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Zoran Bognar

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Zoran Bognar

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965-01-30 (Vukovar)
Nationality
Serbian
Languages
Serbian
Residence History
Belgrade

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, literary editor
Active Years
1986-2024
Affiliations
Dereta, Foundation for Preservation of Fine Arts – Ars Longa
Memberships
Association of Writers of Serbia, PEN of Bosnia Hercegovina

Awards

Vannelli Award
1997
Organization: Edizione Vannelli
Result: won
Mediterranean Lion
1998
Result: won
Hubert Burda Award
1999
Result: won
Pečat varoši sremskokarlovačke
1993
Result: won
Matićev šal
1994
Result: won
Stevan Pešić Award
1994
Result: won
Blažo Šćepanović Award
1996
Result: won
Rade Drainac Award
1999
Result: won
Isidora Sekulić Award
1999
Result: won
Srboljub Mitić Award
2000
Result: won
Milutin Uskoković Award
2003
Result: won
Slobodan Džunić Award
2006
Result: won
Milan Bogdanović Award
2009
Result: won
Dimitrije Mitrinović Award
2010
Result: won
Visoko specijalno priznanje Akademije Ivo Andrić
2010
Result: won
Kočićevo pero
2013
Result: won
ULUPUDS Award
2013
Result: won
Miodrag Draganić Award
2013
Result: won
Vasko Popa Award
2013
Result: won
Zlatni beočug
2013
Result: won
Jovan Skerlić Award
2018
Result: won

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Novi potop : izabrane pesme 1984–1994

1996 poetry

Selected poems 1984–1994

Deluge
Translations
  • Italian (1995)

Novi Nojev kovčeg : Dopisivanje sa Apokalipsom

1997 poetry

Correspondence with Apocalypse

Noah's Ark
Translations
  • Italian (1997)

Elizejska trilogija

2000 poetry

Poetic pilgrimage from lethargy to liturgy

Elysiumpilgrimage
Translations
  • Italian (1998)
  • Spanish (2002)
  • French (2002)

Albedo

2002 poetry

Sazvežđa ispod kože

2007 poetry

Constellations Under The Skin

Translations
  • Macedonian (2006)

Bibliography

  • Chess Board Blues
  • Land under Rule of Underworld
  • Psycho-Striptease
  • Night of Empty Hands
  • Jesus still believes in YUpeople
  • Biorhythm Traders
  • Smell of Plastic Flowers
  • When A Dead Man Returns One Day
  • The South Side Of East
  • Awakened State of Dream
  • Anonymous Immortality
  • New Deluge: selected poems 1984–1994
  • New Noah's Ark: Correspondence with Apocalypse
  • Talking Pictures: about the phenomena of the history of spirit and culture
  • New Man
  • Elysian Trilogy: a poetic pilgrimage from lethargy to liturgy
  • Protoclepsydra: A Selection of Poems
  • Young Poetry From The Countries of Eastern and Southeastern Europe
  • Albedo
  • La trilogie Elyséenne
  • Aura
  • Alhemija
  • Liquid Crystal: anthology of Serbian micro-essay of 20th Century
  • Constellations Under The Skin
  • Circle Maze
  • All moments are here and nothing ceases to be: anthology of Serbian poetry of the 20th century
  • Vukovarian Elegies
  • Anthologie de la poésie serbe contemporaine
  • Eidetic images: poetic-phenomenological micro-essays, essays and reflections 1982-2012
  • Insomnia, White Nights
  • Fear Is On Our Trail and Flirting With Our Shadows: orpheic portraits of melancholy
  • Albedo, Aura, Alchemy : selected poems 1984-2014

Translations of Works

  • Translations in Italian (1995,1997,1998,2001), Spanish (2002), French (2002), Macedonian (2006), selected poems in English and German (2000,2003,2015), Polish and French anthologies (1999,2008,2011), Swedish (2004)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
one of the most creative and renowned representatives of contemporary Serbian poetryover 300 essays and reviews published
Recurring Motifs
Elysian fieldspilgrimagealchemy

Legacy

Considered to be one of the most creative and renowned representatives of contemporary Serbian poetry. More than 300 essays and literary reviews published, works translated into multiple languages.

Trivia

  • Hungarian surname Bognar means 'Wheelwright'.
  • Born in Vukovar, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia.