Svetlana Matić ( sr-Cyrl, Светлана Матић, ; born June 19, 1966) is a

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writer and pedagogue. She writes poetry, prose, and textbooks in

and German language and teaches Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian in

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schools.

Biography

In Belgrade, Svetlana graduated from the University of Belgrade Pedagogical Academy in 1987 and from the

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in 1993. She also holds a diploma from the Theological and Pedagogical College in Strebersdorf, thus earned her the title of Teacher of Orthodox Religion in 2014. Besides that, Svetlana is a licensed insurance agent for work in

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, and

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. After she gained work experience within her own profession in primary schools "

Vuk Karadžić Vuk Stefanović Karadžić ( sr-Cyrl, Вук Стефановић Караџић, ; 6 November 1787 (26 October OS)7 February 1864) was a Serbian philologist, anthropologist and linguist. He was one of the most important reformers of the moder ...

" in

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and " Filip Filipović" in Belgrade, Svetlana went to Vienna, where she has worked for ten years as a marketing manager at Radio Telephone 1510 – one of the most famous Serbian media in Austria. Today, she is engaged as a pedagogical adviser at the School Directorate of the City of Vienna, at the Fabe counseling center, in which she is in charge for migrant children from the former

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, who have learning and behavioral difficulties. Svetlana often participates in professional and scientific conferences and is an associate of pedagogical scientific journals such as '' Učitelj,'' '' Prosvetni pregled,'' '' Nastava i vaspitanje,'' '' Spoji'' etc. She has written 11 textbooks, and books of poetry and prose and is a regular member of the

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, Association "

Milutin Milanković Milutin Milanković (sometimes Anglicisation of names, anglicised as Milutin Milankovitch; sr-Cyrl, Милутин Миланковић, ; 28 May 1879 – 12 December 1958) was a Serbian mathematician, astronomer, climatologist, geophysics, geo ...

", SPKD "Prosvjeta" Austria, Association of Writers "Sedmica" from

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, a

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of the Department of Social Sciences of the Serbian Royal Academy of Innovation Sciences (SKAIN), and the vice president of the Association "Vukova porodica". She is the founder and the first president of the Austrian and Serbian Cultural Society "Vilhelmina Mina Karadžić" as well. She lives and works in Vienna.

Bibliography

Textbooks

* ''Naš jezik,'' spelling book (Prosvetni pregled, Belgrade, 2010) * ''Nastavni listovi za nastavu na maternjem jeziku'' (Prosvetni pregled, Belgrade, 2010) * ''Taufe als Thema im orthodoxen Religionsunterricht'' (Akademikerverlag,

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, 2015)

Poetry and Prose

* ''Dečji biseri,''

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(author's edition, Belgrade, 2011) * ''Igra – Knjiga za decu i odrasle,'' poetry (author's edition, Belgrade, 2013) * ''O ljubavi s ljubavlju – Dečji iskazi i aforizmi o ljubavi,''

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: Aleksandar Čotrić (Pčelica,

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, 2014) * ''Majka – Pesme za decu i odrasle'' / ''Mutter – Gedichte für Kinder und Erwachsene,'' poetry in Serbian and German (author's edition, Vienna, 2016) * ''Pevam danju, pevam noću – Pisma Mini Karadžić'' ( Banat Cultural Center, Novo Miloševo i SPKD "Prosvjeta" Austria, Vienna, 2018) * ''Ich dichte am Tag, dichte in der Nacht – Briefe an Mina Karadžić'' ( Jugoslovensko-nemačko kulturno-umetničko društvo "Hilden",

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, 2018) * ''Pozdrav Milici Stojadinović Srpkinji,'' biography (Prometej,

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, 2019) * ''Srbi u Austriji,''

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, co-author:

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(Prometej, Novi Sad, 2019)

Awards and recognitions

* At the 7th Vukov Pedagoški Sabor in

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in 2009 Svetlana Matić received the prestigious recognition Vukova Povelja, which was assigned to her by Pedagoški pokret Srbije for the outstanding achievements in the development of education and national culture. * She is also a

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of the Award "

Rastko Petrović Rastko Petrović (1898–1949) was a Serbian poet and writer. After serving in the Serbian Army in World War I, he studied law in Paris and became a diplomat. Based at the Yugoslav embassy in Washington, D.C. during World War II, he remained in ...

" for 2018 by the Matica iseljenika i Srba u regionu, for the ''Pevam danju, pevam noću – Pisma Mini Karadžić.''“Književne nagrade ‘Rastko Petrović’ za 2018. godinu” (RTS, December 14, 2018)
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References

External links

''Svetlana Matić on “Srbija na vezi” TV show (Radio Television of Serbia, 2019)'' on YouTube

''Svetlana Matić on “Novo jutro” TV show (RTV Pink, 2019)'' on YouTube
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