Ivana Hadži-Popović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Ивана Хаџи-Поповић, born in

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, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and translator.

Biography

Ivana Hadži-Popović studied at the Department of Romance Studies of Belgrade's Faculty of Philology and graduated with magister degree. She works as literary editor and translator at the Albatros publishing house in Belgrade. Among her numerous translations are works of French and Italian writers such as Catherine Clément,

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, Catherine Cusset,

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, Marguerite Yourcenar, Pierre Assouline, Dino Buzzati,

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, Henry de Montherlant,

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, Michel Tournier and

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. The long-term translation and editorial activity is a noteworthy contribution to the Franco-Serbian cultural exchange. Hadži-Popović's translation of the French-language memories,

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and letters of Queen Natalie is a particularly interesting publication on the cultural and political history of Serbia. The author of nine novels, she is member of the

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. She lives in Vračar.

Awards

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 ...

Bibliography (selection)

*''Sezona trešanja'' (Cherry Season), KOV, Vršac 1998,

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. *''Knez'' ( Knez), KOV, Vršac 1999, novel. *''Brod za Buenos Ajres'' (A Ship to Buenos Aires), Jugoslovenska knjiga, Belgrade 2001, novel, *''Zamka'' (The Trap),

Filip Višnjić Filip Višnjić ( sr-cyr, Филип Вишњић, ; 1767–1834) was a Serbian epic poet and ''guslar''. His repertoire included 13 original epic poems chronicling the First Serbian Uprising against the Ottoman Empire and four reinterpreted e ...

Publishing Publishing is the activity of making information, literature, music, software and other content available to the public for sale or for free. Traditionally, the term refers to the creation and distribution of printed works, such as books, newsp ...

, Belgrade 2004, novel, . *''Na Hadrijanovom tragu'' (On

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Trace), Filip Višnjić Publishing, Belgrade 2008, novel, *''Japanska kutija'' (The Japanese Box), Palabra, Belgrade 2010, novel, . *''Žena s buketom'' (A Woman with Bouquet), Medijska knjižara Krug, Belgrade 2012, novel, . *''Vatra i cvet'' (Fire and Flower), Medijska knjižara Krug, Belgrade 2014, novel, . *''Ljubičice Leonarda da Vinčija'' ( Leonardo da Vinci’s

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), Albatros plus, Belgrade 2017, novel, .COBISS
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) of National Library of Serbia. Retrieved 1 May 2018.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hadzi-Popovic, Ivana 1951 births Living people Serbian translators Literary translators Translators to Serbian Translators from French Serbian women writers Writers from Belgrade University of Belgrade alumni