Dragan Velikić ( sr-cyr, Драган Великић; born 7 July 1953) is a Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and former Ambassador to Austria. He's one of the best known writers of modern

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. His influences include Gaito Gazdanov,

Mikhail Bulgakov Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov ( ; rus, links=no, Михаил Афанасьевич Булгаков, p=mʲɪxɐˈil ɐfɐˈnasʲjɪvʲɪdʑ bʊlˈɡakəf; – 10 March 1940) was a Russian and Soviet novelist and playwright. His novel ''The M ...

, Constantine P. Cavafy,

Ivo Andrić Ivo Andrić ( sr-Cyrl, Иво Андрић, ; born Ivan Andrić; 9 October 1892 – 13 March 1975) was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1961. His writ ...

and Aleksandar Tišma among other authors. Velkić's best known works are the novels ''Ruski prozor'' and ''Islednik'', for both of which he won the

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. In 2017, he signed the

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of the

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and

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. In mid-1970s, Velikić was shortly a keyboardist for the popular rock band

Pop Mašina Pop Mašina ( sr-cyr, Поп Машина; trans. ''Pop Machine'') was a SFRY, Yugoslav progressive rock band formed in Belgrade in 1972. The group blended hard rock sound with blues, psychedelic rock, psychedelic and acid rock elements and is co ...

Works

Novels

* ''Via Pula'' (1988) * ''Astragan'' (1991) * ''Hamsin 51'' (1993) * ''Severni zid'' (1995) * ''Danteov trg'' (1997) * ''Slučaj Bremen'' (2001) * ''Dosije Domaševski'' (2003) * ''Ruski prozor'' (2007),

* ''Bonavia'' (2012) * ''Islednik'' (2015), NIN award * ''Adresa'' (2019) * ''Hamsin 51'' (2022) * ''Bečki roman'' (2024)

Short stories

* ''Pogrešan pokret'' (1983) * ''Staklena bašta'' (1985) * ''Beograd i druge priče'' (2009)

Essays

* ''Yu-Atlantida'' (1993) * ''Deponija'' (1994) * ''Stanje stvari'' (1998) * ''Pseća pošta'' (2006) * ''O piscima i gradovima'' (2010) * ''Bratstvo po mrlji'' (2018) * ''Soko zove Lastu'' (2022)

References

1953 births Serbian writers Serbian politicians Serbian rock keyboardists Yugoslav rock keyboardists University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language Living people {{Serbia-diplomat-stub