Vladimir Pištalo
Vladimir Pištalo (Владимир Пиштало; born 8 May 1960) is a Serbian American writer, most notably winning the NIN Award for novel of the year in 2008. In 2021, he became the director of the National Library of Serbia.
Vladimir Pištalo

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- Name
- Vladimir Pištalo
- Born
- 8 May 1960
- Birthplace
- Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
- Occupation
- Writer
- Nationality
- Serbia
- Fields
- creative and professional writing · prose · short story · translation
- Education
- University of New Hampshire · University of Belgrade Faculty of Law
- Honours
- NIN Prize
- Languages
- Serbian · English
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Vladimir Pištalo (Владимир Пиштало; born 8 May 1960) is a Serbian American writer, most notably winning the NIN Award for novel of the year in 2008. In 2021, he became the director of the National Library of Serbia.
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Vladimir Pištalo studied at University of New Hampshire and University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. The recorded working language is Serbian and English. The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, prose and short story. Distinctions recorded are NIN Prize.

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• Honorific Suffix — Ph.D. • Name — Vladimir Pištalo • Born — 8 May 1960 • Birthplace — Sarajevo, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia • Occupation — Writer • Period — 1981–present • Notable Works — Tesla: A Portrait with Masks
Biography
Biography
Pištalo graduated from the University of Belgrade's Faculty of Law and earned his doctorate at the University of New Hampshire under the theme of the manifold identity of Serbian immigrants. Pištalo was a faculty member at Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he taught World and American history. He grew up in Mostar, Kraljevo and Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1993.
Prose
Prose
• Slikovnica (1981) • Noći (1986) • Manifesti (1986) • Kraj veka (1990) • A Novel: Corto Maltese (1987) • Tesla: A Portrait with Masks (2008)
Novels
Novels
• Milenijum u Beogradu (2000) • O čudu (2002)
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Vladimir Pištalo is recorded as writer, university teacher, poet lawyer, translator and jurist.
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1960
Vladimir Pištalo was born in 1960 at Sarajevo.
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• Vitraž u sećanju (1994) • Priče iz celog sveta (1997) • A biography of Alexander the Great (1999)
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Vladimir Pištalo studied at University of New Hampshire and University of Belgrade Faculty of Law. The record notes the qualification Doctor of Sciences.
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