Gordana Kuić ( sr-cyr, Гордана Куић, ; 29 August 1942 – 13 January 2023) was a Serbian novelist.

Biography

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(11 May 2009) She was the winner of numerous literature awards in the countries that made up former

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, to whom she dedicated two novels, who were

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. Kuić died on 13 January 2023, at the age of 80 in Belgrade.

Bibliography

Novels

* ''

'' (''Miris kiše na Balkanu'') * '' The Blossom of Linden in the Balkans'' (''Cvat lipe na Balkanu'') * '' Twilight in the Balkans'' (''Smiraj dana na Balkanu'') * '' Ghosts over the Balkans'' (''Duhovi nad Balkanom'') * ''

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'' (''Legenda o Luni Levi'') * '' The Fairytale of Benjamin Baruh'' (''Bajka o Benjaminu Baruhu'') * '' The Ballad of Bohoreta'' (''Balada o Bohoreti'')

Other work

* '' Remnants'' (''Preostale priče'') — stories * ''On the Other Side of the Night'' (''S druge strane noći'') - stories

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuic, Gordana 1942 births 2023 deaths Writers from Belgrade 21st-century Sephardi Jews Serbian Sephardi Jews Serbian novelists Jewish women writers Serbian women novelists Serbian people of Spanish descent Serbian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent 20th-century Serbian Jews 21st-century Serbian Jews