Vladislav Bajac
Vladislav Bajac (Serbian Cyrillic: Владислав Бајац, born 2 June 1954) is Serbian writer, poet, journalist and publisher.
Biography
He was born in Belgrade in 1954 and later studied philology at the University of Belgrade. In 1993, he founded the publishing house Geopoetika, which publishes fiction as well as nonfiction books about history, art, rock & roll, and archeology. Geopoetika has published Serbian Prose in Translation, a collection of Serbian books translated into English.[1][2]
His books were translated into twenty languages.
His best-known work is his 2008 novel,
In 2017, Bajac has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[4]
Works
Poetry
- Which way Leads To People, 1972
- The Path of Haiku, 1988
Short Stories
- Europe On the Bull’s Back, 1988
- Dream Coasters (Geopoetical Fables), 1992
- Gastronomadic Stories, 2012
Novels
- The Book of Bamboo, 1989
- The Black Box (An Utopia On Subsequent Reality), 1993
- The Druid of Sindidun, 1998
- Escape from Biography (A Life under Eight Names), 2001
- Europe Express (A Novel In Short Stories), 2003
- Hamam Balkania (A Novel and Other Stories), 2008
- Chronicles of Doubt, 2016
English editions
- Hamam Balkania, Belgrade, Geopoetika, 2009
- Hamam Balkania, Blooming Twig Books, New York & Tulsa, 2014
- Hamam Balkania, Istros Books, London, 2014
Awards
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- Dimitrije Mitrinovic Award (for the excellence in writing), Belgrade, Serbia, 2015.
- Special Book Award of China, Beijing (for the Chinese culture contribution to the world), 2014.
- Haiku awards at The International Itoen Haiku Poetry Contest, Tokyo, Japan, in both 1991. and 1993.
- Stevan Pesic Award for the best 1995 prose book in 1996 for the revised edition
- Borislav Pekic Foundation Prize for the best manuscript in 1993'
- The 6th April Award (The Book Day) proclaimed by The Serbian Literary Union and Belgrade City Assembly as the best novel on (ancient) Belgrade in 1998.
- The Golden Best-Seller Award for the Top ten best-selling books in 1999.
- Branko Copic Foundation Award (Serbian Academy of Science and Art) for the best book in 1998.
- Proclaimed as "The Novel of the Year" (1998) by Vecernje Novosti (Evening Daily News).
- Award for one of ten best-selling books in 2001
- International Award for Collected Prose Work, Macedonia, 2003
- International Balkanika Award for the best book on the Balkans in 2007/2008, International jury
- Isidora Sekulić Award for the best book in Serbia in 2008
- Hit Liber Award for one of ten Best-selling books in 2008
- Kocicevo pero Award, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010
- Petar Kocic Award for the excellence in writing, Banjaluka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, 2010
- Ramonda Serbica Award for Lifetime achievement in literature and for contribution to literature and culture, Nis, Serbia, 2012
- Prozart Award for affirmation of Balkan literature, PRO-ZA Balkan Festival, Skopje, Macedonia, 2013