It was announced on 18th June 2009 that Rodge Glass has won the Somerset Maugham Award, one of the most distinguished literary prizes in the UK. This was for his biography of Alasdair Gray and comes after four previous shortlistings for his novels No Fireworks and Hope for Newborns, plus a recent shortlisting for the Scottish Arts Council Award for Non-Fiction in 2009, also for the Gray biography.
The Somerset Maugham Award has been going since 1947, is open to all writers of fiction, non-fiction and poetry under 35 years old, and boasts a long list of many of the best writers to be published in the UK in the post-Second World War period. Previous winners include Kingsley and Martin Amis, BS Johnson, Ted Hughes, Seamus Heaney and Ian McEwan, and more recently Sarah Waters, AL Kennedy and Carol Anne Duffy. Find the complete list of winners here and the details of the award here.
It is Cooke’s dual ability to pick apart beautifully the daytime details of cosy family life while also exploring much loftier themes of God, truth, memory and love that set her aside as a mature, intensely emotional and intelligent writer… Cooke has created a thought-provoking family study, brimming with insight... Although she does not shy away from the murkier or melancholic moments… it is these glimpses of human resilience that give her narration a moving, arresting power
- Sunday Times
This is a complex, clever novel which on the whole succeeds in its high ambitions
- Time Out
Cooke is excellent on unspoken family tensions and her characters’ psychological motivations always ring true with a density that recalls Virginia Woolf. Of the younger generation of Scottish writers being published now, Cooke is one of the best.
- Scottish Review of Books
A wise, ambitious and involving work flowering in psychological insight, it leaves less nuanced epics in its shade
- Kevin MacNeil, author of The Stornoway Way
Festival kratke priče KIKINDA SHORT
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Studentski kulturni centar Beograd
organzuju:
KIKINDA ROCK SHO’T
Rok pisci!
Rok kritičari!
Rok priča!
Sreda, 10. jun, velika sala SKCa, 20:30h
Čitaju: Snežana Golubović, Vudu Popaj, Bogica Mijatović, Moma Rajin, Dule Nedeljković, Petar Janjatović, Vladimr Đurić Đura, Vladislav Bajac, Peca Popović, Mihajlo Pantić & Dejan Cukić
Svira: Super confusion, Kikinda
Vode Srđan Srdić/Papić
Dr Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers is Assistant Professor, Shakespeare and Renaissance Studies at University of Western Australia (UWA) in Perth, Australia. She teaches courses on Shakespeare’s plays, Shakespeare on film and history of ideas, and works a member of UWA’s new Medieval and Early Modern Studies Centre. Dr Kambaskovic-Sawers has published numerous academic articles on genre history and the nexus of myth, religion and poetry, as well as award-winning poetry of her own. Her book, Character Ambiguity and the Novelistic Impulse in the Renaissance Sonnet Sequence, is being prepared for print. She is married to Mr Mark Sawers, Australia’s High Commissioner to Brunei, with whom she has a four-year-old daughter, Una Sawers.
Danijela Kambaskovic-Sawers, rođena u Beogradu 1971. godine, gde je odrasla, naučila engleski, naučila sebe i završila sve škole osim poslednje.
Živela u zemlji i pet raznih inostranstava.
Piše sve što mrda. Piše i ono što ne mrda.
Uspesi:
Preselila se na kraj sveta zbog ljubavi.
Nakon deset godina, još je na kraju sveta, iako ga još uvek doživljava kao kraj sveta.
Objavila je niz naučnih članaka u raznoraznim časopisima za svetske akademske zagubljenike u prostoru i vremenu.
Objavila jednu zbirku poezije i napisala drugu koja čeka. Osmislila je i treću, ali nikako da je napiše.
Piše priče, ali pošto su one svetle, za razliku od poezije koja je tamna, duže se peru u glavi (pretpranje) i na papiru (pranje).
Doktorirala na sonetnim vencima renesanse i teoriji zanra na Macquarie univerzitetu u Sidneju. Radi kao docent za Sekspira i renesansne studije na Univerzitetu u Zapadnoj Australiji (University of Western Australia) u Pertu i kao on-line predavač Sekspira i renesansne engleske književnosti na Macquarie univerzitetu.
Peva kad god je puste.
Redovno čisti kuću i hrani ukućane.
Regionalni urednik Balkanskog književnog glasnika za Australiju i Pacifik.
KRISZTIÁN GRECSÓ (1976)
writer, literary editor
I was born in a little village in southern Hungary, Szegvár. (http://www.megapress.hu/szegvar). I spent there the first fourteen years of my life, isolated, but happily. I graduated from Csongrád, János Batsányi Grammar School.. (http://www.bjg.hu). I got my first diplom at Kőrösi Csoma Sándor Teacher Training College, and my second one at József Attila University in the Faculty of Arts. (http://www.arts.u-szeged.hu/modern I live in Békéscsaba (http://www.bekescsaba.hu) with my wife, and work for a literary periodical as an editor. "Bárka" (http://www.bmk.iif.hu/barka), or "ark" in English, is published every second month. I have four books: three books in verse, and a book in prose. This collection of short stories caused a big scandal in Hungary, because of the fact that fiction and reality are rather intertwined in it. Mamma Mouthful has been published three times and awarded by several major prizes. I have been working on a novel for four years. It will be published by the best publishing house of Hungary, "Magvető", in June.
BIBLOGRAPHY
Vízjelek a honvágyról [Water-lines of Homesickness](poems)
Tevan publishing house, Békéscsaba, 1996, 76 pages,
Angyalkacsinálás [Fashioning Little Angels] (poems)
JAK-series, www.jozsefattilakor.hu Budapest, 1999; 70 pages
József Attila Kör publishing house
Caspar Hauser (poems), an exclusive publication of Békés County Library, Békéscsaba, 2001
Published in 200 copies, numbered, dedicated
Mamma Mouthful (Pletykaanyu)
Jelenkor publising house, www.jelenkor.com, Pécs-Budapest,
2001, 2th ? 3th edition: 2002., 206 pages
Prizes:
Gérecz Attila-prize (1996, the best first book in verse),
Soros-prize (1998),
Móricz Zsigmond sholarschip (1999),
Nemzeti Kulturális Alapprogram creativ work scholarship (2001),
Örkény István scholarship (2002),
Faludy-prize (2002),
Bródy Sándor-prize (2002, the best first book in prose),
Nemzeti Kulturális Alapprogram creativ work scholarship (2003)
Déry Tibor-prize (2004)
Slobodan Bubnjević je pisac, novinar i fizičar.
Rođen 1978. godine u Rijeci u Hrvatskoj, danas stanuje u Pančevu sa suprugom i kćerkom Katarinom.
Mada se obrazovao kao fizičar istraživač na Fizičkom fakultetu na Univerzitetu u Beogradu, već godinama se bavi pisanjem priča, drama i novinskih tekstova.
Zaposlen je kao novinar u nezavisnom nedeljniku “Vreme” u Beogradu, gde radi od 2003. godine, pokrivajući oblasti nauke i ekologije. Osim u matičnoj redakciji, piše i za National Geographic Srbija, B92 i druge beogradske medije.
Objavio je zbirku priča “Perturbacije i druge nevolje” (Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 2005).
Napisao je osam drama koje su sve emitovane na programima Radio Beograda: “Embrio” (2003), “Fisioni fragmenti Pavla Savića” (2004), “Lov na Čarlsa Darvina” (2004), “Sile Ruđera Boškovića” (2005), “Usud” (2005), “Tesla i Pupin” (2006), “1300 kaplara” (2007) i “Atanasije Stojkovič” (2008), a trenutno priprema radio-dramu “Susret u Kopenhagenu”.
Tekst drame “Usud” osvojio je prvu nagradu na anonimnom konkursu za najbolju originalnu radio-dramu Radio Beograda 2005. godine.
Njegova priča “Napredak jednog vozača” dobila je nagradu “Laza K. Lazarević” za najbolju neobjavljenu savremenu srpsku pripovetku, na anonimnom konkursu u 2007. godini.
Njegova pripovetka „Prilagođavanje“ ušla je u izbor od šest priča na međunarodnom konkursu LAPIS HISTRAE 2008. u Hrvatskoj.
Nije puno objavljivao u periodici, ali su se neke njegove priče i drugi književni tekstovi pojavili u nekoliko časopisa i web-potrala. Učestvovao je u radu nekoliko književnih radionica i tribina.
Dovršava roman „Baukova mreža“ na kom radi od 2005. godine.
Slobodan Bubnjević is a writer, journalist and physicist.
He is born in 1978, in Rijeka, Croatia. Today he lives in Pančevo, a suburb of Belgrade, Serbia, with his wife and his daughter Katharine.
Before that, Bubnjević studied experimental and theoretical physics at University of Belgrade. Along with his simultaneous development as a prose writer and a physicist, he started to write popular science articles. Later, he became a professional science writer.
Since 2003, Bubnjević is science reporter of magazine “Vreme”, which is an independent, informative and political weekly based in Belgrade, Serbia. Besides his constantly engagement in “Vreme”, he is author of National Geographic Serbia, B92 and other Belgrade's media.
Slobodan Bubnjević published a collection of stories “The Perturbations and other troubles” (Narodna knjiga, Belgrade, 2005).
He wrote eight drama: “Embryo” (2003), “The Fissile Fragments of the Pavle Savic” (2004), “The Hunting of the Charles Darwin” (2004), “Rudjer Boskovich” (2005), “The Providence” (2005), “Tesla and Pupin” (2006), “The Story About 1300 Corporals” (2007) and “Atanasije Stojkovich” (2008), which were all broadcast on the Radio Belgrade.
His drama “The Providence” won the first prize on the Radio Belgrade anonymous competition for the best original radio drama in 2005.
For the story “The Development of a Driver”, he was awarded “Laza K Lazarević” for best contemporary Serbian short story in 2007.
His story “The Adaptation” was selected for the best six on the international competition “Lapis Histrae” in Croatia in 2008.
Bubnjević published some stories at local magazines and web portals such as „Prozaonline“. He participated to several writing workshops and panels.
Now, he works on his novel in progress, which is named „The Bauk Net”.
CONTACT
Slobodan Bubnjević Dunavska 6/19, 26000 Pančevo, Serbia;
+381-(0)64-197-37-34, +381-(0)13-343-941;
sbubnjevic@vreme.com, sbubnjevic@gmail.com;
http://slobodanbubnjevic.blogspot.com/
http://217.16.70.245/?pBroj=1417&stID=9832&pR=5
http://www.podteksty.eu/index.php?action=dynamic&nr=5&dzial=5&id=118
http://www.kontrapunkt-mk.org/margina/68/dimitar.htm
http://www.templum.com.mk/margina/sodrzina/margina68/dimitar.htm
http://www.templum.com.mk/margina/sodrzina/margina60/raskaz.htm
Andrea Stift, born 1976 in Southern Styria (Austria), studied Applied Linguistics and German Philology and lives now in Graz and Vienna. She writes prose and poetry, her stories were published in manuskripte, Kolik and Austrian newspapers. She won some prizes and awards like the manuskripte-Literaturförderungspreis and the Staatsstipendium 2008 and was invitated to the Open Mike in
WRITER/CRITIC GUEST
Objavio je knjigu stihova Posljednja topla noć (u suautorstvu s Evelinom Rudan i Denisom Peričićem, Varaždinsko književno društvo, Varaždin, 2002) te samostalne zbirke pjesama Emily Dickinson u mom gradu (Naklada MD, Zagreb, 2003; drugo, dopunjeno, elektroničko izdanje, www.elektronickeknjige.com, 2006) i Rijeke i mjesečine (Hrvatsko društvo pisaca/Durieux, 2007).
Urednik je i suautor interaktivnog CD-ROM-a Teslin dan (s Vladimirom Končarom, Agencija za školstvo RH, 2006; drugo izdanje Agencija za školstvo RH, 2007).
Tekstovi su mu prevođeni na engleski, mađarski, francuski, njemački, slovenski, poljski, slovački, bugarski i makedonski jezik i uvršteni u antologije i preglede. Izvršni je urednik časopisa za književnost Quorum. U pripremi ima zbirku poezije i knjigu priča.
Slađan Lipovec was born in Bjelovar in 1972. His poetry, prose and non-fiction have been published in Croatian and foreign periodicals, as well as on Croatian radio.
He published poetry books Posljednja topla noć (with coauthors E. Rudan and D. Peričić, Varaždinsko književno društvo, Varaždin, 2002), Emily Dickinson u mom gradu (Naklada MD, Zagreb, 2003; second, extended and electronic edition on www.elektronickeknjige.com, 2006) and Rijeke i mjesečine (Hrvatsko društvo pisaca /Durieux, Zagreb, 2007).
He is the editor and coauthor (with Vladimir Končar) of the interactive CD-ROM Teslin dan (Agencija za školstvo RH, 2006; second edition 2007).
His works have been translated into several languages and presented in anthologies of contemporary Croatian literature.
He is the executive editor of the literary magazine Quorum. He’s finishing a poetry volume and a non-fiction book.
MIRJANA ĐURĐEVIĆ (1956, Belgrade), B.Sc. C.E. M.Sc. in applied mathematics. Professor at Civil Engineering College, Belgrade. She has written a series of six crime novel parodies featuring a female detective Harriett as the main character: A MURDER AT THE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE („Ubistvo u akademiji nauka“, Žagor, 2002, Agora, 2007.); THE PARKING LOT OF St. SAVATIJE (“Parking svetog Savatija”, samizdat, 2003, Agora, 2008.); OLD MAN RANKO'S MUSINGS ABOUT WOMEN (“Deda Rankove riblje teorije”, Čigoja štampa, 2004 – awarded with Female pen 2004, Hit liber 2004, and Golden bestseller 2004); THE JACUZZI IN THE ELEVATOR (“Jacuzzi u liftu”, Čigoja štampa, 2005); SERBIAN LEGENDS (“Prvi drugi, treći čovek – srpske legende”, Agora, 2006.) and AS SOON AS I SURVIVE („Čim preživim ovaj roman“, Agora 2008.). Also ANATOMY CLASS AT THE CIVIL ENGINEERING FACULTY (“Čas anatomije na Građevinskom fakultetu”, Viktor, 2001, non-fiction) and novels IN TRANSITION, ON HER OWN (“Treći sektor ili sama žena u tranziciji”, Žagor, 2001, Agora, 2006.); THE DRAGONESS' SMILE (“Aždajin osmeh”, Čigoja štampa, 2004.) and historical thriller KEEPERS OF THE SACRAMENT, (“Čuvari svetinje”, Agora, 2007). She lives and writes in Belgrade, Serbia.
Lejla Kalamujić was born in 1980 in Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina). She studied Philosophy and Sociology at the Faculty for Philosophy in Sarajevo.
Rumena Buzarovska was born in 1981 in Skopje, Macedonia. Her short stories have appeared in the magazines Margina, Blesok, Lichtungen, Ostrahege and Wespennest, while her first collection Чкртки (Scribbles) was published in 2007. Rumena Buzarovska is also a literary translator, having translated James M. Coetzee’s The Life and Times of Michael K and Lewis Carroll’s Through the Looking Glass into Macedonian.
Румена Бужаровска је рођена 1981 године у Скопљу, Македониja. Њене кратке приче обjављене су у часописима Маргина, Блесок, Lichtungen, Ostrahege и Wespennest, а њена прва збирка Чкртки je oбjављена у 2007 години. Румена је такође књижевни преводилац. Превела је на македонском Џејмс Kуцијеву Живот и времена Мајкла К и Луис Каролову Алиса у свету огледала.
SWEET 60’s GENERATION
Igor Marojevic was born in Vrbas, Serbia in 1968. He graduated from the Department of Serbian Language and Literature, Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He published the novels: Obmana Boga (1997), Dvadeset cetiri zida (1998), Zega (2004, 2008) and Snit (2007, 2008) as well as the story collections Tragaci (2001) and Mediteranci (2006, 2008). For the novel Zega, he received “Stevan Pesic” award and won the prize given by “Borislav Pekic Fund”.
He spent a few years in Barcelona, where the Theatre Institute produced his play Nomadi in 2004. The same play was staged on BELEF (Belgrade Summer Festival) in 2008. The adaptation of his novel Bar sam svoj covek premièred in 2009, in The Belgrade Drama Theatre.
His prose is included in collections of Serbian literature in German, Italian, Czech, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Hungarian and Slovenian. His works have been translated (some in excerpts) to Spanish, Catalan and English, and are being translated to Portuguese.
Marojevic is a member of both Catalan and Serbian PEN Centre. He is the youngest prose writer mentioned in the newest editon of Jovan Deretic’s The short history of Serbian literature. He currently lives in Zemun, Serbia.
Igor Marojević je rođen 1968. u Vrbasu. Diplomirao je Srpski jezik i književnost na Filološkom fakultetu u Beogradu. Objavio je romane “Obmana Boga” (1997), “Dvadeset četiri zida” (1998), “Žega” (2004, 2008) i “Šnit” (2007, 2008), kao i zbirke priča “Tragači (2001) i “Mediterani” (2006, 2008). Za roman “Žega” dobio nagrade “Stevan Pešić” i Nagradu iz fonda Borislav Pekić.
Nekoliko godina je proveo u Barseloni, gde mu je u produkciji Instituta za teatar 2004. igrana drama “Nomadi”, koja je pod naslovom “Tvrđava Evropa” izvođena na BELEFu 2008. Adaptacija njegovog drugog romana izvođena je u Beogradskom dramskom pozorištu 2003. i 2004. godine. Njegov drugi komad “Bar sam svoj čovek” imao je premijeru 2009. takođe u BDP.
Zastupljen je u antologijama i izborima srpske proze na nemačkom, italijanskom, češkom, makedonskom odnosno ukrajinskom, mađarskom i slovenačkom jeziku. Njegova dela ili odlomci iz njih prevođeni su i na španski, katalonski i engleski, a prevode se i na portugalski jezik.
Član je Katalonskog i Srpskog PEN Centra. Najmlađi je zastupljeni prozni autor u poslednjem izdanju “Kratke istorije srpske književnosti” Jovana Deretića. Živi u Zemunu.
Dragana Dukić was born in 1985 in Kikinda, Serbia where she still lives and works today. She is a senior undergraduate at the Teacher Training College, where she used to be the editor of the student newspaper "Inkluzija". Besides writing, she is also active in non-governmental organizations, mostly on the projects that improve the status of women, the youth and ethnic minorities in the society. While volunteering in Norway, she wrote a collection of short stories that won at "Đura Đukanov" competition for the best unpublished collection of stories, which is at the same time the first book she published. She is also the editor of the local newspaper for children and the youth.
