Dragana Mladenović

Dragana Mladenovic c_Zoran Jovanovic

Writer Dragana Mladenović (born in 1977 in Frankenberg) grew up in Serbia. She studied Serbian Literature in Belgrade and now works as a writer and journalist for the weekly magazine Pančevac. She has published many books of poetry. Her book Rodbina (2010) has been translated into German, Swedish and Macedonian. Her poems have been published in many magazines and anthologies as well as in comics. Her poems deal with the failure of utopias and with political scenarios. Mladenović writes about war crimes, guilt and repression from various perspectives, drawing on her own experience. Her language is narrative and rich in imagery, both sober and empathetic, almost prosaic.

http://draganamladenovic.blogspot.rs/

Publications (a selection):
Uljezi. Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2016
Magda. Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2012
Rodbina. Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2010
Slova ljubve. Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2010
Omot spisa. Fabrika knjiga, Belgrade 2008

Prizes (a selection):
2013 Prize of the City of Pancevo for her literary work
2007 Laza Lazarević Award of Šabac
2003 Smederevo Poetry Autumn, Book of the Year for the volume Nema u tome nimalo poezije