Ibrahim Hadžić
He was born in Rožaje (Montenegro) in 1944. He graduated in art history from the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. He has been writing poetry for over 50 years. He has published 16 books of poems, 5 of prose and other works, and 10 books about mushrooms. He translates poetry from the Russian language. He is the recipient of several significant literary awards. For 20 years, he was an editor at the School Editorial Office of TV Belgrade. In difficult times, under the pressure of “political commissars,” he had to resign and leave the Television. He is one of the founders of the Mycological Society of Serbia and one of the initiators and editors of the magazine Svet gljiva (The World of Mushrooms). Ibrahim Hadžić belonged to, and still belongs to, the independent circle of intellectuals. He lives in Belgrade.