Slobodan Škerović
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Slobodan Škerović (born 27 September 1954 in
Belgrade Belgrade ( , ;, ; Names of European cities in different languages: B, names in other languages) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city in Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers a ...
) is a Serbian author, painter and philosopher, and a member of the international neo-avantgarde
Signalism Signalism ( sr-cyr, Сигнализам / Signalizam; from: lat. Signum – ''sign, signal'') represents an international neo-avant-garde literal and art movement. It gathered wider support base both in former Yugoslavia and the world in the la ...
movement.


Biography

Škerović studied painting at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade and Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf. He has had poems and articles published since 1976 in numerous Yugoslav journals: ''Haiku, Student, Vidici, Knjizevna reč, Koraci, Stvaranje, Signal, Rukovet, Savremenik, Književne novine''... He was editor of the ''Student'' and ''Vidici'' journals from 1980 to 1982, and for a short time was a comics writer and a member of Belgrade's comics art group "Tuš grupa". As an author and editor he has actively participated in the Signalist neo-avantgarde movement since 2001, and the "Project Rastko" Cultural Network since 2007. He has been a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Serbia since 1996, the Writers Association of Serbia since 2008, and the Association of Serbian Comics Artists since 2010. Škerović's literary works are characterized by longer poetic forms, with intensive synthesis of traditional spirituality and advanced technology, in poems, essays and science fictionnovels.


Solo exhibitions

* 1988. – Belgrade, "Braća Stamenković" Gallery – paintings * 1992. – Belgrade, "Sunce" Gallery – paintings * 1994. – Belgrade, "Paleta" Gallery (Cultural center of Belgrade) – paintings * 1996. – Beograd, "House of Đura Jakšić", Skadarlija – paintings * 1996. – Belgrade, "Braća Stamenković" Gallery – miniatures


Books

* "Gift" /Poklon/ (Poem) on a single record, ''Vidici'', no. 3, 1980, side B (side A: VIS Idoli songs "Pomoć, pomoć, pomoć" and "Retko te viđam sa devojkama"). * ''Glossary of Technology /Rečnik tehnologije/'', ''Vidici'', special issue, one of the authors, no. 1-2, 1981. * ''Hearts'' /''Srca/'' (collection of poems ), Supernova, Belgrade, 1987. * ''Indigo'' (collection of poems), Signal Library, Belgrade, 2005, * ''All the colors of Arcturus ''/''Sve boje Arkturusa/'' (experimental prose), library "Svetske sveske", Beogradska manufaktura snova, Belgrade, 2006. * ''Chimera or Borg'' /''Himera ili Borg/'' (essays), library "Gold Edition", Tardis, Belgrade, 2008. . * ''Black Box'' /''Crna kutija/'' (collection of poems), Tardis, Belgrade, 2010. . * ''Hugging children'' /''Zagrljena deca''/ (collection of poems), Tardis, Belgrade, 2010. . * ''Comics we loved: Selection of comics and creators from the former Yugoslavia in the twentieth century'' (the critical lexicon), the authors and editors Živojin Tamburić, Zdravko Zupan and Zoran Stefanovic, Omnibus, Belgrade, 2011. Lexicon contains Škerović reviews on Yugoslav comics. . * ''Shamaniad'' /''Šamanijada/'' (novel), edition "Znak Sagite" Book 59, Everest Media, Belgrade, 2012. . * ''The dark side of the Force'' /''Tamna strana sile/'' (novel), edition "Znak Sagite" Book 69, Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. . * ''Jericho, Jericho'', and the poems ''Chrome'' and ''Death of plumule'' /''Jerihon, Jerihon i poeme Kroma i Smrt paperja''/ (collection of poems), library "Signal", Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. . * ''Earthphobia'' /''Zemljofobija/'' (poetic novel), library "Signal", Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. . * ''Invisible Mars'' /''Nevidljivi Mars/'' (poetic novel), library "Signal", Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. . * ''The'' ''Vulcan philosophy'' /''Vulkanska filozofija/'' (essays), library "Signal", Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. . * ''Thrushes in Hell'' /''Drozdovi u Paklu/'' (collection of poems), library "Signal", Everest Media, Belgrade, 2013. .


Awards

* Award of The Association of SF fans "Lazar Komarčić" for the best Serbian story published in 2006. ("Blair Alpha")A report on 2007 "Lazar Komarčić" winners
"Danas" daily, Belgrade, December 18, 2007, Serbian


Notes


External links


''The dark side of the Force''
author's e-library at Project Rastko, ed. by
Zoran Stefanović Zoran Stefanović (, sr-cyr, Зоран Стефановић, born 21 November 1969 in Loznica) is a Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works we ...

"Poems and Essays"
personal website, English and Serbian
Signalism at Project Rastko
e-library {{DEFAULTSORT:Skerovic, Slobodan 1954 births Living people Writers from Belgrade Serbian novelists Serbian painters Serbian male poets Serbian translators 20th-century Serbian philosophers Serbian literary theorists Serbian literary critics Serbian male short story writers Serbian non-fiction writers Serbian science fiction writers Serbian comics writers Comics critics Postmodern writers Signalism Artists from Belgrade Serbian male non-fiction writers