On November 16th, the Serbian Prose in Translation series, published by Geopoetika of Belgrade, Serbia, was celebrated during an event in the Allen Library Auditorium at the University of Washington where all twelve titles will be added on November 30th to the collection during a short ceremony with Michael Biggins UW Slavic Collection Head Librarian and translator of numerous literary works from the region.
We had the good fortune to learn of the Serbian Prose in Translation series in 2010 and were able to meet with its Editor Vladislav Bajac who gave a guest lecture this year to our students while we were in Belgrade this last Summer. We value these 12 books and other recent literature from the former YU for the way they make visible the continued vitality of a "minor" language literature to an world-wide English speaking readership. The event included a short audio visual presentation from Vladislav including a short reading from his novel Hammam Balkania.
Here is the link for official SPiT site Official SPiT
And if you would like to learn more about the promotion of the series at the Leipzig Book Fair
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