Aleksandar Bečanović (born 1971 in
Nikšić,
Montenegro
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) is a
Montenegrin poet, translator and a critic of literature and film.
He has contributed to the Montenegrin weekly ''
Monitor
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'' in its culture section.
He is now a part of the cultural magazines ''Plima'' and ''Ars''.
He is well known for his fanatic love towards the horror movies.
He lists
Howard Hawks
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as one of his favorite directors.
Bečanović received the
Risto Ratković
Risto Ratković (3 September 1903 – 18 June 1954) was a Serbian avant-garde (surrealist) writer and diplomat.
Biography
He was born in an impoverished trading family in Bijelo Polje in Montenegro. He finished Gymnasium in Novi Pazar, and in ...
award for best book of poetry in Montenegro in 2002. He also translates material, mostly film theory, from English. He lives in
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At the 2006
Pula
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Festival of Books and Authors in
Croatia
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, Bečanović was one of the representative writers who presented on Montenegrin poetry.
Bečanović won the 2017
European Union Prize for Literature, for the country of Montenegro, for his novel ''Arcueil'' (2015).
Published works
"All the Scrupulousness"; "Carmilla: Gothic Poem"; "Nothing Discernable"; "Pesoa: On Four Addresses"; "All Apologies: God Bless America", ''ARS'' No.4 year 2003 *''Ulisova daljina'', 1994
*''Jeste'', pjesme, 1996
*''Ostava'', pjesme, 1998
*''Mjesta u pismu'', pjesme, 2001
*''Očekujem što će iz svega proizaći'', 2005
*''Žanr u savremenom filmu'', 2005
*''Arcueil'', 2015
Anthologies
* ''New European poets'', St. Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 2008.
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References
1971 births
Living people
Montenegrin poets
Montenegrin male writers
Montenegrin translators
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