Zivlak Jovan
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Life and career
Zivlak ended his secondary school education in Kikinda, and graduated from the University of Novi SadUniversity of Novi Sad
The University of Novi Sad is a university located in Novi Sad, the capital of Serbian province of Vojvodina and the second largest city in Serbia....
with a degree in Serbian language and literature. He was editor for the magazine Polja. Zivlak was also the editor in chief of Svetovi publishing from 1985 to 2007. He is currently the manager of Adresa publishing. He is the founder and, since 2001, editor in chief of the magazine for literature
Literature
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, art
Art
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, culture
Culture
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and thinking, Zlatna Greda
Zlatna Greda
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. He has been the president of the Writers' Association of Vojvodina since 2002.
His poems have been included in anthologies of Serbian poetry
Poetry
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. For his works he has received numerous literary prizes and awards.
Poetry
- Brodar (Sailor, 1969),
- 'Večernja škola (Evening School, 1974),
- Tronožac (Tripod, 1979),
- Čekrk (Windlass, 1983),
- Napev (Melody, 1989),
- Zimski izveštaj (Winter Report, selection of poetry, 1989),
- Čegrtuša (Rattlesnake, 1991),
- Obretenje (Rotation, selection of poetry, 1993, 1994, 1995),
- Ostrvo (Island, 2001),
- Pesme 1979/2005(Poems, 1979/2005,2006).
Essays
- Jedenje knjige (The Eating of a Book, 1996),
- Aurine senke (The Shadows of Aura, 1999).
- Sećanje i senke ( The Remembrance and shadows, 2007)
Collections of poetry translated under different titles
- Trépied (French, 1981),
- Penge (Hungarian, 1984),
- Trinožnik (Macedonian, 1985),
- Zol gostin (Macedonian, 1991),
- Il cuore del mascalazone (Italian, 1994),
- Zly host (Slovakian, 1997),
- Penitenta (Romanian, 1998),
- Poèmes choisis (French, 1999),
- Zol gostin i drugi pesni (Macedonian,2007)