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  Petar II Petrović Njegoš

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  Goran Petrović

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  He worked as a librarian at the Žiča city library, not too far away from the Žiča Monastery.
  
  Awards:
  
  the Borislav Pekić Fund Scholarship;
  the "Prosveta Award";
  the "Meša Selimović Award";
  the "Charter of Rača",
  the "Golden Bestseller", "Vital Award";
  the "National Library of Serbia"Award; the "Most widely read Book Award" (NIN, 2001);
  the "October Award of the City of Kraljevo;
  the "Borislav Stanković Award".
  
  Petrović's books have been reprinted several times. His novels have already been translated into Russian, French, Italian, Polish and Spanish.
  
  Goran Petrović jedan je od najz

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  Danko Popović

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  Želimir Periš

  Rođen 1975.
  
  Piše .
  
  Objavio je:
  Mučenice, Algoritam, 2013. (prijevod na slovenski i bugarski, adaptirano u dvije kazališne predstave)
  
  Mima i kvadratura duga, Algoritam/24 sata, 2014. (finale tportala za roman godine)
  
  Mima i vaše kćeri, 24 sata, 2015.
  
  x, Algoritam, 2016.
  
  Mladenka kostonoga, oceanmore, 2020. (nagrade: tportal za najbolji hrvatski roman godine, Kočićevo pero)
  
  Straška postavlja teška pitanja, Fierce Women, 2020.
  
  Straška izvrće neistine, Fierce Women, 2021.
  
  Gracija od čempresa, oceanmore, 2023.
  
  
  Stalno je dostupan na zelimir.peris@gmail.com

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  Dušan Baranin

  Kњижевник, публициста и учитељ. Писао је романе и романсиране биографије о догађајима и личностима из српске историје 19. века. Писао је о Проти Матеји Ненадовићу, Мехмед-паши Соколовићу, Карађорђу, хајдук Вељку Петровићу.
  
  Душан Баранин је рођен у сељачкој породици и основну школу је завршио у родном месту. Школовање је наставио у Пљевљима, где завршава шест разреда гимназије, учитељску школу у Скопљу и вишу педагошку школу у Београду. Такође је апсолвирао на Катедри за историју Филозофског факултета.
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  Dušan Baranin

  Kњижевник, публициста и учитељ. Писао је романе и романсиране биографије о догађајима и личностима из српске историје 19. века. Писао је о Проти Матеји Ненадовићу, Мехмед-паши Соколовићу, Карађорђу, хајдук Вељку Петровићу.
  
  Душан Баранин је рођен у сељачкој породици и основну школу је завршио у родном месту. Школовање је наставио у Пљевљима, где завршава шест разреда гимназије, учитељску школу у Скопљу и вишу педагошку школу у Београду. Такође је апсолвирао на Катедри за историју Филозофског факултета.
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  Zenon Kosidowski

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  Slavomir Nastasijević

  Rođen je u porodici koja je dala više umetnika (njegova braća su slikar Živorad, književnik Momčilo i kompozitor Svetomir). Njihov otac, Nikola Lazarević, doselio se s majkom iz Ohrida u Brusnicu kao šestogodišnjak. U znak zahvalnosti prema ujaku Nastasu Đorđeviću (graditelju gornjomilanovačke crkve Svete Trojice) kod koga je izučio graditeljski zanat, odriče se majčinog prezimena i od ujakovog imena pravi novo prezime – Nastasijević. Završio je studije klasične filologije na Filozofskom fakultetu u Beogradu, a studirao je i istoriju i arheologiju.
  
  Kao pisac, najpre se oglasio humorističkim prilozima u listovima Zvono, Ošišani jež, Jež i Pravda. Naklonost publike prvo je zadobio putem komediografskih ostvarenja: „Začarani kućevlasnik”, „Ženi

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