- Goran Petrović
Goran Petrović (Serbian
Cyrillic - "Горан Петровић") (born in1961 inKraljevo ,Serbia ) is one of the most significant and most widely read among contemporarySerbia n writers. He studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the Faculty of Philology ofBelgrade University . He works as a librarian in a city library in Žiča, very close to Žiča Monastery. He received the most prominent award in Serbian literature, theNIN Prize , in2000 , for his novel "Ситничарница „Код срећне руке".He first published the book of short prose, "Advices for Easier Life" ("Савети за лакши живот",
1989 ), followed by the novel "Sky-Locked Atlas" ("Атлас описан небом",1993 ); then a collection of short stories, "Island and Ambiental Stories" ("Острво и околне приче",1996 ); again, novels ("Siege of The Saint Salvation Church" : "Опсада цркве Светог Спаса",1997 ; "Smalltalk Place at "Lucky Shot" ("Ситничарница „Код срећне руке",2000 ); another collection of short stories, "Close One" ("Ближњи",2002 ); a selection of short writings in prose, "Everything I Know About Time" ("Све што знам о времену",2003 ); and a drama, "Ferry" ("Скела",2004 ).Petrović's books have been reprinted several times. His novels have already been translated into Russian, French, Italian and Spanish.
The novel "Siege of The Saint Salvation Church" was dramatized and directed as a play by
Kokan Mladenović , at the [http://www.npozoristeso.co.yu/ National Theatre] ofSombor .Goran Petrović has won the
Borislav Pekić Fund Scholarship; the "Prosveta Award"; the "Meša Selimović Award"; as well as various other awards: the "Charter of Rača", "Golden Bestseller" and "Vital Award"; the " [http://www.nbs.bg.ac.yu National Library of Serbia"] Award; the "Most widely read Book Award" ( [http://www.nin.co.yu NIN] , 2001); the "October Award of [http://www.kraljevo.co.yu/ the City of Kraljevo] ; finally, the "Borislav Stanković Award".
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