Slavomir Gvozdenovici (, born 10 March 1953) is a Romanian and
Serbian
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* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
writer, poet, politician, and a social and public worker of the
Serbian minority in Romania.
Biography
He was born on 10 March 1953 in
Belobreșca,
Caraș-Severin County
Caraș-Severin () is a county ( județ) of Romania on the border with Serbia. The majority of its territory lies within the historical region of Banat, with a few northeastern villages considered part of Transylvania. The county seat is Reșița ...
, Romania. He attended middle school in Belobreșca, and later high school in the Serbian section at Lyceum No. 1 in
Timisoara. In 1972, he enrolled at the Faculty of Philology, Department of Serbian Language and Literature in
Bucharest
Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the Dâmbovița River, less than north of ...
at the
University of Bucharest. After graduating from the university in 1976, he worked as a teacher in the elementary school in Liubcova, then in the elementary school in Belobreşca and as an editor of the Timisoara newspaper "Banatske novine" (1983–1985). Since 1996, he has been teaching
Serbian literature
Serbian literature ( sr-Cyrl, Српска књижевност), refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia and all other lands where Serbs reside.
The history of Serbian literature begins with the independent works from the Nema ...
at the Department of Serbian Language and Literature at the Western University in Timisoara. He specialized in summer courses and seminars in
Zagreb
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,
Dubrovnik
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, Belgrade,
Priština and
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 ...
. In 2000, he defended his doctoral dissertation ''Language and Style in the Poetry of
Vasko Popa'' at the University of Bucharest. He has been the editor-in-chief of the Literary Life magazine since 1985 in Timisoara. He published 30 books of poetry, prepared a dozen
anthologies
In book publishing
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of Serbian literature, and his poetry is represented in dozens of Serbian, Romanian and European anthologies, as well as in Serbian textbooks. He translates
Serbian
Serbian may refer to:
* someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe
* someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people
* Serbian language
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* Old Serbian (disambiguat ...
and
Romanian poetry, and his works have been translated into a dozen languages. He is a member of the
Writers Union of Romania, the
Association of Writers of Republika Srpska
The Association of Writers of Republika Srpska ( sh, Udruženje književnika Srpske, Удружење књижевника Српске) is Republika Srpska's official writing association.
History
The association was founded in 1993 on the Jahori ...
, the Writers' Association of Vojvodina and an honorary member of the
Association of Writers of Serbia
The Association of Writers of Serbia ( Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Milovan Vitezović.
History
The association ...
.
He has been a research associate of
Matica srpska
The Matica srpska ( sr-Cyrl, Матица српска, Matica srpska, la, Matrix Serbica, grc, Μάτιτσα Σρπσκα) is the oldest Serbian language independent, non-profit, non-governmental and cultural-scientific Serbian national inst ...
since 1995 and a co-founder of "Vuk's endowment".
Politics
He is one of the founders of the
Union of Serbs of Romania
The Union of Serbs of Romania ( sr, Савез Срба у Румунији, SSR; ro, Uniunea Sârbilor din România, USR) is a political party representing the Serbian minority in Romania. It was founded in 1989 by a Romanian-Serbian writer, Sla ...
and its president from 2004 to 2012.
Thanks to his effort the Serbian Home was built in the settlement of Iosefin in Timisoara, where the premises of the Union of Serbs of Romania, the offices of the magazines "Nasa reč" and "Književni život" and the newspaper "Novi timišvarski vesnik" are located. He personally organized 5 large and 20 smaller cultural events, which became a tradition.
He was a member of the
Chamber of Deputies of Romania
); – Committee for Industries and Services ( ro, Comisia pentru industrii și servicii); – Committee for Transport and Infrastructure ( ro, Comisia pentru transporturi și infrastructură); – Committee for Agriculture, Forestry, Food Indu ...
from 1992 to 2008, and was re-elected in 2012.
In 2010, he was elected the first President of the Assembly of the Diaspora and the Serbs in the region.
Awards
He has won several important literary awards in Romania and Serbia. At the International Meeting of Balkan Writers in
Bor in 1988, he won the "Bor Grumen", the Special Jury Charter of the "
Branko Miljković
Branko Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Миљковић; 29 January 1934 – 12 February 1961) was a Serbian poet.
Biography
Miljković was born in Niš to a Serb father Gligorije Miljković, who hails from Gadžin Han, and a Croat mo ...
" Award in 1989 for the work ''Underlining the Line'', the "Šušnjar" Award of the Serbian Writers' Association in 1995 for the ''House with Fire and Ice'', Award of the Timisoara Branch of the Writers' Union of Romania in 1995 for the ''Word and Light'', the
Serbian Orthodox Church
The Serbian Orthodox Church ( sr-Cyrl, Српска православна црква, Srpska pravoslavna crkva) is one of the autocephalous (ecclesiastically independent) Eastern Orthodox Christian denomination, Christian churches.
The majori ...
award at the 4th Yugoslav Children's Poetry Festival in 1997. National Award of the Writers' Union of Romania for the work ''And'', award and cross "
Arsenije Čarnojević" of the Ministry of Diaspora and the Association of Writers of Serbia,
award "Poetic Success" 2012 from the
Literary Society of Kosovo and Metohija at the international cultural event "Sokolica 2012" and the international award "
Branko Radičević
Aleksije "Branko" Radičević ( sr-Cyrl, Алексије Бранко Радичевић, ; 28 March 1824 – 1 July 1853) was a Serbian poet who wrote in the period of Romanticism.
Biography
Branko Radičević was born in Slavonski Brod on 1 ...
" of Branko's Circle 2013 for the overall poetic and creative opus.
On the occasion of marking the
Statehood Day in the Presidency of the Republic of Serbia at a ceremony on 15 February 2016, the President of Serbia,
Tomislav Nikolić
Tomislav Nikolić ( sr-Cyrl, Томислав Николић, ; born 15 February 1952) is a Serbian retired politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2012 to 2017. A former member of the far-right Serbian Radical Party (SRS), he d ...
, presented Slavomir Gvozdenović with the Gold Medal of Merit – decoration for outstanding contribution in public and cultural activities, as well as for developing cooperation and friendly relations. Serbia and Romania.
Bibliography
* ''Book and a little fire'', Bucharest, 1975.
* ''Songs before dawn'', Timisoara, 1977.
* ''Wing Defense'', Bucharest, 1978
* ''Lyrics,'' Bucharest, 1981.
* ''Clear Opening of the Stone'', Bucharest, 1983
* ''Heroism with Words'', Bucharest, 1986.
* ''Textbook on the Vidar House'', Bucharest, 1988
* ''Underlining'', Belgrade, 1988.
* ''Weeping Stone'', Bucharest, 1990
* ''Serbian Prayer in Timisoara'', Novi Sad, 1991.
* ''Word and Light'', Timisoara, 1994.
* ''In the House with Fire and Ice'', Belgrade, 1995.
* ''Birth of an Ancestor'', Timisoara, 1997
* ''And'', Timisoara, 1999.
* ''Crnjanski in Timisoara'', Belgrade, 2002
* ''Fear in a Trap'', Timisoara, 2003
* ''America, Chicago and Vidovdan'', Timisoara, 2003.
* ''A Terrible Story from Klisura'', Belgrade, 2005.
* ''Alexandrian Schools'', Smederevo, 2005
* ''How much Kosovo in me'', Timisoara, 2007
See also
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Union of Serbs of Romania
The Union of Serbs of Romania ( sr, Савез Срба у Румунији, SSR; ro, Uniunea Sârbilor din România, USR) is a political party representing the Serbian minority in Romania. It was founded in 1989 by a Romanian-Serbian writer, Sla ...
*
Serbs of Romania
The Serbs of Romania ( ro, Sârbii din România, sr, Срби у Румунији/Srbi u Rumuniji) are a recognized ethnic minority numbering 18,076 people (0.1%) according to the 2011 census. The community is concentrated in western Romania, in ...
References
External links
Књижевни преглед – Славомир Гвозденовић(in Serbian)
Uniunea Scriitorilor din România – Filiala Timișoara: Gvozdenovici, Slavomir(in Romanian)
Camera deputatilor: Slavomir Gvozdenovici(in Romanian)
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1953 births
Living people
People from Caraș-Severin County
Serbian male writers
Serbian male poets
Romanian writers
Romanian poets
Romanian politicians of Serbian descent
University of Bucharest alumni
Members of the Chamber of Deputies (Romania)
Serbian writers