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Isidora Sekulić Award
The Isidora Sekulić Award ( sr, Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, italics=yes, sr-cyr, Награда Исидора Секулић) is a Serbian, and former Yugoslav, literary prize established by the Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of the writer and Belgrade native Isidora Sekulić. The award honors writers for the best work of modern Serbian literature Serbian literature ( sr-Cyrl, Српска књижевност), refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia and all other lands where Serbs reside. The history of Serbian literature begins with the independent works from the Nema ... of the previous year. In the first decade of its history, several authors were awarded annually. Since 1979, only one author has received the award each year. A total of 71 authors (60 male and 11 female) have received the award since its inception. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isidora Sekulić 1996 Yugoslavia Stamp
Isidora or Isadora is a female given name of Greek language, Greek origin, derived from Ἰσίδωρος, ''Isídōros'' (a compound of Ἶσις, ''Ísis'', and δῶρον, ''dōron'': "gift of [the goddess] Isis"). The male equivalent is Isidore. The name survived the suppression of the worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis in the newly Christianized Roman Empire, and is, among others, the name of several Christian saints. Similar "gift" names include the Greek "Theodore (given name), Theodore" ("gift of God"), the Persian language, Persian "Mithridates (other), Mithradates" ("gift of Mithras") and Datis ("gift"), and the Hebrew "Matanya" ("gift of Jah"). The Indo-European languages, Indo-European "gift" names are ultimately derived from the *''PIE'' root ''*deh₃-'', "to give". It was the ninth most popular name for baby girls in Chile in 2006. People * Saint Isidora, Christian 4th century saint and nun * Isadora Bennett (1900–1980), American publicity agent for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sonja Veselinović
Sonja Veselinović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Соња Веселиновић; born 9 December 1981 in Novi Sad, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and assistant professor of comparative literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Novi Sad. Biography Sonja Veselinović studied comparative literature at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, graduated with Magister degree in 2009 and obtained her doctorate as PhD in 2014. In 2016, she became assistant professor (docent) at the department of comparative literature of the university. The literary scholar and artist is member of the editorial board of literary magazine Polja (Fields) since 2007. In the same year, she received the first prize of the Festival of Young Poets (Serbian: Festival mladih pesnika) in Zaječar. The best manuscript ''Poema preko'' (Poem across) was published as book a year later – a ''poem across'' the way of individual being. The narrator figure (first-person narrative) addresses M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Živković (writer)
Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић, pronounced , born October 5, 1948) is a Serbian writer, university professor, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. Žiković's works have been translated to 20 languages and he was awarded World Fantasy Award. Biography In 1973, Zoran Živković graduated in literary theory from the Department of Comparative Literature in the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade. He received his master's degree in 1979 with the work “Anthropomorphism and the motif of the first contact in the works of Arthur C. Clarke” ("Antropomorfizam i motiv prvog kontakta u delima Artura Klarka") and his doctorate in 1982 from the same university. His dissertation was "The Appearance of Science Fiction as a Genre of Artistic Prose" ("Nastanak naučne fantastike kao žanra umetničke proze"). From the mid-seventies to the early nineties Živković was widely involved with science fiction. Apart from his two theses, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov
Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Мирјана Бјелогрлић-Николов; born 1961 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian television journalist and writer. Biography Bjelogrlić-Nikolov studied at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade and graduated with Diploma. She has been working at Radio Television of Serbia for many years. She was editor-in-chief of the editorial board for the cultural program of the public broadcasting corporation from 2006 to 2015, and while working in this position, the new Television show ''Kulturni dnevnik'' (Cultural Journal) was included in the Broadcast programming. She was involved in the creation of the legendary episode about Mario Maskareli from the documentary series ''Ostavština za budućnost'' (Legacy for Future) in 1988, and she received the Special distinction of Jury for best screenplay of ''Self-Portrait with White Cat'' at International Animation Festival ''Animanima'', 2010. Awards The au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Turkish Bath
A hammam ( ar, حمّام, translit=ḥammām, tr, hamam) or Turkish bath is a type of steam bath or a place of public bathing associated with the Islamic world. It is a prominent feature in the culture of the Muslim world and was inherited from the model of the Roman ''thermae.'' Muslim bathhouses or hammams were historically found across the Middle East, North Africa, al-Andalus (Islamic Spain and Portugal), Central Asia, the Indian subcontinent, and in Southeastern Europe under Ottoman rule. A variation on the Muslim bathhouse, the Victorian Turkish bath, became popular as a form of therapy, a method of cleansing, and a place for relaxation during the Victorian era, rapidly spreading through the British Empire, the United States of America, and Western Europe. In Islamic cultures the significance of the hammam was both religious and civic: it provided for the needs of ritual ablutions but also provided for general hygiene in an era before private plumbing and served other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladislav Bajac
Vladislav Bajac ( sr-Cyrl, Владислав Бајац, born 2 June 1954) is Serbian writer, poet, journalist and publisher. Biography He was born in Belgrade in 1954 and later studied philology at the University of Belgrade. In 1993, he founded the publishing house ''Geopoetika'', which publishes fiction as well as nonfiction books about history, art, rock & roll, and archeology. ''Geopoetika'' has published ''Serbian Prose in Translation'', a collection of Serbian books translated into English. His books were translated into twenty languages. His best-known work is his 2008 novel, '' Hamam Balkanija'', for which he won the International Literature Prize Balkanika. Its chapters alternate between two timelines, both of which use characters based on real people. The contemporary timeline is a collection of vignettes in autobiographical first person narration told from Bajac's point of view. In the original edition it was printed in the Cyrillic script, and people such as Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Đorđe Milosavljević (writer)
Đorđe Milosavljević ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Ђорђе Милосављевић; born 6 May 1969 in Ivanjica, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian screenwriter, writer, playwright, comics author and film director. Biography Milosavljević graduated from secondary school ( gymnasium) in Kragujevac with maturity diploma, then he studied Dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts of Belgrade’s University of Arts and completed in 1997. The author of numerous screenplays, theater plays and novels teaches at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. The diverse artist is laureate of renowned prizes such as the Findling Award (2000) of Film Festival Cottbus, the Prix FIPRESCI of the Festroia International Filmfestival (2001) both for ''Mehanizam'', the Award of Sochi International Film Festival for ''Točkovi'' (2000), the Isidora Sekulić Award (2009) for his prose ''Đavo i mala gospođa'' and the Prize FEST (2018) for best screenplay ''Izgrednici''. Some films (directed or written by Milos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladan Matijević
Vladan Matijević ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Владан Матијевић; born 16 November 1962 in Čačak, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and poet. Life and Work Vladan Matijević worked for eighteen years as an engineer in a chemical base factory after completing his university education. Since 2005, he has been working as directing editor of the publications of the ''Nadežda Petrović Gallery'' in his native town, where he still lives in a suburb today. He said in an interview with the Austrian newspaper Der Standard about himself that he ''tries to write as little as possible''. Nevertheless, he has already created a considerable and well-respected literary work, which has been discussed in more than fifty reviews and essays of Serbian literary journals. Many of his much sold novels have been published for several times in Serbia, his internationally most successful novel ''Moments of Joy'' has been published in French (four editions in 2007, 2008 and 2009), Spanish (2008) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalopolis
A megalopolis () or a supercity, also called a megaregion, is a group of metropolitan areas which are perceived as a continuous urban area through common systems of transport, economy, resources, ecology, and so on. They are integrated enough that coordinating policy is valuable, although the constituent metropolises keep their individual identities. The megalopolis concept has become highly influential as it introduced a new, larger scale thinking about urban patterns and growth. Etymology and earlier definitions The term ''megalopolis'', also sometimes spelled ''megapolis'', is described as being of Greek origin—where it was in reported use by ancient philosophers, with regard to the "world of ideas"—by Jean Gottmann, a professor of political science at the University of Paris, and member of the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, who in the late 1950s and early 1960s directed "A Study of Megalopolis" for The Twentieth Century Fund. Specifically, the term has ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miloš Crnjanski
Miloš Crnjanski ( sr-cyr, Милош Црњански, ; 26 October 1893 – 30 November 1977) was a Serbian writer and poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and a diplomat. Biography Crnjanski was born in Csongrád (modern-day Hungary), to an impoverished family which moved in 1896 to Temesvár (modern-day Timișoara, Romania). He completed the elementary school in Pančevo, and Grammar school in Timișoara. Then he started attending the Export academy in Rijeka in 1912, and in the autumn of the following year he started studying mathematics and philosophy in Vienna. At the beginning of World War I, Crnjanski was persecuted as part of the general anti-Serbian retribution of Austria to Princip's assassination in Sarajevo. Instead of being sent to jail, he was drafted to the Austro-Hungarian Army and sent to Galician front to fight against the Russians – where he was wounded in 1915. Crnjanski convalesced in a Vienna war hospital, although just before ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan Vladušić
Slobodan Vladušić ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Слободан Владушић; born 9 May 1973) is a Serbian writer and associate professor of Serbian literature at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Novi Sad. Biography Slobodan Vladušić studied Serbian literature at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Novi Sad, graduated with Magister degree in 2005 and obtained his doctorate as PhD in 2008. He is associate professor at the department of Serbian literature of the university. The academic was member of the editorial board of the literary magazine ''Reč'' ( Serbian: Word; 1996-1999) while he was a student. Many of his reviews and essays on literature have been published in Politika, Večernje novosti, Nedeljnik, NIN and Pečat. From 2007 to 2010, he was a member of Jury of the NIN Award, and from 2010 to 2012, member of Jury of the Ivo Andrić Award. The literary scholar was editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Letopis Matice srpske (Chronicle of Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literary Studies
Literary criticism (or literary studies) is the study, evaluation, and interpretation of literature. Modern literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods. Though the two activities are closely related, literary critics are not always, and have not always been, theorists. Whether or not literary criticism should be considered a separate field of inquiry from literary theory is a matter of some controversy. For example, the ''Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism'' draws no distinction between literary theory and literary criticism, and almost always uses the terms together to describe the same concept. Some critics consider literary criticism a practical application of literary theory, because criticism always deals directly with particular literary works, while theory may be more general or abstract. Literary criticism is often published in essay or book form. Academic literary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
