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Marija Knežević (born 29 December 1963) is a Serbian poet, fiction writer, essayist, literary translator and Professor of literature.

Marija Knežević
Born	(1963-12-29)29 December 1963 Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Occupation	Poet, essayist, professor
Nationality	Serbian
Notable awards	The Đura Jakšič Award

Knežević was born in Belgrade, Serbia, in 1963.[1] She graduated from Belgrade University with a degree in Comparative Literature and Theory of Literature.[1] She later completed her M.A. degree at Michigan State University where she also taught from 1996 to 2000. She wrote a column for the Politika newspaper.[2]

Selected bibliography

Poetry

Her poetry includes:[1]

• Elegiac Advice to Julia, BIGZ; Belgrade. (1994)
• Things for Personal Use, Prosveta; Belgrade. (1994)
• The Age of Salome, Prosveta; Belgrade. (1996)
• My Other You, Vajat; Belgrade. (2001)

Prose

Her collection of proses include:[1]

• Dog Food, novel published by Matica srpska, Novi Sad (1989)
• Querida, e-mail correspondence with Anika Krstić from Belgrade during bombing of Yugoslavia in 1999. Vajat; Belgrade (2001)
• The Book of Longing, Slobodna izdanja Slobodana Mašića; Belgrade. (2003)
• Das Buch vom Fehlen, bilingual, Serbian and German edition; Wieser Verlag, translation into German: Goran Novaković, Vienna. (2004)[3]
• Ekaterini , (2005). Translation into English: Will Firth, Istros Books, London; England. (2013)[4]
• Fabula rasa, the work on the book financed by Austrian "KulturKontakt", the author's edition; Belgrade. (2008)
• Auto, Agora,; Zrenjanin. (2017)

Awards

• The Đura Jakšič Award, 2007, for the poetry collection In tactum
• The story “Without Fear of Change” (from Fabula rasa) is included in the "Best European Fiction" edition for 2012 (Dalkey Archive Press, Illinois, US).[5]

References

External links

• SKD/Marija Knežević
• Agon magazine/Marija Knežević
• Knjižara.com/Marija Knežević

На других языках

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- [en] Marija Knežević

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[ru] Кнежевич, Мария

Мария Кнежевич (серб. Marija Knežević; 29 декабря 1963, Белград, СФРЮ) — сербская поэтесса, писательница , публицист, журналист, эссеист, переводчик, литературовед.

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