Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Svetlana Velmar-Janković

Svetlana Velmar-Janković (Светлана Велмар-Јанковић) is a Serbian novelist, essayist and chronicler of Belgrade. She was born in 1933 in Belgrade, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and educated in Belgrade where she continues to live today.

In her second year at university, she became a journalist. In 1959 she became an editor of contemporary Yugoslav prose and essay compositions at the Prosveta Publishing House. She worked here for many years, becoming, in 1971, a member of the editorial board.

In the meantime she established the Baština Library and, in 1989, became an independent writer.

Her publications include the novels: [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=2186 "Ožiljak"] (1956, second revised edition 1999), [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=1804 "Lagum"] (1990), [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=1808 "Bezdno"] (1995) and [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=1801 "Nigdina"] (2000); an autobiographical novel, [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=3294 "Prozraci"] (2003); two collections of essays "Savremenici" (1968) and "Ukletnici" (1993); three collections of short stories [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=5681 "Dorćol"] (1981), "Vračar" (1994) and [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=2282 "Glasovi"] (1997); the play "Knez Mihailo" (1994) and book of plays [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=1798 "Žezlo"] (2001); the children’s book [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=2642 "Knjiga za Marka"] (1998); and the prayer book "Svetilnik" (1998).

She has received numerous awards and prizes for her work, including the Isidora Sekulić, Ivo Andrić, Meša Selimović, Đorđe Jovanović, Borisav Stanković and Pera Todorović prizes. She won the National Library of Serbia award for most read book of 1992 and the NIN Prize for novel of the year for "Bezdno" (1995). For Knjiga za Marka (1998) she won the Neven Prize and Prize of Politikin zabavnik . She was awarded the 6 April Prize for her life’s work about Belgrade. Other awards include the "Mišićev dukat", "Ramonda Serbica" award, and the "Stefan Mitrov Ljubiša" prize.

Her work is currently published by Stubovi kulture publishing house, Belgrade. Her work has been translated into English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Bulgarian, Korean and Hungarian.

External links

* [http://www.stubovi.co.yu/autori/svetlana.htm Stubovi kulture]
* [http://www.dereta.co.yu/pisac.jsp?id=1710 Books by Svetlana Velmar-Janković]
* [http://www.dereta.co.yu/knjiga.jsp?id=1756 "Lagum" in English]


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