Nenad Veličković | Artists in Residence | Kamov Residency

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• Biography
• The Project
• Organized by

• Nenad Veličković

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  Nenad Veličković was born in 1962. in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is a university lecturer, writer, editor, publisher, critic, analyst and initiator of numerous workshops and projects. He has worked for radio, television, theatre and published theoretical works and literary critic. Nevertheless, he is most widely known as author of the following novels: Konačari, Sahib, Otac moje kćeri/The Father of my daughter, and his latest works – novel 100 zmajeva/100 Dragons, collection of short stories Đavo u Sarajevu/Satan on Sarajevo and Viva sexico. / Education:  2010 - PhD in literature and history sciences, 2006. MA in literature and history sciences, 1986. - Professor of literary history of Yugoslavia and of Serbo-Croatian language. / Work experience : since 6.3.1996. till 31.12.1998.  - Editor-in-chief of FAN magazine, since 23.07.1992. till 06.03.1996. editor of GIK "OKO", since 1.3.1991. till 23.07.1992. in the Bosnian-Herzegovinian Army,  since 1987. till 1990. - Secretary of the Institute for Literature in Sarajevo, Professor in 1st Sarajevo gymnasium / Awards:  1986. -  Silver badge of the University of Sarajevo for excellence / Research:  Political theatre of Dušan Kovačević (MA thesis Sarajevo, 2006.) , The Image of the Other in Vojisalv Lubarda's novel Vaznesenje (Works of Institute for literature in Belgrade, 2006.). Ideological instrumentalisation of literature in Bosnian-Herzegovinian textbooks of Bosnian/Croatian /Serbian language and literature. / Current projects: wors on a book entitled "Types of indoctrination" (with research results published within the dissertation)

  Awards: Aleko, award on the international competition in Bulgaria for the story Satan in Sarajevo.,1998.; How  I kissed my own nose, award on TV festival in Plovdiv; Satan in Sarajevo, the best collection in 1995., Soros award, Sarajevo; Hegel, 2. award for a story, Večernje novine/Evening newspapers, Sarajevo; Vitez Hipotalamus/Knight Hyppotalamus , 3. award, competition, British embassy in Sarajevo; Sebastijan i Bosonoga/Sebastian and the Barefoot, 2.award, competition in Radio Sarajevo (for radio-drama); Tape, SF, 2. award, competition of Radio Belgrade (for radio-drama); Operacija Makrofilm/Operation Macrofilm, comedy, 2.award, competition of Radio Belgrade, 1988. (for radio-drama); Zvukovi jutra Josipa Labuda/Sounds of Josip Labud's morning, 2.award, competition of Radio Sarajevo (for radio-drama); Odiseja 1990../Odyssey 1990. 1.award, competition of Radio Belgrade. 1990. (for radio-drama); Begstvo u večni grad/Escape in the Eternal City, SF, 2.award, competition of Radio Belgrade, 1990. (for radio-drama); Krilati jelen/Winged deer, 1.award, competition of Radio Sarajevo (for radio-drama); Sahib, jedno pismo/Sahib, one letter, radio-dramatisation for Radio Koln, 2004. (for radio-drama).

• And letters and postcards

  05.-20.12.2012.

  The programme includes a public reading by which the public will be presented with the material realised up to that moment. That will a cue for the opening of dialogue concerning the topics of: cultural and educational policies in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo as a city were the war sleeps with one eye open, and about the position and the role of literature in this conditions and circumstances. Parallell to that, the author will produce sets entitled And letters and postcards for Rijeka thus giving the citiziens the opportunity to see how their city looks like viewed by guests, strangers, passers-by.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

• Bookshop "Superknjižara"

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  Superknjižara LLC/Superbookstore LLC

  In September 2008. Superknjižara has opened a new space in Rijeka  - Ribook bookstore. Ribook bookstore has become a place of the City's cultural promotion – it hosts book presentations, literary evenings and public readings on weekly basis. It is focused on local authors, as well as national and international ones. Each programme has extensive local media coverage. In addition to regular programmes (Carne del Carnaro, Lijeva (s)kretanja/Left movements, Ribookiranje, Priče za veliku djecu/Stories for big children, ......) is organizes promotions of international authors, thematic discussions about books, publishing, literature and art. Superknjižara has a bookshop in Zagreb snd cooperates with the Castropola bookshop in Pula.