Aleksandar Bečanović

Aleksandar Bečanović (born in Nikšić, Montenegro in 1971) is a Montenegrin poet, translator and a critic of literature and film. He has contributed to the Montenegrin weekly Monitor in its culture section. He is now a part of the cultural magazines Plima and Ars. He is well-known for his fanatic love towards the horror movies. He lists Howard Hawks as one of his favorite directors.

Bečanović received the Risto Ratković award for best book of poetry in Montenegro in 2002. He also translates material, mostly film theory, from English. He lives in Bar.

At the 2006 Pula Festival of Books and Authors in Croatia, Bečanović was one of the representative writers who presented on Montenegrin poetry.

Published works

*"Ulisova daljina", 1994
*"Jeste", pjesme, 1996
*"Ostava", pjesme, 1998
*"Mjesta u pismu", pjesme, 2001
*"Očekujem što će iz svega proizaći", 2005
*"Žanr u savremenom filmu", 2005