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Tanja Kragujević

ターニャ・クラグイェヴィッチ

Tanja Kragujević

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1946-10-26 （Senta）
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
Senta → Belgrade → Zemun

Career

Occupations
Poet, Writer, Editor, Translator
Active Years
1966-2024
Affiliations
Serbian Literary Society (member since foundation in 2001)
Memberships
Serbian Literary Society

Education

University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Philology / Department of General Literature and Literary Theory
Degree: MA
Period: 1970-1973
Year of Graduation: 1973
Country: Serbia
Master's thesis dedicated to Serbian poet Momčilo Nastasijević, published as essay in 1976.
Second Belgrade High School
Degree: 高校卒業
Year of Graduation: 1970
Country: Serbia

Awards

Brankova nagrada
1966
Category: poetry
Result: won
Đura Jakšić
1993
Category: poetry
Result: won
Isidora Sekulić
1976
Category: エッセイ
Result: won
Milan Bogdanović
1996
Category: 文学批評
Result: won
Top Artist in Literature
2009
Organization: Government of Serbia
Result: won
Milica Stojadinović Srpkinja
2009
Category: poetry
Result: won
The seal of the town of Sremski Karlovci
2013
Work: Hleb od ruža (Bread of Roses)
Category: poetry
Result: won
Desanka Maksimović
2015
Category: 生涯業績
Result: won
Rade Drainac Prize
2020
Work: Extravaganza
Category: poetry
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Vratio se Volodja

1966 Poetry

First poetry collection published at age 20, illustrated with photographs by her father Stevan Kragujević.

ReturnFamilyMemory

Staklena trava (Glass Grass)

2009 Selected Poetry

Selected and new poems, edited by Nenad Šaponja.

GlassGrassTransparency

Hleb od ruža (Bread of Roses)

2012 Poetry

Recent poetry collection.

RosesBreadLife

Efekat leptira (Butterfly Effect)

2016 Poetry

Poetry collection titled Butterfly Effect.

Extravaganza

2019 Poetry

Poetry collection, winner of Rade Drainac Prize.

Bibliography

  • Vratio se Volodja
  • Nesan
  • Samica
  • Osmejak omčice
  • Divlji bulevar
  • Muška srma
  • Duša trna
  • Osmejak pod stražom
  • Autoportret, sa krilom
  • Slovočuvar i slovočuvarka
  • Pejsaži nevidljivog
  • Godine, pesme
  • Pismo na koži
  • Njutnov dremež
  • Žena od pesme
  • Plavi sneg
  • Staklena trava
  • Ruža, odista
  • Motel za zbogom
  • Hleb od ruža
  • Od svetlosti, od prašine
  • Efekat leptira
  • Corona, Small Poems
  • Extravaganza

Translations by Author

  • Poems by Kajetan Kovič
  • Poems by Tone Pavček
  • Poems by Svetlana Makarovič
  • Poems by Marina Tsvetaeva (co-translated)

Translations of Works

  • Staklena trava (multilingual edition in French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish)
  • Recollection of Silk (English, French, Spanish from Hleb od ruža)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
LyricalDelicate imageryModern Serbian poetic tradition
Recurring Motifs
Landscapes of the invisibleLight and shadowNature and memory

Legacy

Prominent contemporary Serbian poet. Has published 19 poetry collections since her debut in 1966. Recipient of numerous literary awards, with works translated into German, English, French, and other languages. Member of the Serbian Literary Society. Significant literary influence, including family legacy from father Stevan Kragujević.

Archives

  • Historical Archives of Belgrade (Kragujević family legacy)

Trivia

  • Her father was the renowned art photographer and photojournalist Stevan Kragujević of Politika newspaper.
  • Her first poetry book was published by Matica Srpska, one of Serbia's oldest publishing houses.
  • Her poems have been featured on lyrikline.org since 2009.