Dežulović studied art history at the
University of Split. He began his career by writing for the Croatian newspaper
Slobodna Dalmacija. Along with
Viktor Ivančić and
Predrag Lucić, he was one of the three original members of the "VIVA LUDEŽ" trio of
Split-based humorists who first began writing in 1984 and eventually established the Feral Tribune magazine in 1993. In 1999, Dežulović left
Feral Tribune and joined the popular current affairs weekly
Globus where he was one of their columnists. a
science fiction novel about time travel which explores ethical dilemmas surrounding the possibility of
killing baby Hitler. His second novel was published in 2005, titled
Jebo sad hiljadu dinara (lit.
Who gives a fuck about a thousand dinars now), a satirical novel about the
war in Bosnia, and a book of poetry titled
Pjesme iz Lore (
Poems from Lora). The latter was also published in German in 2008, titled
Gedichte aus Lora. Dežulović won the 2013
European Press Prize in the Commentator category. In 2015,
Slobodna Dalmacija terminated their contract with Dežulović following a court decision which ordered the newspaper to pay total of 150,000 HRK in damages for an editorial written by Dežulović. In 2017, he signed the
Declaration on the Common Language of the
Croats,
Serbs,
Bosniaks and
Montenegrins. He currently publishes weekly columns for
N1 and
Portal Novosti. Dežulović's 2014 article about
Tomislav Buzov served as an inspiration for
Nebojša Slijepčević to make his short film
The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent (2024). The film won the
Short Film Palme d'Or at the
2024 Cannes Film Festival, the
European Short Film at the
37th European Film Awards, and was nominated for
Best Live Action Short Film at the
97th Academy Awards. == See also ==