Radosav Stojanović Explained

Radosav Stojanović should not be confused with Radoslav Stojanović.

Radosav Stojanović
Birth Date:	1 November 1950
Birth Place:	Parunovac, FPR Yugoslavia
Occupation:	Writer, poet, lexicographer and publicist

Radosav Stojanović (Serbian: Радосав Стојановић; born 1 November 1950) is a Serbian writer, journalist and lexicographer.

Biography

He grew up in Mlačište in Crna Trava and attended school in Mlačište, Crna Trava, Niš and Priština. He graduated from Priština University in Serbo-Croatian Language and Serbian literature.

He was a teacher at "Ivo Lola Ribar" Secondary School in Priština, a journalist, editor and editor-in-chief (1990–1993) for the "Jedinstvo" daily newspaper, and director of the Provincial National Theatre (1993–2004) in Priština^[1] ^[2]

He was a full-time columnist and chronicler for "Književne reči" from Kosovo and Metohija (1985–1988), and president of the Literary Society of Kosovo and Metohija (1990–1992). He was editor of the "Stremljenja" magazine and editor-in-chief of "Srpski jug" (2004–2006) in Niš. He is member of the Writers' Association of Serbia since 1985 and the Journalists' Association of Serbia since 1979.^[3]

Stojanović's work is included in anthologies and selections of Serbian poetry and short stories, both in his home country and abroad.^[4] His works have been translated into other languages.^[5] He was exiled from Kosovo in June 1999. He lives in Niš and Čemernik.

Works

Books of poetry

Inoslovlje, Jedinstvo, Priština, 1979
Rukopis čemerski (The Čemerski Manuscript), Jedinstvo, Priština, 1982
Đavolja škola (Devil's School), BIGZ, Beograd, 1988,
Povratak na kolac (Return to the Stake) Nolit, Beograd, 1990,
Sidro (Anchor), Rad, Beograd, 1993,
Netremice, Hvosno, Leposavić, 2003, and 2004,
Trepet (Quiver), Vranjske – Društvo književnika Kosova i Metohije, Vranje – Kosovska Mitrovica, 2007,
Pesme poslednjeg zanosa (Poems of Final Rapture), selected and new poems, Panorama, Priština – Beograd, 2012,
Bequeathing / Zаveštаnje, selected and new poems about love, Serbian – English edition, translated by Dusica Vuckovic, Hybrid Publishers, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 2014,
Kad bi ljubavi bilo (If There Was Love), Majdan, Kostolac, 2015,
Pesme sudnjeg dana (Doomsday Songs) Čigoja štampa, Beograd, 2019.

Short story collections

Aritonova smrt (Ariton's Death), Prosveta – Jedinstvo, Beograd – Priština, 1984
Apokrifne price (Apocryphal Stories), Jedinstvo, Priština, 1988,
Mrtva straža (Deathwatch), Književne novine, Beograd, 1988, and Novi svet, Priština, 1997,
Kraj sveta (End of the World), Rad, Beograd, 1993,
Gospodar uspomena (Lord of Memories), Nolit, Beograd, 1996,
Živi zid (Human Wall), selection, SKZ, Beograd, 1996,
Molitva za dečansku ikonu (A Prayer for the Icon of Dečani), Prosveta, Niš, 1998,
Hristovi svedoci (Christ's Witnesses), Filip Višnjić, Beograd, 2001,
Crnotravske priče (Stories from Crna Trava), selection, Prosveta, Niš, 2002,
Vlasinska svadba (Vlasina Wedding), Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 2004,
Euridikini prosioci (Eurydice's Suitors), Panorama, Beograd – Priština, 2007,
Zapisano u snovima (Written in Dreams), stories about love, Panorama, Priština – Beograd, 2013,
Hvatanje straha (Catching Fear), Panorama, Priština – Beograd, 2015
Priče sa krsta (Stories from the cross) Panorama-Jedinstvo, Priština - Kosovska Mitrovica, 2019

Novels

Divlji kalem (Wild Graft), Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 2002, ; and Vranjske knjige, Vranje, 2010,
Angelus (Angelus), SKZ, Beograd, 2004,
Mesečeva lađa (Moon Vessel), Narodna knjiga, Beograd, 2005,
Tri hvata neba (Three seizes the sky), Niški kulturni centar, Niš, 2018.

Children's literature

Kakvu tajnu kriju ptice (What secrets are hidden by birds), Panorama, Beograd-Kosovska Mitrovica, 2016,
Priče iz unutrašnjeg džepa (Stories from the inner pocket), Panorama-Jedinstvo, Priština-Kosovska Mitrovica, 2018,

Lexicography

Crnotravski rečnik (Crna Trava Terminology), Srpski dijalektološki zbornik no. LVII, SANU – Institut za srpski jezik SANU, Beograd, 2010

Non-fiction

Živeti s genocidom, hronika kosovskog beščašća 1980 – 1990 (Living with Genocide, a chronicle of the dishonor of Kosovo 1980 – 1990), Sfairos, Beograd, 1990,
Uprkos svemu, 70 godina Narodnog pozorišta u Prištini (Despite all, 70 years of the National Theater in Pristina), Narodno pozorište Priština, Gračanica - Priština, 2019.
Srpska knjiga na Kosovu i Metohiji 1945-2020 (Serbian Book in Kosovo and Metohija 1945-2020), Alma, Beograd, 2023.
Kosovska hronika ili letopis "Jedinstva" 1944-2004 (Kosovo chronicle or yearbook "Jedinstva" 1944-2004), Alma, Beograd, 2023.

Dramas

Mrtva straža (Deathwatch), Novi svet, Priština, 1993,
Krivovo i druge drame (Krivovo and Other Dramas), Panorama, Beograd – Priština, 2003,

Dramas published other than in books

Propast sveta na Veligdan (The End of the World on Easter Day), Teatron, 107, Beograd, 1999
Sendvič, (Sandwich), Srpski jug, 5, 2006
Sabor na Gorešnjak (Assembly on the day of Summer Archangel), Riječ/Riječ, godina IV, br. 3 – 4, Brčko, 2009, and Gradina, 37, 2010

Performed dramas

Mrtva straža (Deathwatch), Provincial National Theatre, Priština, 1994, directed by Miomir Stamenković
Propast sveta na Veligdan (The End of the World on Easter Day), "Bora Stanković" Theatre, Vranje1997, directed by Jug Radivojević
Metohijska ikona (The Icon of Metohija), monodrama, National Theatre, Peć, 1997, directed and played by Miomir Radojković
Krivovo (Krivovo), "Bora Stanković" Theatre, Vranje, 2003, directed by Jug Radivojević

Radio drama

Poslednji pogled na Dragodan (A Final Look at Dragodan), directed and played by Stevan Đorđević, Radio Priština – Radio Toplica, Prokuplje, 2004

Journal editor

Tri veka seoba Srba (Three Centuries of the Great Migration of the Serbs),1990
Vidovdanski glasnik, 1993
Srpski jug, 2004 – 2006

Awards

Annual award "Jedinstvo" for journalism, 1981 and 1982
Stevan Sremac Award for newspaper article, 1987, 1991 and 1992
Lazar Vučković Award, for poetry1985 and short story1992
Zlatno pero despota Stefana Lazarevića (Despot Stefan Lazarević Golden Pen), 1990
Milutin Uskoković, second, 1993 and 2000
Literary Society Award of Kosovo and Metohija for best book, 1999
Laza K. Lazarević Award, 2001
Rade Drainac Award, 2004
Special Award of the "Joakim Vujić" Professional Theatre Festival of Serbia, 2000

Literature

Julie Mertus: Kosovo: how myths and truths started a war, Univerzitety of California Press, Berkeley / Los Angeles / London, 1999, pp. 119 and 348
Book: Elsie, Robert . [{{GBurl|Fnbw1wsacSAC}} Historical Dictionary of Kosova ]. Scarecrow Press . 2004 . Lanham, Maryland . 9780810853096 .
Cindi Tino-Sandoval: Yorba Linda, Columbia University Press, New York, 2005, pp. 530 – 531
Narativna gramatika, književni svet Radosava Stojanovića u svetlu kritike, Niški kulturni centar – Filozofski fakultet u Nišu, Niš, 2016
Enciklopedija srpskog naroda, Zavod za udžbenike, Beograd, 2008, p 1100
Staniša Vojinović: Bibliografija Radosava Stojanovića, Vlasotinački zbornik, no. 3, Vlasotince, 2009, pp. 494 – 534,
Slobodan Simonović: Enciklopedija Kruševca i okoline, Kruševac, 2011, pp. 430 – 431,
Enciklopedija Niša, kultura, Centar za naučna istraživanja SANU i Univerziteta u Nišu, Niš, 2011, pp. 440–441
Danilo Kocić, Leskovačački pisci i njihovo doba(I – II) Leskovac, 2016
Ismet Markoviq: Stojanoviq (Stojanović) Radosav (1950), Fjalori enciklopedik i Kosoves, II L-ZH, Akademia e skencave dhe e arteve e Kosoves, Priština 2018, стр. 1535;

External links

Notes and References

Web site: Интервју: Радосав Стојановић, књижевник, новинар, драматург, лексикограф. magacin. 2015-07-20. Магацин. 2017-01-13.
Enciklopedija srpskog naroda, Zavod za udžbenike, Beograd, 2008, p 1100.
Enciklopedija Niša, kultura, Centar za naučna istraživanja SANU i Univerziteta u Nišu, Niš, 2011, pp. 440–441.
Staniša Vojinović: Bibliografija Radosava Stojanovića, Vlasotinački zbornik, no. 3, Vlasotince, 2009, pp. 494 – 534.
Slobodan Simonović: Enciklopedija Kruševca i okoline, Kruševac, 2011, pp. 430 – 431.