Claude Lalumière
Claude Lalumière was born in Montreal, Canada. He’s written four books and more than a hundred stories. His works have been adapted for theatre, television and comics. His prose has been translated into French, Italian, Polish, Spanish, Russian and Serbian.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Nokturni.
Arian Leka
Arian Leka (poet, prose writer and professor) belongs to a group of authors who became prominent after Albania opened up as a country and are considered the avant-garde. He has written sixteen books of prose and poetry and won six national literary awards, four out of which are for the best book of the year. His works have been translated into major European languages and are included in several recognized anthologies. He is the founder of a residential stay programme for writers in Tirana called Poeteka and a literary magazine with the same name. He is member of the European Council for Dramaturgy in Paris and the Poets’ Academy in London. He holds a PhD in literary theory and works as a lecturer at the University of Tirana.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Muževljeva leđa.
Predrag Ličina
Photo credit: Ivan Zadro
Predrag Ličina (Zagreb, 1972) is a fan of science fiction and horror. His favourite film is Alien, superhero Spiderman, and book The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He spends a lot of time listening to music and watching football. His favourite band is The Cramps, singer Nick Cave, and football club Liverpool. In his free time he directs films and writes stories. He directed and wrote the screenplay for the short film Teleport Zovko and feature-length film The Last Serb in Croatia.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Bljuzga u praskozorje.
Refik Ličina
Refik Ličina was born in Radmanci, Montenegro, in 1956, but since 1994 he has lived in Lund, Sweden. He writes poetry, prose and translates from Swedish. He has published the following poetry collections: Poznavanje prirode (1970), Pčele (1983), Prigodne prisile (2009), Knjigovezačka ulica (2009) and a few short-story collections: Staklenici (2004), Strah od behara (2013), Ulični budilnici (2017), Dalge (2018.). He published selected poetry in Swedish: Predikan för Eurydike (2009) and novellas När nyponrosor mognar (2013). Translations: Prisluškivanja, Bengta Emila Johnsona, 2010 (the prize for the best translation at Sarajevo International Book Fair in 2011), Antologija moderne švedske poezije, OKF, Cetinje and Izabrane pjesme Magnusa Wiliam-Olssona (2014), Put u središte zemlje i druge pjesme, Larsa Gustafssona, 2016, Izabrane pjesme Tomasa Tranströmera, 2018. He won the Goran Prize (1979) and the Branko Prize (1980), and the Klas De Vildes scholarship for the year 2016.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Ribe u bunaru.
Fatos Lubonja
Writer, journalist, artist, chief editor of the quarterly review Përpjekja (Endeavour), – an endeavour to introduce the critical spirit in the Albanian culture. Born in 1951. In 1974, finished his studies for physics. In the same year was imprisoned after police found his hiden writings. In 1979, was sentenced to a further 16 years. Was released from prison in 1991 after 17 years. Author of several books, numerous articles and essays and stories published in Albania and abroad. He has been awarded numerous prizes, including Premio Alberto Moravia: for the international literature, “Fondo Moravia” Roma, Italy (2002), Herder Price for literature, Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. Hamburg (2004), Prince Clause award for Literature and journalism, Prince Clause Foundation, The Netherland (2015).
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Ponovo osuđen.
Julien Maret
Julien Maret was born in Switzerland in 1978. He has written the novel Rengaine (2011) and Ameublement (2014), published by José Corti publishing house. He currently lives in Geneva.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Sve po starom.
Senka Marić
Senka Marić writes poetry, prose and essays. She has published three poetry collections and the novel Kintsugi tijela. She is a recipient of a few literary awards, including the European award Vitez/škinja poezije (2013), the Zija Dizdarević award (2000), and the Meša Selimović award (2019) for the best novel published in 2018 in the countries of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, Croatia and Montenegro. She is editor-in-chief of the Internet portal for literature, culture and art strane.ba.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Gravitacije.
Andrija Matić
Andrija Matić (1978) was born in Kragujevac. He holds a PhD in English literature from the Faculty of Philology, the University of Belgrade. He has published the novels Burnout (2015), Pomračenje u pet slika (2013), Šaht (2009) and Nestanak Zdenka Kuprešanina (2006), the short-story collection Muzej savremene umetnosti (2010) and the study T. S. Eliot: pesnik, kritičar, dramski pisac (2007). He lives in the south of Thailand.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Istanbulski mozaik.
Miljan Milanović
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Produžetak vrste, Divlje rastinje, Prolongation of the Species.
Tijana Milenković
Tijana Milenković was born on December 23, 1995, in Belgrade. She completed her primary and secondary education in Požarevac. She graduated from the Department of Film and Television Directing at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts for two years. She currently lives in Belgrade, where she makes a living, paints, and writes.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Brm, brm.