Mihajlo Kažić (in Serbian Михајло Кажић) (born in

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in 1960) is a Serbian

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. He trained as an engineer, completing a

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degree at the

University of Novi Sad The University of Novi Sad ( sr, Универзитет у Новом Саду, Univerzitet u Novom Sadu; hu, Újvidéki Egyetem) is a public university in Novi Sad, Serbia. Alongside nationally prestigious University of Belgrade, University of ...

. In 1985 he was awarded a Fulbright scholarship to study in the US, and obtained his

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and PhD in Engineering from the

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in 1986 and 1988 respectively. He worked as a science researcher and lecturer in

Novi Sad Novi Sad ( sr-Cyrl, Нови Сад, ; hu, Újvidék, ; german: Neusatz; see below for other names) is the second largest city in Serbia and the capital of the autonomous province of Vojvodina. It is located in the southern portion of the Pan ...

(Serbia), Los Angeles,

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and in Paris (France) and

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(Germany). Kazic has since worked with several construction companies in Germany. ''Emperor of the Galatians'' is his first work to be published in English. The book was originally printed in Germany by Kiepenheuer (Leipzig) in 1993. Kazic has written two other books, both of which were published in Serbian and German. ''Broken Journey'' was published by Prosveta (Belgrade) and by Suhrkamp (Frankfurt) in 1996. ''The Gates of Heaven'' was published by Prosveta (Belgrade) in 1998 and by Suhrkamp (Frankfurt) in 1999.

External links

www.kazic.org Author's website
Serbian novelists 1960 births Living people University of Novi Sad alumni {{serbia-writer-stub