Milorad Pavić was a Serbian novelist, poet, short story writer, and literary historian. Born in Belgrade in 1929, he published a number of poems, short stories and novels during his lifetime, the most famous of which was the Dictionary of the Khazars (1984). Upon its release, it was hailed as "the first novel of the 21st century." Pavić's works have been translated into more than thirty languages. He was vastly popular in Europe and in South America, and was deemed "one of the most intriguing writers from the beginning of the 21st century." He won numerous prizes in Serbia and in the former Yugoslavia, and was mentioned several times as a potential candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He died in Belgrade in 2009.
Croatian science fiction consists mostly of literature, novels and stories published in various magazines and story collections, and some movies and graphic novels. The first Croatian occurrence of science fiction happened in 1919 and since then, the region has seen the birth and death of several countries/states. This dynamic left a mark on the genre.
Goran Petrović was a Serbian writer and academic.
Borislav Pekić was a Serbian and Yugoslav writer and political activist.
Svetislav Basara is a Serbian writer and columnist.
The NIN Award, officially the Award for Best Novel of the Year, is a prestigious Serbian literary award established in 1954 by the NIN weekly and is given annually for the best newly published novel written in Serbian. The award is presented every year in January by a panel of writers and critics. In addition to being a highly acclaimed award capable of transforming writers' literary careers, the award is also sought after because it virtually assures bestseller status for the winning novel. The literary website complete review called it the "leading Serbian literary prize" in 2012.
Sava Savanović is one of the most famous vampires in Balkan and Serbian folklore.
Aleksandar Đuričić is a young Serbian novelist and a playwright. Author of two novels Surf na crvenom talasu and Rekvijem za Adama, and play Marlon Monroe.
Mirko Kovač was a Yugoslav writer. In his rich career he wrote novels, short stories, essays, film scripts, TV and radio plays. Among his best known works are the novella Životopis Malvine Trifković, the novels Vrata od utrobe, Grad u zrcalu, the short story collection Ruže za Nives Koen, the book of essays Europska trulež and the scripts for some of the most successful films of Yugoslav cinema like Handcuffs, Playing Soldiers and Occupation in 26 Pictures among others. He was one quarter of the infamous Belgrade quartet, the other three being Danilo Kiš, Borislav Pekić and Filip David.
Aleksandar Novaković is a Serbian writer, playwright, historian, musician and political activist.
Zarožje is a village in the municipality of Bajina Bašta, in western Serbia. Located on the slopes of the Povlen mountain, Zarožje has abundance of forests and meadows, and developed agriculture and husbandry. The village, and one of its features, the watermill, are best known as the inspiration for Milovan Glišić's 1880 short story After ninety years. It featured Sava Savanović, the most famous vampire in Serbian folklore. The story was filmed in 1973 as one of the most popular Serbian horror films, Leptirica.
Srđan Srdić is a Serbian novelist, short-story writer, essayist, editor, publisher and creative reading/writing teacher. He has published four novels, two short story collections and a book of essays, and has contributed as a writer and/or editor to several short story collections and literary magazines.
Sava Damjanov is a Serbian novelist, literary critic, short story writer, and literary historian. His efforts are directed primarily towards fantastic fictions, erratic and linguistically experimental strata in the Serbian tradition, reception theory, Postmodernism and Comparative Studies.
Slobodan Škerović is a Serbian author, painter and philosopher, and a member of the international neo-avantgarde Signalism movement.
Signalism represents an international neo-avant-garde literary and art movement. It gathered wider support base both in former Yugoslavia and the world in the late 1960s and the beginning of the 1970s.
Filip David is a Serbian writer and screenwriter, best known for penning essays, dramas, short stories and novels. In 1987, he was awarded the Andrić Prize for his short story collection Princ Vatre, and in 2015 he won the NIN Award for best Serbian novel of the year 2014 for his novel Kuća sećanja i zaborava.
Vladislav Bajac is Serbian writer, poet, journalist and publisher.
Milivoje Pavlović is an awarded Serbian writer and university professor, as well as literature, culture and media scholar.
Grozdana Olujić was a Serbian writer, translator, editor and critic. Her novels and fairy tales collections have been translated in more than 35 languages. Her awards include the Andrić Award, Zmaj Children Games Award, and Bora Stanković Award.
Pero Zubac is a Serbian and former Yugoslav author, poet, screenwriter, academic and journalist. He is a member of the Association of Journalists of Serbia and the Association of Writers of Serbia. In 2021 he was awarded the Order of Karađorđe's Star.
