Goran Petrović (; 1 July 1961 – 26 January 2024) was a Serbian writer and academic.

Biography

Goran Petrović was born in

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, Serbia. He studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the

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. He received the most prominent award in Serbian literature, the

NIN Award The ''NIN'' Award (, Нинова награда), officially the Award for Best Novel of the Year, is a prestigious Serbian (and previously Yugoslavian) literary award established in 1954 by the NIN (magazine), ''NIN'' weekly and is given annua ...

, in 2000, for his novel ''Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke"''. Before his death, he worked and lived in Belgrade. Petrović was a member of the Serbian Literary Association, the Serbian PEN Centre and the

Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts The Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts (; , SANU) is a national academy and the most prominent academic institution in Serbia, founded in 1841 as Society of Serbian Letters (, DSS). The Academy's membership has included Nobel Prize, Nobel la ...

. Petrović published 115 editions and the following books: the short prose pieces ''Saveti za lakški život'' (''Advices for an Easier Living'', 1989), the novel ''Atlas opisan nebom'' (''Atlas Described by Sky'', 1993), the collection of short stories ''Ostrvo i okolne priče'' (''The Island and Stories Around'', 1996), the novel ''Opsada crkve Svetog Spasa'' (''The Siege of the Church of Holy Salvation,'' 1997), the novel ''Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke"'' (''Sundries Shop "At Lucky Hands"'', 2000), the collection of short stories ''Bližnji'' (''Next of Kin'', 2002), the selected short prose book ''Sve što znam o vremenu'' (''Everything I Know About the Time'', 2003), the play ''Skela'' (''The Ferry'', 2004), the collection of short stories ''Razlike'' (''Differences'', 2006), the book of short prose ''Претраживач'' (''Browser'', 2007), the novella ''Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa'' (''Below the ceiling that is pealing off'', 2010) and the play ''Matica'' (''The Nut'', 2011). Some of his novels and stories have been adapted for theatre, television, and radio. Among them is the novel ''Siege of the Church of Holy Salvation'' that was dramatized and directed as a play by Kokan Mladenović at the National Theatre of

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. Petrović’s novels and books of selected stories have been published in over fifty editions translated in languages such as French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Polish, Ukrainian, Macedonian, English and Dutch. About fifty Petrović’s stories have been published separately in Russian, English, French, Spanish, German, Polish, Czech, Greek, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Belarusian, Hungarian, while about twenty have been included into anthologies of Serbian short stories in country and abroad. Petrović died on 26 January 2024, at the age of 62.

Awards

Goran Petrović received many awards and prizes including the ''NIN Award'' for the Novel of the Year, the

Andrić Prize The Andrić Prize () is a Serbian and formerly Yugoslav annual literary award for short stories and short story collections written in Serbian, granted by the ''Zadužbina Ive Andrića'' ("Ivo Andrić Foundation") since 1975. History The prize ...

, the ''Meša Selimović'' Award, the scholarship for literature from the ''Borislav Pekić'' Foundation, ''Prosveta'' Award, ''Serbian National Library'' Award for the most read book of the year, ''Golden Bestseller'' Award, ''Borisav Stanković'' Award.

Works

* ''Saveti za lakši život'' (1989) * ''Atlas opisan nebom'' (1993) * ''Ostrvo i okolne priče'' (1996) * ''Opsada crkve Svetog Spasa'' (1997) * ''Sitničarnica Kod srećne ruke'' (2000) * ''Bližnji'' (2002) * ''Sve što znam o vremenu'' (2003) * ''Skela'' (2004) * ''Razlike'' (2006) * ''Pretraživač'' (2007) * ''Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa'' (2010) * ''Matica'' (2011) * ''Unutrašnje dvorište'' (2018) * ''Papir sa vodenim znakom'' (2022) * ''Ikonostas'' (2022)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Petrovic, Goran 1961 births 2024 deaths Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian novelists University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Members of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts People from Kraljevo