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Ratko Adamović

ラトコ・アダモヴィッチ

Ratko Adamović

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1942-10-10 （Knin）
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
Belgrade

Career

Occupations
writer
Active Years
1971-2016
Affiliations
Association of Writers of Serbia, Serbian PEN
Memberships
Association of Writers of Serbia, Serbian PEN
Influenced By
Marguerite Yourcenar, Fernand Braudel, Béla Hamvas, John Cowper Powys, Alexander Genis, Paul Virilio, Daniel J. Boorstin, Gaston Bachelard, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Jacques Le Goff, Paulo Coelho, Christoph Ransmayr

Education

University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Comparative literature / Comparative literature
Country: Serbia

Awards

Isidora Sekulić Award
1997
Work: Immortal Kaleb
Organization: Association of Writers of Serbia
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Immortal Kaleb (Besmrtni Kaleb)

novel

Serbian novel.

immortality

Rope (Konopac)

novel

Novel translated into Polish.

Translations
  • Polish (1982)

Akademija noći (School of Night)

2003 novel

Novel published in 2003.

Gardens of Spirit (U vrtovima duha)

2002 essays

Collection of essays on various authors.

Karavan Saraj

1993 short stories

Short stories published in 1993.

Bibliography

  • Erkundungen : 28 jugoslawische Erzähler (1979)
  • Serbų novelės (1992)
  • Karavan Saraj (1993)
  • The Prince of Fire (1998)
  • Gardens of Spirit (2002)
  • Akademija noći (2003)

Translations of Works

  • Rope (Konopac) to Polish (1982)
  • Three short stories to German (1979)
  • Short stories to Lithuanian (1992)
  • Short stories in English anthologies (1998)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Serbian science fiction

Legacy

Known as a Serbian science fiction writer, author of 14 novels and more.

Trivia

  • Place of birth is Knin, but some biographies incorrectly list Sarajevo.
  • His work is often associated with Serbian science fiction.