Milisav Popović

Milisav Popović
Born	23 July 1978(1978-07-23) Nikšić, Montenegro
Occupation	Author
Genres	Fantasy
Notable work(s)	Forgotten Mountain

Milisav Popović, author of "Forgotten Mountain", the first fantasy novel about mythical creautures of The Balkans.

Biography

Born 23 July 1978 in Nikšić, Montenegro.

After elementary and secondary education, he continued his education on Belgrade Faculty of Political Science, University of Belgrade, and in 2003 he received his political science diploma for international relations.

After the studies, on the level of Balkan universities, he was chosen to attend special pilot program in Belgrade - in domain of so-called "rigid and applied psychology" or to be precise - profiling. Year later he becomes the first profiler on the area of then Serbia and Montenegro (qualified for both descriptive and explicative analysis of human behaviour).

Being 24 years old, he returns to Montenegro and starts to work, first in Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and later as a European Integration counsellor for mayor of Podgorica, Miomir Mugoša.

On July 2008, he publishes his novel "Forgotten Mountain" - the first fantasy novel about mythical creautures of The Balkans which becomes a bestseller in Montenegro and Serbia in only 2 months.

On November 2008, author received "Lyre of Orpheus", first place prose award, on an international literature manifestation "Lyre of Orpheus", organized by the Academy of European Culture, that was held on November 2008, in Sofia and Krumovgrad, Bulgaria.^[1]

On February 2009, author received an award for "Best Book" in an event organised with a goal to promote individuals and events that marked year 2008 in Montenegro, nine categories received their laureates. The award for the best book went to Milisav Popović (for the book "Forgotten Mountain"). Action lasted for a month, and media coverage was done by RTV Atlas. "Forgotten Mountain", overall, received 10.000 votes.

Milisav Popović's essay on Montenegro was published in a specialized edition of National Geographic Traveler - "50 Places of Lifetime" in October 2009. This edition is published once in 10 years and represents one of the most important advertisers of tourism development in the world. Popović's essay brought renown to Montenegro for the fact that cover page of the magazine is in fact a motif of (Sveti Stefan). Popović was invited because of his recent success with "Forgotten Mountain" ^[2]

Early 2010, Popović was awarded author of the year national "Wild Beauty" award by the Montenegrin president Filip Vujanović. His weekly newspaper column "Food for Your Soul", which is published by the "DAN" newspaper, quickly became the most read newspaper column in Montenegro.

Early 2011, ACLA (American Comparative Literature Association) published a compilation of the most important novelists from Montenegro. Next to three historically renowned names was also Milisav Popović. This time, justification for choosing "Forgotten Mountain"'s author was based on his columns and its unusual content that gained attention beyond Montenegro. Columns soon became widely read, and with publisher's help some of them reached audience from abroad. It is interesting to note that a significant part of those columns was translated by enthusiasts, who aren't certified interpreters. Quality of those translations, and of the columns alone, attracted attention of specialized literary organizations from USA.^[3]

Sources

1. ^ "Naš Tolkin dobio "Orfejevu liru"". "Dan". 2008-11-04. http://www.dan.co.me/?nivo=3&rubrika=Kultura&datum=2008-11-04&clanak=163512. Retrieved 2010-06-08. 
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Name	Milisav Popovic
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Date of birth	23 July 1978
Place of birth	Nikšić, Montenegro
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