Dragan Velikić

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.

Dragan Velikić
Photo of Velikić, 2018
Born	(1953-07-03) 3 July 1953 (age 71) Belgrade, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Alma mater	Faculty of Philology in Belgrade
Occupation(s)	writer, publicist, ambassador
Awards	NIN award Vilenica International Literary Prize[1]

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.^[2]

In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.^[3][4]

Works

Novels

• Via Pula (1988)
• Astragan (1991)
• Hamsin 51 (1993)
• Severni zid (1995)
• Danteov trg (1997)
• Slučaj Bremen (2001)
• Dosije Domaševski (2003)
• Ruski prozor (2007), NIN award^[5]
• Bonavia (2012)
• Islednik (2015), NIN award^[6]
• Adresa (2019)
• Hamsin 51 (2022)^[7]
• Bečki roman (2024)^[8]

Short stories

• Pogrešan pokret (1983)
• Staklena bašta (1985)
• Beograd i druge priče (2009)

Essays

• Yu-Atlantida (1993)
• Deponija (1994)
• Stanje stvari (1998)
• Pseća pošta (2006)
• O piscima i gradovima (2010)
• Bratstvo po mrlji (2018)^[9]
• Soko zove Lastu (2022)^[10]

References

1. "Velikiću nagrada Vilenica | SEEcult.org". www.seecult.org. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15. Retrieved 2019-10-15.
2. Vojvodine, Javna medijska ustanova JMU Radio-televizija. "Ambasador Dragan Velikić opozvan iz Austrije". JMU Radio-televizija Vojvodine. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
3. Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear] (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: Večernji list. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 23 May 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2021. Alt URL.
4. "Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku". Jezici i nacionalizmi. Retrieved 2024-08-19.
5. Vojvodiny, Rádiodifúzna ustanovizeň Vojvodiny Rádio-televízia. ""Руски прозор" - аутобиографска прича". Rádio-televízia Vojvodiny. Retrieved 2019-09-05.
6. Blic. "Dobitnik NIN-ove nagrade Dragan Velikić za roman "Islednik"". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2019-09-05.
7. "Hamsin 51 - Dragan Velikić | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
8. "Bečki roman - Dragan Velikić | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
9. "Bratstvo po mrlji - Dragan Velikić | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-19.
10. "Soko zove Lastu - Dragan Velikić | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2024-10-19.