Dragan Velikić
1953
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photo credits: Wikimedia Commons
genre: novel, short story
country of citizenship: Serbia
languages spoken, written or signed: Serbian
educated at: University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
occupation: diplomat, writer, journalist
award received: NIN Prize, Meša Selimović Prize, Kočićevo pero Award
position held: ambassador of Serbia to Austria
Dragan Velikić (Serbian Cyrillic: 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. Velkić's best known works are the novels Ruski prozor and Islednik, for both of which he won the NIN award. Source: Wikipedia (en)
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