Boban Knežević Explained

Boban Knežević
Birth Name:	Boban Knežević
Birth Date:	1959 9, df=yes
Birth Place:	Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Occupation:	Writer, publisher, editor
Language:	Serbian
Nationality:	Serbian
Period:	1979–present
Genre:	Science fiction, fantasy
Notableworks:	Black Blossom
Spouse:	Sandra
Awards:	"Lazar Komarčić" award (six times)

Boban Knežević (Serbian: Бобан Кнежевић, born 17 September 1959 in Belgrade) is a Serbian science fiction and fantasy writer, comic book writer, editor and publisher.

He has been publishing fiction since 1978 in a variety of genres: his works range over alternate history, space opera, Slavic mythology based fantasy, and cyberpunk.

Knežević was one of the founders of the Belgrade-based semi-professional Society of science fiction fans, "Lazar Komarčić" in 1981, and is considered as "one of the pivotal persons of Belgrade fandom".^[1]

Since 1985, he also owns the (formerly Yugoslavian publishing imprint, "Znak Sagite".^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Smrt na Neptunu [''Смрт на Нептуну'' / ''Death on Neptune''], novel, "Dnevnik", Novi Sad, 1986 (under the pseudonym Endru Ozborn / Andrew Osborne)
• Crni cvet [''Црни цвет'' / ''Black Blossom''], novel, "Prosveta", Belgrade (six Serbian editions from 1993 to 2011).
  • English translation: Black Blossom, "Prime Books", 2004. and 2005.
• Čovek koji je ubio leptira [''Човек који је убио лептира'' / ''A man who killed a butterfly''], novel, Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1996.
• Slutnja androida [''Слутња андроида'' / ''Android's premonition''], a collection of stories, 2001.
• Poslednji Srbin [''Последњи Србин'' / ''Last Serb''], novel, "Alnari", Belgrade, 2009.
• Otisak zveri u pepelu [''Отисак звери у пепелу'' / ''Footprints of the beast in the ashes''], a collection of short stories, "Tardis", Belgrade, 2009.

Noted anthologies and collections

• Tamni vilajet 1, Belgrade, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1987.
• Tamni vilajet 1a, Belgrade, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1987.
• Tamni vilajet 2, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1992.
• Tamni vilajet 3, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1993.
• Tamni vilajet 4, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1996. and 2011.
• Nova srpska fantastika, SIC, Belgrade, 1994.
• "Fantastična reč", Književna reč, br. 492/493, Belgrade, 1997.
• Trifid, authors: Dragan R. Filipović, Goran Skrobonja and Boban Knežević; Knjižara "Alan Ford", Belgrade, 2001.

Awards

• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1985. ("Noć koja neće doći")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1986. ("Dan četrnaesti")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1993. ("Onaj koji nema dušu")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav novel in 1993. (Crni cvet / Black Blossom)
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1994. ("Prosjak i kockar")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1995.

Literature

• Pavle Zelić et al. "Boban Knežević, monolit srpske fantastike", Gradina, Niš, broj 19/2007.
• Stefanović, Zoran. "Slobodan i pomalo otpadnik". in: Knežević, Boban. Slutnja androida, izabrane priče, 2003.

External links

• Boban Knežević, SF and F writer, official author's site

Notes and References

1. Entry "Knežević, Boban" in Enciklopedija naučne fantastike. 1, A-Lj, by Zoran Živković, 1990, pp 369.
2. Entry: "Yugoslavia", New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by Peter Nicholls (Editor), John Clute (Editor), 1993, pp. 1361–1362.