Igor Marojević
Igor Marojević is a Serbian writer. Born in Vrbas, Serbia in 1968. He is the youngest prose author presented in the latest edition of Jovan Deretić's Short History of Serbian Literature. He lives in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia.
Biography
Igor Marojević graduated from the Department of Serbian language and Literature, University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. He published novels Obmana Boga (To Deceive God, 1997), Dvadeset četiri zida (Twenty-four walls, 1998), Žega (Drought, 2004, 2008) and Šnit (Schnitt, 2007, 2008), together with two books of stories Tragači (Seekers, 2001) i Mediterani (Mediterraneans 2006, 2008). For the novel Žega he received the Stevan Pešić award and won a prize given by the Borislav Pekić Fund.
His play Nomadi (Nomads) was staged in Spain in 2004,the adaptation of this play was staged in Serbia under the name Tvrđava Evropa (Fortress Europe) as a part of BELEF (Belgrade Summer Festival). The adaptation of his second novel was also staged in Serbian theater.
His novel Obmana Boga was translated to Spanish and Portuguese and his play Nomadi to Catalan; his collection of stories Tragači was translated to Macedonian. His works are included in Serbian literature anthologies in Italian, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Slovenian language.
He has translated books by Josep Pla, Quim Monzó, Roberto Bolaño and Mercè Rodoreda.
Published works
Novels
- Obmana Boga (To Deceive God, 1997)
- Dvadeset četiri zida (Twenty-four walls, 1998, 2010)
- Žega (Drought, 2004, 2008)
- Šnit (Schnitt, 2007, 2008)
- Parter (Parterre, 2009, 2010)
Story collections
- Tragači (Seekers, 2001)
- Mediterani (Mediterraneans, 2006, 2008)
Plays
- Nomadi (Nomads, 2004)
Anthologies entered
- Zbornik srpske proze u recepciji Petera Handkea (ed. Žarko Radaković). (Tragische Intensität Europas, Das Schreibheft 71, Essen, 2008).
- The Selection of the Balkan Literature in Ukrainian (www.potyah76.org.ua)
- Ztracen v samoobsluze (The Lost in the Supermarket – anthology in the Chech, ed. Tatjana Micić, IP Bělehrad, 2007)
- Casablanca serba (ed. Nikole Janigro), Feltrinelli, Milano, 2003)
- Bizarni raskazi (The Bizar Stories), ed. Tatjana Rosić, "Magor", Skopje, Macedonia, 2003
- Odbrana i poslednji dani (Defence and the Last Days,ed. S.V. Tešin, "Libra Libera" No 10, Zagreb, Croatia, 2002)
- YU Blok (ed. A. Čar), Apokalipsa, Ljubljana, Slovenia, No 51-52, 2002
- Sportska priča (The Stories on Sports), (ed. V. Žurić y V. Pavković, 2001; AlexandriaPress, Belgrado,
- Priče za kraj veka (The Stories for the end of the 20th century), ed. S. V. Tešin, Kikindske, Kikinda, 2000
- Izbor srpske proze na mađarskom (The Selection of the Serbian Prose in Hungarian), ed. S. Ilć, "Orbis" Kanisza, 1/2-2000,
External links
- Igor Marojević's short biography and presentantion of the novel Schnitt
- Excerpt dedicated to Hugo Boss, from the novel Schnitt, in Serbian and English
- Perast, the story from the short stories collections Seekers and Mediterranean, in English
- Strength in Giving Up, three chapters from the novel How To Deceive God, in English
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