Dragan Velikić
Dragan Velikić (Драган Великић; born 7 July 1953) is a Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and former Ambassador to Austria. He's one of the best known writers of modern Serbia. His influences include Gaito Gazdanov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Constantine P. Cavafy, Ivo Andrić and Aleksandar Tišma among other authors.
Dragan Velikić
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- Name
- Dragan Velikić
- Born
- 3 July 1953
- Birthplace
- Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
- Education
- Faculty of Philology in Belgrade
- Occupation
- writer, publicist, ambassador
- Awards
- NIN award Vilenica International Literary Prize
- Nationality
- Serbia · Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia · Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Honours
- NIN Prize · Meša Selimović Prize · Kočićevo pero Award
- Languages
- Serbian
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Dragan Velikić (Драган Великић; born 7 July 1953) is a Serbian novelist, short story writer, essayist and former Ambassador to Austria. He's one of the best known writers of modern Serbia. His influences include Gaito Gazdanov, Mikhail Bulgakov, Constantine P. Cavafy, Ivo Andrić and Aleksandar Tišma among other authors.
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Dragan Velikić (born 1953) is an ambassador, diplomat and journalist, among other activities, a national of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Serbia. The ambassador was born in Belgrade.
Dragan Velikić was educated at University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. The ambassador held the position of ambassador of Serbia to Austria.
Languages used include Serbian. Honours include Kočićevo pero Award, Meša Selimović Prize and NIN Prize.
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Velkić's best known works are the novels Ruski prozor (The Russian Window) and Islednik (The Investigator), both of which won the NIN Award. In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. In mid-1970s, Velikić was shortly a keyboardist for the popular rock band Pop Mašina.
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• Name — Dragan Velikić • Native Name — Драган Великић • Born — 3 July 1953 • Birthplace — Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia • Education — Faculty of Philology in Belgrade • Occupation — writer, publicist, ambassador • Awards — NIN award Vilenica International Literary Prize
Novels
Novels
• Via Pula (1988) • Astragan (1991) • Hamsin 51 (1993) • Severni zid (1995) • Danteov trg (1997) • Slučaj Bremen (2001) • Dosije Domaševski (2003) • Ruski prozor (2007). The Russian Window, trans. Randall A. Major (Geopoetika Publishing, 2010). Winner of the NIN Award. • Bonavia (2012) • Islednik (2015). The Investigator, trans. Christina Pribićević-Zorić (Istros Books, 2025). Winner of the NIN Award. • Adresa (2019) • Hamsin 51 (2022) • Bečki roman (2024)
Short stories
Short stories
• Pogrešan pokret (1983) • Staklena bašta (1985) • Beograd i druge priče (2009)
Essays
Essays
• Yu-Atlantida (1993) • Deponija (1994) • Stanje stvari (1998) • Pseća pošta (2006) • O piscima i gradovima (2010) • Bratstvo po mrlji (2018) • Soko zove Lastu (2022)
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- 1.Velikiću nagrada Vilenica SEEcult.org. www.seecult.org.
- 2.Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. Ambasador Dragan Velikić opozvan iz Austrije. JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine.
- 3.Derk, Denis. Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca. Večernji list. 6–7. 28 March 2017. 0350-5006.
- 4.Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku. Jezici i nacionalizmi.
- 5.Janjatović, Petar. Ex YU rock enciklopedija 1960–2023. self-released / Makart. 239. 2024.
- 6.Vojvodiny, Rádiodifúzna ustanovizeň Vojvodiny Rádio-televízia. "Руски прозор" - аутобиографска прича. Rádio-televízia Vojvodiny.
- 7.Blic. Dobitnik NIN-ove nagrade Dragan Velikić za roman "Islednik". Blic.rs.
- 8.Hamsin 51 - Dragan Velikić Laguna. www.laguna.rs.
- 9.Bečki roman - Dragan Velikić Laguna. www.laguna.rs.
- 10.Bratstvo po mrlji - Dragan Velikić Laguna. www.laguna.rs.
- 11.Soko zove Lastu - Dragan Velikić Laguna. www.laguna.rs.
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