Gordana Vlajić ( sr-cyr, Гордана Влајић; born 1959) is an author and political activist in

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Early life and career

Vlajić was born in

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, in what was then the

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in the

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. She graduated from the

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, majoring in journalism, and subsequently undertook studies in public relations in

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Author

Vlajić has written the poetry collections ''Krivo mi je'' (2005) ''Izložba reči'' (2008), ''A, da stvarno odemo na kafu?'' (2010), and ''Usud'' (2018), as well as the prose books ''Roaming'' (2007; published under a pseudonym), ''Raščupane muškatle'' (2009), and ''Baba Budimka i čuvar gumenog zamka'' (2012). She has also written a number of works for children, including ''Moja mama najlepše kuva ''(1998), ''Mama, je l' sutra opet ideš na posao?'' (2000), ''Zaistinska srpska bajka'' (2015), ''Slovarica, prirode čuvarica'' (2016), ''Šarena lica mojih ulica'' (2017), and ''ZEDSI, hibridni roman za tinejdžere, mlađe i starije'' (2019). Her works have been translated into

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, English,

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, Portuguese,

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, and Slovenian. She is a program editor for ''Matice iseljenika i Srba u regionu'', poetry editor for the

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publishing house ARTE, a co-founder of ''Beogradski čitač'', and the founder and editor of the children's magazine ''Ekopedija''. She is a member of the

Association of Writers of Serbia The Association of Writers of Serbia (Serbian language, Serbian: Удружење књижевника Србије, ''Udruženje književnika Srbije'') is Serbia's official writing association. Its current president is Miloš Janković. History T ...

, the Association of Writers of Vojvodina, and Mensa.

Political and administrative activities

Vlajić has worked in Pančevo's secretariat for environmental protection. She is a member of the

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(''Pokret obnove Kraljevine Srbije'', POKS) and appeared on the party's

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s in the

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and the concurrent

2020 Vojvodina provincial election Provincial elections were held in Vojvodina on 21 June 2020. Initially organised for 26 April 2020, they were postponed by a state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Serbia. Electoral system The 120 members of the Assembly are electe ...

.Изборне листе кандидата за посланике у Скупштину Аутономне покрајине Војводине (Изборна листа 6 ЗА КРАЉЕВИНУ СРБИЈУ - ЗА СРПСКО ВОЈВОДСТВО (Покрет обнове Краљевине Србије, Монархистички фронт) - Жика Гојковић) - Изборна листа
, Izbori 2020, Provincial Electoral Commission, Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, accessed 25 August 2020. The former list did not cross the

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; she received the fourteen position on the latter list and was not elected when it won five mandates.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vlajic, Gordana 1959 births Living people Writers from Pančevo Serbian women poets Serbian novelists Serbian children's writers Serbian women children's writers Serbian women novelists Serbian women in politics Movement for the Restoration of the Kingdom of Serbia politicians Sportspeople from Pančevo