Science fiction and fantasy in the Serbia has a long and varied history.

History

As far back as the end of the 18th century,

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elements can be found in

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, but its modern period foundation is considered to commence with "Posle milijon godina" (After Million of Years), written by Dragutin Ilić in 1889, which is also considered the first

theatrical play in the history of the

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.English translation of Dragutin Ilić's sci-fi drama "After a Million Years"
/ref> Lazar Komarčić's novel "Jedna ugašena zvezda" (An Extinct Star) followed, with publication in 1902. Today,

Zoran Živković (writer) Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић, pronounced , born October 5, 1948) is a Serbian writer, university professor, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. Žiković's works have been translated to 20 languages ...

, winner of the

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, is considered one of the best-known Serbian

authors, and perhaps the best known.

Serbian science fiction and fantasy writers

Artists

* Marko Đurđević *

Aleksa Gajić Aleksa Gajić ( sr-Cyrl, Алекса Гајић, born May 20, 1974, Belgrade) is a Serbian comics artist and film director. Gajić is best known as the illustrator of '' Scourge of the Gods'' (fr. ''Le Fléau des dieux''), written by Valérie ...

Borivoje Grbić Borivoje "Bora" Grbić ( sr-cyr, Боривоје Грбић, born January 21, 1972, in Belgrade) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel creator, known best for his comics "Faktor 4" (written by Milan Konjević), "Munja" (written by Zoran Stef ...

Branislav Kerac Branislav "Bane" Kerac (born September 7, 1952, Novi Sad) is a Serbian comic book creator, known best for his series '' Cat Claw''. In the US he also published under his pseudonym H.M. Baker. Credits in American comics include '' The Black Pearl'' ...

* Dražen Kovačević *

Zoran Janjetov Zoran Janjetov ( sr-cyr, Зоран Јањетов; born 23 June 1961) is a Serbian comics artist. Janjetov is among most prominent comics creators of former Yugoslavia, published worldwide. He is best known as the illustrator of '' Avant l'Incal'' ...

* Željko Pahek * Darko Perović *

Vujadin Radovanović Vujadin "Vuja" Radovanović ( sr-cyr, Вујадин Радовановић, born January 12, 1962, in Mladenovac) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel creator.

Rade Tovladijac Rade Tovladijac ( sr-cyr, Раде Товладијац, born 1 August 1961) is a Serbian fantasy and comic book artist, illustrator, painter and architect. He lives in Belgrade. Biography He was born in Ulcinj, Yugoslavia (in Montenegro), and ...

Zoran Tucić Zoran Tucić ( sr-cyr, Зоран Туцић, born 30 October 1961 in Šabac) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel creator, architect, scriptwriter and illustrator. He graduated from Faculty of Architecture in Belgrade with project „New E ...

* Dobrosav Bob Živković

Societies

* Photon Tide (http://www.photontide.org) * SF Team (http://www.sftim.com) *Lazar Komarčić (http://www.lazarkomarcic.org.yu) *KONEF (http://www.konef.org.yu) *Sci&Fi (http://www.sciencefiction.org.rs) *Serbian Society for Science Fiction (http://www.sciencefiction.org.rs)

History

Serbian science fiction and fantasy writers

Artists

Societies

Notes

See also