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Zoran Ćirić
Zoran Ćirić ( sr-cyr, italic=yes, Зоран Ћирић) (born in 1962) is a writer from Niš, Serbia. He writes poetry and prose. Ćirić received the NIN award in 2001 for his novel ''Hobo''. Novels * ''Prisluškivanje'' (2000) * ''Hobo'' (2001) * ''Smrt u El Pasu'' (2003) * ''Slivnik'' (2004) * ''Gang of Four'' (2005) * ''Noć svih svetih'' (2009 File:2009 Events Collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: The vertical stabilizer of Air France Flight 447 is pulled out from the Atlantic Ocean; Barack Obama becomes the first African American to become President of the United States; 2009 Iran ...) * ''Lanac slobode'' (2019) References 1962 births Living people Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian novelists Serbian male poets Writers from Niš {{Serbia-writer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoran Ćiric
Zoran ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран) is a common South Slavic name, the masculine form of Zora, which means ''dawn, daybreak''. The name is especially common in Serbia, North Macedonia, Croatia and a little in Slovenia. Notable people with this given name include: *Zoran Bečić, Bosnian Serb actor *Zoran Baldovaliev, Macedonian football player *Zoran Cvijanović, Serbian actor *Zoran Ćirić, Serbian writer *Zoran Đerić, Bosnian Serb politician *Zoran Đinđić, Serbian politician *Zoran Dukić, Croatian classical guitarist *Zoran Džorlev, Macedonian violinist *Zoran Erić, Serbian composer *Zoran Erceg, Serbian basketball player * Zoran Filipović, Montenegrin football coach *Zoran G. Jančić, Bosnian Croat pianist *Zoran Janjetov, Serbian comic artist *Zoran Janković (other), several people *Zoran Jovanovski, Macedonian football player *Zoran Jolevski, Macedonian Ambassador to the US *Zoran Knežević (astronomer), Serbian astronomer *Zoran Knežević (politician), Serb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Niš
Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while its administrative area (City of Niš) has a population of 260,237 inhabitants. Several Roman emperors were born in Niš or used it as a residence: Constantine the Great, the first Christian emperor and the founder of Constantinople, Constantius III, Constans, Vetranio, Julian, Valentinian I, Valens; and Justin I. Emperor Claudius Gothicus decisively defeated the Goths at the Battle of Naissus (present-day Niš). Later playing a prominent role in the history of the Byzantine Empire, the city's past would earn it the nickname ''Imperial City.'' After about 400 years of Ottoman rule, the city was liberated in 1878 and became part of the Principality of Serbia, though not without great bloodshed—remnants of which can be found throughou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NIN Prize
The ''NIN'' Award ( sr, Ninova nagrada, italics=yes, Нинова награда), officially the Award for Best Novel of the Year, is a prestigious Serbian (and previously Yugoslavian) literary award established in 1954 by the ''NIN'' weekly and is given annually for the best newly published novel written in Serbian (previously in Serbo-Croatian).B92''Grozdani Olujić NIN-ova nagrada'' (NIN Prize to Grozdana Olujić) 15 Jan 2010 The award is presented every year in January by a panel of writers and critics. In addition to being a highly acclaimed award capable of transforming writers' literary careers, the award is also sought after because it virtually assures bestseller status for the winning novel. The literary website '' complete review'' called it the "leading Serbian literary prize" in 2012. Between 1954 and 1957, the award was given to the best novel published in Yugoslavia, regardless of the language, but all the novels awarded in this period were written in Serbo-Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2000 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2000. Events *February – El Ateneo Grand Splendid bookstore takes over the ''Teatro Gran Splendid'' in Buenos Aires, converting it for use as retail space. *February 13 – The final original ''Peanuts'' comic strip is published. *March 14 – Stephen King's novella ''Riding the Bullet'' is published in e-book format only, as the world's first mass-market electronic book. *September 26 – English politician and writer Jeffrey Archer is charged with perjury, and on the same day opens in the title role of his own courtroom drama, ''The Accused''. *December 15 – In a landmark censorship case, '' Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada (Minister of Justice)'', the Supreme Court of Canada rules that Canada Customs has no authority to make judgments on the permissibility of material being shipped to retailers, only to confiscate material specifically ruled by the courts to constitute an offence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2001 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2001. – Opening sentence, Ian McEwan, ''Atonement'' Events *February 15 – The author Michael Crichton signs a new deal with HarperCollins Publishers that reportedly earns him $40 million for two books. *April 1 – The BookCrossing scheme for leaving books for strangers to find is launched. * April 13 – The film version of Helen Fielding's 1996 novel ''Bridget Jones's Diary'' has uncredited cameo roles as themselves for Salman Rushdie, Julian Barnes and Jeffrey Archer, at a literary party. *July 19 – The English popular novelist and politician Jeffrey Archer, having been found guilty of perjury in a libel trial, is sentenced to imprisonment. *September 19 – Amiri Baraka reads his poem "Somebody Blew Up America?" at a poetry festival in New Jersey, eight days after the September 11 attacks. *December 10 – The live-action film version of J. R. R. Tolkien's '' The Lord of the Rings: The F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2003 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2003. Events *February 12 – An invitation from the First Lady of the United States, Laura Bush, for some poets to attend a conference at the White House is postponed when one of them, Sam Hamill, organizes a "Poets Against the War" group for poetry readings across the United States on the same date. *February 15 – Anti-war protests occur in London. They are later used as the setting for Ian McEwan's 2005 novel ''Saturday''. *March – The University of Mosul library is damaged and looted during the Iraq War, but many volumes are removed for protection by staff. *April 14 – The Iraq National Library and Archive is burned down during the Battle of Baghdad. *April – Nicholas Hytner succeeds Sir Trevor Nunn as artistic director of London's Royal National Theatre. * November 7 – UNESCO places among the Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity ''wayang kulit'', a shadow pupp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2004 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2004. Events *January **The poet Jang Jin-sung, in trouble with the North Korean authorities, defects to South Korea. **The Richard & Judy Book Club is launched on UK daytime television. *February – Canada Reads selects Guy Vanderhaeghe's '' The Last Crossing'' to be read across the nation. *February 16 – Edwin Morgan becomes Scotland's first official national poet, the Scots Makar, appointed by the Scottish Parliament. * May 23 – Seattle Central Library, designed by Rem Koolhaas, opens to the public. *June 1 – Controversy surrounds '' Battle Royale'' by Koushun Takami (高見広春), when an 11-year-old fan of the story in Sasebo, Nagasaki, murders her classmate, 12-year-old Satomi Mitarai, in a way that mimics a scene from the story. *October 14 – Edinburgh becomes UNESCO's first City of Literature. * October 31 – Denoël in Paris publishes Irène Némirovsky's '' Suite français ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2005. Events *January 16 – This is the 400th anniversary of Miguel de Cervantes' publication of the first part of ''Don Quixote'' in Spain. *February 25 – Canada Reads selects ''Rockbound'' by Frank Parker Day as the novel to be read across the nation. *March 26 – The classic U.K. science fiction series ''Doctor Who'' returns to television with a script by Russell T Davies, the executive producer. * April 23 – The Grande Bibliothèque at the Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec is officially opened. It actually opens on April 30. *June 13 – The poet Dannie Abse is injured and his wife Joan killed in an accident on the M4 in South Wales. *August 15 – An integrated National Library of Norway opens to readers in Oslo for the first time. New books Fiction *Tariq Ali – ''A Sultan in Palermo'' *Rajaa Alsanea – ''Girls of Riyadh'' (بنات الرياض, ''Banat al-Riyadh'') * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 2009. Events *April 21 – UNESCO launches the World Digital Library. *May 1 – Carol Ann Duffy is appointed Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, the first woman in the position; she is also the first Scot and the first openly gay occupant of the post. *May 5 – J. R. R. Tolkien's narrative poem ''The Legend of Sigurd and Gudrún'' in alliterative verse, based on the 13th century ''Poetic Edda'' and probably written in the 1930s, is published posthumously. *May 16– 25 – Ruth Padel becomes the first woman ever elected Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford but resigns nine days later after it is alleged she was involved in what some sources call as a smear campaign against Derek Walcott, a rival for the post. *August 10 – Standard orthography for the Silesian language is adopted in Cieszyn, at a meeting of the Standardization Committee of the Silesian Language. *October 8 – Romani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Births
Year 196 ( CXCVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Dexter and Messalla (or, less frequently, year 949 '' Ab urbe condita''). The denomination 196 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Emperor Septimius Severus attempts to assassinate Clodius Albinus but fails, causing Albinus to retaliate militarily. * Emperor Septimius Severus captures and sacks Byzantium; the city is rebuilt and regains its previous prosperity. * In order to assure the support of the Roman legion in Germany on his march to Rome, Clodius Albinus is declared Augustus by his army while crossing Gaul. * Hadrian's wall in Britain is partially destroyed. China * First year of the '' Jian'an era of the Chinese Han Dynasty. * Emperor Xian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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Serbian Male Short Story Writers
Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also * * * Old Serbian (other) * Serbians * Serbia (other) * Names of the Serbs and Serbia Names of the Serbs and Serbia are terms and other designations referring to general terminology and nomenclature on the Serbs ( sr, Срби, Srbi, ) and Serbia ( sr, Србија/Srbija, ). Throughout history, various endonyms and exonyms have bee ... {{Disambiguation Language and nationality disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
