Milorad Pejić Explained

Milorad Pejić
Birth Date:	April 8, 1960
Birth Place:	Tuzla, SFR Yugoslavia
Known For:	Poetry
Education:	University of Sarajevo Luleå University of Technology
Occupation:	Poet

Milorad Pejić (1960 in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, former Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian poet who resides in Sweden.

Biography

After attending elementary and high school in his hometown of Tuzla, Pejić attended the University of Sarajevo, where he studied economics. Following graduation he returned to Tuzla, and in 1992, following the outbreak of the Bosnian War, he immigrated to Sweden, where he now lives.^[1]

Books

• The Vase for the Lily Plant / Vaza za biljku krin (1985)^[2]
• The Eyes of Keyholes / Oči ključaonica / Schlossaugen (2001)^[3] (2012) ^[4] (2015) ^[5]
• Hyperborea (2011)^[6] (2013)^[7] (2016)^[8] (2018)^[9]
• The Third Life / Treći život (2015)^[10] (2019)^[11]
• True Stories / Sanna historier, poetry collection in Swedish (2019)^[12]
• True Stories: selected poems (in Czeche) / Pravdivé příběhy: vybrané básně (2020)^[13]
• True stories / Istinite priče (2023)^[14]

Awards

• November 2012: Slovo Makovo - Mak Dizdar^{[15] [16] [17]}

External links

• Article in Swedish about Pejić and the "Slovo Makovo - Mak Dizdar" award
• Mak Dizdar Foundation article on literary prize ”Slovo Makovo - Mak Dizdar,” awarded to Pejić in November 2012
• Article in Bosnian about Pejić and the "Hyperborea: Knjiga mjeseca" award
• Spirit of Bosnia
• Refugees and Runes of War (Bibliotekos)
• Modern Poetry in Translation
• Poems published on www.jergović.com
• CV2 The Canadian Journal of Poetry and Critical Writing
• RHINO
• Eckermann: Patriotizam je bolest
• Eckermann: Šaraf

Notes and References

1. Web site: rozhraní mezi vědou a poezií . media.wix.com . 2007.
2. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Vase for the Lily Plan / Vaza za biljku krin . Svjetlost . 1985 . Sarajevo . 47 . 444876728 .
3. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Eyes of Keyholes / Oči ključaonica / Schlossaugen . Bosanska riječ . 2001 . Tuzla . 47 . 52128987 .
4. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Eyes of Keyholes / Oči ključaonica / Schlossaugen . Bosanska riječ . 2012 . Tuzla . 82 . 9789958121913 .
5. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Eyes of Keyholes . Červená Barva Press . 2015 . W. Sommerville . 44 .
6. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Hyperborea . Aula . 2011 . Prague . 53 . 741404472 .
7. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Hyperborea . Mak Dizdar Foundation . 2013 . Sarajevo . 51 .
8. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Hyperborea . Samizdat . 2016 . Prague . 60 .
9. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Hyperborea . Samizdat . 2018 . Prag . 60 .
10. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Third Life . Bosnian Media Group . 2015 . Tuzla . 78 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160411205054/http://libris.kb.se/bib/18527002 . 2016-04-11 .
11. Book: Pejić , Milorad . The Third Life . Samizdat . 2019 . Prag . 64 .
12. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Sanna historier . Palaver Press . 2019 . Lund . 80 .
13. Book: Pejić , Milorad . Pravdivé příběhy: vybrané básně (selected poems in Czeche) . Protimluv . 2020 . Ostrava . 168 .
14. Book: Pejić , Milorad . True stories / Istinite priče . Samizdat . 2023 . Prague . 86 .
15. Web site: Fondacija Mak Dizdar, Nagrada Slovo Makovo Mak Dizdar . https://web.archive.org/web/20141110015751/http://makdizdar.ba/category/nagrada-slovo-makovomak-dizdar/. 2014-11-10.
16. Web site: Dodjela nagrade Slovo Makovo Mak Dizdar, novembar 2012 .
17. Web site: Duh Bosne, Nagrada Slovo Makovo Mak Dizdar .