Marija Knežević
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Marija Knežević (born 29 December 1963) is a Serbian poet, fiction writer, essayist, literary translator and Professor of literature.
Born29 December 1963
OccupationPoet, essayist, professor
NationalitySerbian
Notable awardsThe Đura Jakšič Award
Marija Knežević | |
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| Born | 29 December 1963 |
| 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)
- Sun Catcher, novel, Presing Mladenovac (2023)[5]
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).[6]