Andreas Dushi
Andreas Dushi was born in Shkodër and lives in Tirana. He is the editor-in-charge of the “ExLibris” literature magazine. A graduate in Albanian Language and Literature, he holds a master’s degree in Cultural Anthropology and is currently a Ph.D. candidate at the Center for Albanian Studies.
Dushi is the author of several novels, including “The Taking of Blood” (Onufri, 2018), “The Threshold of Abandonment” (Albas, 2019), and “In the Faith of Your Tattoo” (Onufri, 2022). His work has been translated and published in Italy, Romania and now in Serbian.
An active participant in international literary conferences and residencies, Dushi is an important voice in contemporary Albanian literature.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: S verom u tvoju tetovažu.
Đura Đukanov
Đura Đukanov (1956-2000) was a Serbian writer of short stories and dramas. As a native of Mokrin, he is one of the most significant representatives of the twentieth-century prose of Banat. Apart from Mokrin, he lived in Vršac and Novi Sad. He published the following books: Đavolska snevačina (1979), Domaći Sapun (1982), Slatkovodna Neman (1985), Luda pali sveće (1988), Voz Svetog Petra (1990), Dnevnik Vilijama Vilsona (1997) and Dvogled bez stakala (2000, posthumously).
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Đavolska snevačina/Slatkovodna neman, Domaći sapun/Luda pali sveće, Dvogled bez stakala/Duva vešanac.
Jana Egle
Jana Egle (born in 1963) was born and has spent her entire life in what is probably the harshest part of Latvia – Lower Courland. She holds a master’s degree in preschool pedagogy and worked in a kindergarten for more than 30 years. Since the 1990s, she has been writing poetry, but she only began writing prose after the age of fifty. In the Light (Gaismā) is her first book of prose, for which she received the Latvian Literature Award in 2017.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: U svetlosti.
Vladimir Mirkov Živanović
Vladimir Mirkov Živanović was born in a mine town in East Serbia in 1979. He studied at the Faculty of Applied Arts in Belgrade. He holds an MA from the European Institute of Design in Barcelona, where he has lived since 2005. He works as an art director. Slepi putnik is his first book.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Slepi putnik.
Miloš Živanović
Miloš Živanović (1976) is the author of the poetry collections Ignore The Nightmare In The Bathroom (Matica srpska, Novi Sad, 2006), Lirika pasa (The Lyricism of Dogs) (Algoritam, Zagreb, 2009), Na raskršću tužnog đavola (At the Crossroads of the Sad Devil) (KPZ Beton, Belgrade, 2017), the collection of prose Kubernetes – Priče o pilotu (Kubernetes – Stories About the Pilot) (Plima, Ulcinj, 2008), and the novels Razbijanje (Shattering) (Algoritam, Zagreb/Belgrade, 2011) and Duhovi novembra (The Ghosts of November) (Orfelin, Novi Sad, 2021). He worked as an editor for the Cultural Propaganda Kit Beton from 2006 to 2019. He lives in Belgrade.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Obale dobre vode.
Jonáš Zbořil
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Jonáš Zbořil (1988) is a Czech poet and journalist whose works explore identity, family, and the relationship between humans and nature. His debut poetry collection, Podolí (2013), was shortlisted for major literary awards in the Czech Republic. His second collection, Nová divočina (New Wilderness, 2020), examines themes of wildness in modern life. Zbořil is also an experienced cultural journalist. He has hosted several radio programs focused on contemporary literature and music, and currently leads the culture section of Seznam Zprávy, one of the most prominent Czech news outlets.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Flora.
Danka Ivanović
Danka Ivanović (born in Cetinje, 1988) completed her undergraduate and master’s studies in French language and literature at the University of Belgrade and the University of Leuven. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree in literature at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade.
She translates from French, and her reviews and poetry have been published in the journals Polja, Ulaznica, Beogradski književni časopis, Književna istorija, on internet portals, and in the poetry collection Tajni grad (Enklava, 2021).
Prazne kuće (Empty Houses) is her first novel.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Prazne kuće.
Miloš K. Ilić
Miloš K. Ilić (1987-2051) writes prose and radio dramas. He has published a short-story collection, Priče o pivu (2008).
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Umorni kao psi.
Sharon English
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Sharon English is a Canadian writer whose work emerges from a deep interest in how places and placelessness shape us. She’s the author of the story collections Uncomfortably Numb and Zero Gravity, which was long-listed for the Giller Prize, among other recognitions. Her first novel, Night in the World, is forthcoming from Freehand Books in 2022. Sharon’s essays have also appeared in the journals Canadian Notes and Queries and Dark Matter, and as part of the Dark Mountain Project in the UK. She lives in Toronto.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Nulta gravitacija.
Željko Janković
Željko Janković was born in Pančevo in 1983. He published a poetry book titled “Karl Ginter in Double Exposure” in 2010 (Branko’s Award, Aladin Lukač Award). He has published his works in numerous printed and online magazines, including Nova misao, Kvartal, Hyperborea, Agon, Ulaznica, Severni bunker, Sent, Zlatna greda, etc. He currently resides in Pančevo.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Sumrak na petlji, Noću ne polaze lososi.