs who were imprisoned after the assassination.{{cite book|last=Rizvić|first=Muhsin|title=Književni život Bosne i Hercegovine između dva rata. 1 (1980)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZViAAAAMAAJ|year=1980|publisher="Svjetlost," OOUR Izdavačka djelatnost|page=69}} Radulović was first imprisoned in Tuzla until the end of December 1914 when he was moved to Arad concentration camp{{cite book|last=Radulović|first=Risto|title=Rasprave i članci|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZA2AAAAMAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Srpska književna zadruga|page=I|quote=Крајем децембра упу- тише га у огромни концентрациони логор, у под- земне казамате у Арад, где се нашло више тису- ћа сужњева из Монархије и Србије, Срби одасву- да, лојални једнако као нелојални.|ref=none}} where he met his father and died there on 15 March 1915.{{cite book|title=The South Slav Journal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aZQsAQAAIAAJ|year=2003|publisher=Dositey Obradovich Circle.|page=138|quote= Radulovic served his sentence in Tuzla then in a concentration camp Arad in Hungary where he met his father. He died there}} In 1922 his remnants were transferred from Arad to Mostar.{{cite book|author=Institut za jezik i književnost u Sarajevu. Odjeljenje za književnost|title=Godišnjak Odjeljenja za književnost|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jYNiAAAAMAAJ|year=1974|publisher=Institut za jezik i književnost u Sarajevu|page=200}}

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• {{cite book|last=Ćorović|first=Svetozar|title=Sabrana djela: Život i djelo Svetozara Corovića. Svjedočanstva. Prepiska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0U89AAAAIAAJ|year=1967|publisher=Svjetlost}}
• {{cite book|last=Radulović|first=Risto|title=Rasprave i članci|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tZA2AAAAMAAJ|year=1940|publisher=Srpska književna zadruga}}
• {{cite book|last=Radulovic|first=Risto|title=Izabrani radovi|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CakxAAAAIAAJ|year=1988}}

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