Sasha Skenderija

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Sasha Skenderija
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Born (1968-07-04) 4 July 1968 (age 53)
Vitez, Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Education University of Sarajevo
Charles University
Occupation Poet
Author
Known for Poetry
Lyrics

Sasha Skenderija (born 4 July 1968) is a Bosnian-American poet currently residing in Prague.

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Biography

Skenderija began publishing poetry, prose and criticism in Bosnian (Serbo-Croatian) in the late 1980s, graduating from the University of Sarajevo in 1991. After surviving six months of the siege of Sarajevo, he fled to Prague, where he received a Ph.D. in Information Science from Charles University (1997). In 1999, with the help of translator and Cornell University linguistics professor Wayles Browne, [1] Skenderija arrived in Ithaca, New York. He relocated to New York City in 2010 and lived in Astoria, Queens. [2] He now lives in Prague, Czech Republic while working for the Czech National Library of Technology. [3]

Skenderija is one of the most renowned Bosnian poets born since 1960, and his work confronts a range of experience, from the quotidian to the polemical, while pushing the boundaries of the genre. [4] He ranks among the Bosnian poets with the most English-language reviews. [5]

Works

Books of poetry (Bosnian)

Books of poetry (English translation)

Poems in Anthologies

His poetry has been included in several Bosnian and Croatian anthologies and translated into Czech, English, Macedonian [14] and Slovenian: [15]

English translations of his poems have also been included in:

Skenderija also contributed lyrics to three albums of the cult Sarajevo techno-industrial band SCH ( VRIL , 2002; Eat This! , 2004; and Dance , 2007).

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References

  1. ↑ Skenderija, Sasha; Wayles Browne (2008). Why the Dwarf Had to be Shot. Austin, Texas: Black Buzzard Press. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-938872-39-9. Afterword (p. 90-92) and About the Translators (p.94) describe history of Skenderija/Browne collaboration.
  2. ↑ Skenderija, Sasha; Wayles Browne (2011). Cape of Good Hope. Tešanj, Bosnia: Tešanj : Centar za kulturu i obrazovanje. pp. 47, [1], 47, [1] p. tête-bêche. ISBN   978-9958-792-78-6. OCLC   732098431. The notes About the Author and About the Translators (p.47) describe Skenderija's recent whereabouts and history of Skenderija/Browne collaboration.
  3. ↑ "Organizational Structure". National Library of Technology. Archived from the original on 16 June 2013. Retrieved 19 May 2013.
  4. ↑ Greene, Roland; Stephen Cushman; Clare Cavanagh; Jahan Ramazani; Paul Rouzer; Harris Feinsod; David Marno; Alexandra Slessarev, eds. (2012). The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics 4th Edition. Princeton: Princeton University Press. p. 68. ISBN   978-0691154916. The entry on Bosnian poetry, page 68, by A. Vidan cites Skenderija as one of the most relevant contemporary Bosnian poets.
  5. ↑ Jones, Francis R. (2011). Poetry Translating as Expert Action: Processes, Priorities and Networks. Amsterdam, Philadelphia: John Benjamins Pub. Co. p. 68. ISBN   978-9027-224-41-5. All three poets cited by Jones as having the most English-language reviews are currently living in North American diaspora.
  6. ↑ Skenderija, Saša; Vojislav Petković; Todor Kršić; Adis Đubo (1987). Golo O. Banja Luka: Banja Luka : Književna omladina. p. 60. OCLC   455625924.
  7. ↑ Skenderija, Saša (1990). Kako naslikati žar-pticu. Sarajevo: Sarajevo : Svjetlost. p. 61. ISBN   86-01-01603-0. OCLC   441692561.
  8. ↑ Skenderija, Saša (1993). Ništa nije kao na filmu. Prague. p. 55. OCLC   34084119.
  9. ↑ Skenderija, Saša (1998). Praški fraktali (PDF). Online.
  10. ↑ Skenderija, Saša (2005). Zašto je patuljak morao biti ustrijeljen. Tešanj, Bosnia: Tešanj : Centar za kulturu i obrazovanje. p. 103. ISBN   9958-792-43-5. LCCN   2005484212.
  11. ↑ Skenderija, Saša (2011). Rt Dobre Nade. Tešanj, Bosnia: Tešanj : Centar za kulturu i obrazovanje. pp. 47, [1], 47, [1] p. bilingual (Bosnian English) tête-bêche edition. ISBN   978-9958-792-78-6. OCLC   732098431.
  12. ↑ Skenderija, Sasha; Wayles Browne (2008). Why the Dwarf Had to be Shot. Austin, Texas: Black Buzzard Press. p. 96. ISBN   978-0-938872-39-9. OCLC   310353449.
  13. ↑ Skenderija, Sasha; Wayles Browne (2011). Rt Dobre Nade / Cape of Good Hope. Tešanj, Bosnia: Tešanj : Centar za kulturu i obrazovanje. pp. 47, [1], 47, [1] p. bilingual (Bosnian-English) tête-bêche edition. ISBN   978-9958-792-78-6. OCLC   732098431.
  14. ↑ Скендерија, Саша (March 2004). "Портал : Гласник На Македонски Духовни Конаци". Портал : Гласник На Македонски Духовни Конаци. 5 (9/10).
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  19. ↑ Agee, Chris (1998). Scar on the Stone: Contemporary Poetry from Bosnia . UK: Bloodaxe Books. ISBN   1-85224-415-1.
  20. ↑ Jergović, Miljenko (1997). Conan Lives Here: Young Bosnian Poetry 1992-1996. Zagreb: Durieux. ISBN   953-188-070-0. OCLC   38445829.
  21. ↑ Karpatský, Dušan (1995). Messages from the Bottom of the Night: Literature of Bosnia and Herzegovina under Siege and in Exile. Prague: Mladá fronta. ISBN   80-204-0542-9. OCLC   36611543.
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  24. ↑ "Witness". Witness. XX. 2006. Archived from the original on 2009-01-29.
  25. ↑ Fulton, Alice (2006). "Like a Fragile Index of the World: Poems for David Skorton". Like a Fragile Index of the World: Poems for David Skorton. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
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  27. ↑ Toorawa, Shawkat M. (2015). The City That Never Sleeps: Poems of New York. Albany, New York: SUNY Press Excelsior Editions. ISBN   978-1-4384-5615-7. OCLC   886672019.
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