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U sredu, 17. januara 2018. u 18:00 časova, u velikoj sali Udruženja književnika Srbije, biće predstavljena pentalogija "Svet u nigdini" Dejana Stojanovića. O knjizi će govoriti Srba Ignjatović, Dušan Stojković, Nikola Marinković, Milan Lukić i drugi. Moderator je Miljurko Vukadinović.
Dejan Stojanovic
Dejan Stojanović was born in Peć, Kosovo (the former Yugoslavia), in 1959. Although a lawyer by education, he has never practiced law and instead became a journalist, working as a foreign correspondent in the early nineties. He is a poet, essayist, philosopher, and businessman.
In 1986, as a young writer, he was recognized among 200 writers at the Bor (former Yugoslavia) Literary Festival. In addition to poetry and prose, he has worked as a journalist for the Serbian weekly magazine Pogledi (Views). His book of interviews from 1990 to 1992 in Europe and America, entitled Conversations, included interviews with several major American writers, including Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, Charles Simic, and Steve Tesich. The book was awarded the Rastko Petrović Prize by the Serbian Heritage Foundation and the Association of Writers of Serbia for intellectual engagement.
He has published books of poems:
Circling (Krugovanje), Narodna knjiga – Alfa, Belgrade, three editions – 1993, 1998, and 2000.
The Sun Watches Itself (Sunce sebe gleda), NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999.
The Sign and its Children (Znak i njegova deca), Prosveta, Belgrade, 2000.
The Creator (Tvoritelj), Narodna knjiga, Belgrade, 2000.
The Shape (Oblik), Gramatik, Podgorica, 2000.
The Dance of Time (Ples vremena), Konras, Belgrade, 2007.
Pentalogy: The World in Nowhereness (Svet u nigdini):
1. Ozar (Ozar), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.
2. The World and God (Svet i Bog), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.
3. The World in Nowhereness (Svet u nigdini), Udruženje književnika Srbije, 2017.
4. The World and Humans (Svet i ljudi), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.
5. The Home of Light (Dom svetlosti). Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.
The Hidden Light (Skrivena svetlost), Čigoja, Belgrade, 2018.
Primordial Spark (Iskra iskona), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021.
Centuries and Steps (Vekovi i koraci), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2023.
Essays:
Creator and Creating (Stvaralac i stvaranje), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021.
The New Man and the New World (Novočovek i novosvet), Rad, Belgrade, 2022.
Interviews:
Conversations (Razgovori), NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999
Anthology: Selected Serbian Plays (Izabrane srpske drame), USA, 2016.
He lived in Chicago between 1990 and 2014 and is a Serbian and US citizen.