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.
Stevica Šepra Mihajlov
Born in 1969 in Zrenjanin.
Author of the collection of fragmentary stories The Stooges and Breaded Zucchini, published in 2023 by the Niš Cultural Centre.
Winner of the “Stevan Sremac – Ball in Elemir” award for a humorous-satirical story in 2022.
His work has been published in Belgrade Literary Journal, Gradina, Dometi, Ulaznica, and Buktinja.
Published by Partizanska knjiga: U 3:10 za Kovin.
Nikola Mladenović
Nikola Mladenović (Johnny Mauna) was born in Novi Sad in 1986 and lived in Sombor for the first two years. His mother and brother were born in Niš, and his father on Jastrebac. He grew up in New Belgrade’s Block 22. From 2008 to 2012, he was involved in contemporary dance. In the following years, he continued exploring movement through free dance and contact improvisation. He has been writing since 2018, and since the end of 2021, he has been organizing poetry evenings called Ponekad u osam (Sometimes at Eight). His poetic expression is rounded out in the poetry book Jasni izbori (Clear Choices).
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Jasni izbori.
Dragana Mokan
Dragana Mokan was born in Zrenjanin in 1981. She lives and works in Belgrade. She’s written the book of poetry Kako mi je prošlo vreme (2003). She’s won the awards Ulaznica, Pčesa, Evenstar Festival of Fantasy and was a finalist in the poetry and short story competitions Alma (Belgrade) and Giuseppe Gioachino Belli (Rome). Her poetry has been published in literary magazines and on portals: Savremenik (Belgrade), Afirmator (Belgrade), Most (Sarajevo), Sveske (Pančevo), Sykoli (Budapest), Orbis (Kanjiža), Natron (Zrenjanin), Latica (Podgorica).
Published by Partizanska knjiga: Pustite im laganu muziku, 33 sna.