Writer · Lazarevac
I write so that Istok won't disappear.
Novels, stories, poems and essays, since 1997. Eleven printed books, stacked by year. Scroll to leaf through them.
2025–2026
Thirty years, gathered
2016–2021
A house, a monastery and a father
2009–2012
Istok, Kosovo and the soul
1997–2005
First poems, the first column
01 Books
Everything I've written and bound.
Eleven printed books, all in Serbian, from the first poems to the lexicon. Open any of them for its first line and edition.
- 11De si baćeA Lexicon of IstokA lexicon of the speech, places and people of Istok.
- 10Antologijski stih pesnika lošeg (i mrtvog)!The Anthology Verse of a Bad (and Dead) Poet!A selection from thirty years of poems.
- 09Vuk je pojeo šargarepu!The Wolf Ate the Carrot!A dreamlike, allegorical war novel about “friendly fire” between brothers. The second part of Clinical Life.
- 08Dnevnik knjigovođeA Bookkeeper's DiaryGrown from the diary the author's father, a bookkeeper, kept from 1953 to 2012. The fate of the Kosovo Serbs from the Second World War to the exodus of 1999.
- 07Deveti krug Svetog kraljaThe Ninth Circle of the Holy KingThrough its Gate, the monastery of Visoki Dečani talks with the cosmos about Serbian history.
- 06Vreme zlih pastrmkiThe Time of Evil TroutA family fable about a powerful Metohija house of stone, from Ottoman times to the scattering of 1999.
- 05Klinički životClinical LifeThe confession of a man who may have survived clinical death, or only dreamed it. A book about the soul and about the generation of the transition.
- 04Metohija i KosovoMetohija and KosovoPersonal and historical essays on the Serbian and Albanian conflict, 1999, and how the media pictured Kosovo and Metohija.
- 03Istočke pričeStories of IstokA sentimental history of the town of Istok in stories, poems, documents and a glossary of its speech. A second, expanded edition followed in 2014.
- 02KolonaThe ColumnA many-voiced novel about a column of Serbs leaving Istok. Do the ghosts, legends and memories leave with the people?
- 01Nedovršene pesmeUnfinished PoemsThe first book. Almost the whole print run burned along with the house.
02 Online
Books to read on a screen.
Electronic editions, in Serbian, most of them on the Stara knjiga bookshop's site.
- 01
Raseljenik
novelThe Displaced
- 02
Jedna godina u Njujorku
a travelogue, June 2006 – June 2007One Year in New York
- 03
Razne veličine
four storiesVarious Sizes
- 04
Dnevnik jedne smrti
novelThe Diary of a Death
- 05
Buvlja pijaca
stories from a flea marketFlea Market
- 06
Ljudi moji
poems on small-town characters · 2013My People. Only four copies were ever printed.
- 07
Književni bedeker
essays on literature · 2025A Literary Baedeker. On the writer and writing: popular theory and history, a guide down the wrong road for future writers. Literary criticism and history, literary theory, lives of great writers.
- 08
Vampiri ili: Gubitnik Igor K.
novel · 2015VAMPIRES or: Igor K. – The Loser of the Transition. Published in English as well; the link opens the English edition.
- 09
(ne)Pristojna razmišljanja o skaradnom
memories, essays, stories, poems, fragments(In)decent Thoughts on the Obscene. Pornography with a mild presence of eroticism.
- 10
Satira Serbika
satire and aphorismsSerbian Satire
- 11
Govori i prikazi knjiga
speeches and reviews · 2017Speeches and Book Reviews
- 12
Izdvojeno (1999–2018)
quotes from my reading · 2018Selected (1999–2018)
- 13
Volim li gole žene?
poems, 1998–2018Do I Love Naked Women?
- 14
Večiti rat
essaysEternal War. An expanded edition of Metohija and Kosovo.
„Duša ne može nastati i ne može nestati.“I was born in 1968 in Istok, in Metohija. I live in Lazarevac.
I write novels, stories, poems and essays. My first book, Nedovršene pesme (Unfinished Poems), came out in 1997.
I hold the status of independent artist with the Serbian Literary Society.
Where I've published
Publishers, journals and forms, from the first book until now.
- Publishers
- Omladinski savet
- Dom kulture „Sveti Sava“
- JRJ
- Stara knjiga
- UG „Izvor“
- Lestve
- Kapija
- Journals
- Hvosno
- NIN
- Lestve
- Nezaborav
- Srpski ratnik
- Collected volumes
- Ras (2010)
- Svetlost kresiva (Žitište, 2010)
- Zamalo prvi put (Alma, 2011)
- Najbolje kratke priče (Alma, 2014)
- Russian Emigration in the Balkans (Skopje, 2021)
- Us and Others through the Lens of Kosovo and Metohija (Leposavić, 2024)
- I write
- novels
- stories
- poems
- essays
- a travelogue
- satire and aphorisms
- reviews
- research papers
- a lexicon
✦ The first page
Run the pen over the blotter.
Every book starts with one sentence. The blotter keeps it in reverse; move across it to read it. The sentence is in Serbian, as he wrote it.
First sentence of Vreme zlih pastrmki, 2016.
„Kamen od kojega je sazidan temelj i obložena kućevna cigla donet je iz nekog ljutog krša, sa neke strane od koje davno nikakvog dobra nije dolazilo i gde se guja kotila, akrep šepurio a ljudi ubijali umesto da jedni drugima nazovu dobar dan.“
- Printed books
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- Editions online
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- Years since the first book
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- Publishers
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04 Chronology
Year by year.
- 2026Paper
“On the Margins of Life and Historiography: ‘The District Midwife’ Aleksandra Alekseyevna Chistova (1885–1965)”
A research paper with Momir Ninković, Valjevo, 2026.
- 2026Book
De si baće
lexicon · Stara knjiga
- 2025On his work
“Between War and Silence: The Literary World of Igor M. Đurić”
A book about my work, edited by Đurađ Đurić. Stara knjiga, 252 pages.
- 2025NIN
Vuk je pojeo šargarepu! in the running for the NIN Prize
One of 195 novels submitted for the 72nd NIN Prize.
- 2025Book
Antologijski stih pesnika lošeg (i mrtvog)!
poems · Lestve
- 2025Book
Vuk je pojeo šargarepu!
novel · Stara knjiga
- 2025Online
Književni bedeker
essays on literature
- 2024Paper
“White Russians in Metohija: the Chistov family in Istok (1928–1940)”
A research paper with Momir Ninković, in the volume Us and Others through the Lens of Kosovo and Metohija, vol. 3, Leposavić, 2024.
- 2024Status
Independent artist with the Serbian Literary Society
On the SKD list of independent artists.
- 2024Journal
Contributor to the journal Srpski ratnik
Poems and essays in issues 29 to 40, since December 2024.
- 2021Paper
“Dr Vladimir Sergeyevich Chistov in the Kingdom of SCS / Yugoslavia”
A research paper in Russian, with Momir Ninković, in the volume Russian Emigration in the Balkans, Skopje, 2021.
- 2021Book
Dnevnik knjigovođe
novel · Lestve
- 2019On his work
My essay cited in a research paper
Časlav D. Koprivica and Jelena G. Ponomareva, “Kosovo and Metohija 1999–2019”, Reiss Institute, 2019.
- 2018Online
Izdvojeno (1999–2018)
quotes from my reading
- 2017NIN
Deveti krug Svetog kralja in the running for the NIN Prize
Among 112 novels submitted by 22 November 2017.
- 2017Book
Deveti krug Svetog kralja
novel · Kapija
- 2017Online
Govori i prikazi knjiga
speeches and reviews
- 2016NIN
Vreme zlih pastrmki in the running for the NIN Prize
One of 170 novels submitted that year.
- 2016Book
Vreme zlih pastrmki
novel · Lestve
- 2015Online
- 2013Online
Ljudi moji
poems on small-town characters
- 2012Journal
Contributor to the journal Lestve
Five pieces in issues 2 to 15, from 2012 to 2020.
- 2012Book
Klinički život
novel · Stara knjiga
- 2010Book
Metohija i Kosovo
essays · JRJ
- 2009Journal
Letters in NIN's “Odjeci”
“Poređivanje neuporedivog” (Comparing the Incomparable, no. 3054) and “Američki autor” (An American Author, no. 3061).
- 2009Book
Istočke priče
stories and poems · UG „Izvor“
- 2007Web
Essays on the portal novinar.de
“The continuity of the suffering and migrations of the Kosovo Serbs” (2007) and “Fukara” (2008).
- 2005Journal
Contributor to the journal Hvosno
Eight pieces in issues 43 to 64, from 2005 to 2010.
- 2005Book
Kolona
novel · Dom kulture „Sveti Sava“
- 1997Book
Nedovršene pesme
poems · Omladinski savet
- 1968Born
Born in Istok, in Metohija.
05 Appearances
Where I've read and spoken.
Launches and panels 11
- 14 Mar 2019 · Dimitrije Tucović Library, Lazarevac
Speech at the launch of Srpska priča: Memories of War and Revolution 1941–1945
A book by Aleksandar M. Milošević and Nemanja Dević. Predrag Ostojić and Ratko Vukelić also spoke.
In the media: TV GEM
- 28 Jun 2018 · Dimitrije Tucović Library, Lazarevac, on St Vitus Day, in the Days of Lazarevac programme
Launch of the novel Deveti krug Svetog kralja
The historian Ratko Vukelić spoke about the novel, and the actor Bojan Belić read my poems.
In the media: TV GEM
- 6 Jun 2017 · Vuk Karadžić National Library, Kragujevac
Launch of the novel Vreme zlih pastrmki
The painter Goran Pešić gave the library a painting inspired by the novel.
In the media: Radio Kragujevac
- 17 Mar 2017 · Dimitrije Tucović Library, Lazarevac
Launch of the novel Vreme zlih pastrmki
With an exhibition by the painter Goran Pešić; Ratko Vukelić spoke about the novel. The hall was full.
In the media: TV GEM
- 15 Dec 2015 · Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade
Speech at the launch of Radoš Ljušić's Vreme surovosti
In the media: Tanjug, TV Most, Radio Slovo ljubve
- 28 Oct 2015 · Belgrade Book Fair
Speech at the launch of Nebojša Džogović's novel Drenka
- 25 Jun 2015 · Association of Writers of Serbia, Belgrade
A panel on Kosovo
- 13 Mar 2015 · Dimitrije Tucović Library, Lazarevac
The documentary Ostala je reč was shown as well.
In the media: TV Kolubara, TV GEM
- 20 May 2007 · Serbian Club, New York
Panel “Kosovo: media manipulation”
With Vladan Ivković, organised by the Association of Serbs in New York. The documentary Ostala je reč, which I co-wrote, was shown.
- 16 Jun 2006 · Ethnographic Museum, Belgrade
Premiere of the documentary Ostala je reč (The Word Remained)
The day after the gathering “At the Home Spring: Return to Istok”, organised by the citizens' association Izvor – Istok. The exhibition and the film were co-authored with Miroslav Živanović, Zlatko Ljušić, Predrag Španjević and Radoš Ljušić.
- 31 Jul 2005 · Dobrica Milutinović Theatre, Sremska Mitrovica
Reading at the 10th Evening of Spiritual Poetry, in Honour of St Marina
Organised by the Lukijan Mušicki literary society. I read a poem to Crnjanski, written in 1995.
06 Contact
For readings, editions and translations.
