Zoran ?ivkovi? (writer)

Zoran ?ivkovi? (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ????????) (born October 5, 1948) is a science fiction writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia), where he still resides.

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Serbian - Cyrillic - October 5 - 1948 - Science fiction - Writer - Essayist - Translator - Belgrade - Serbia and Montenegro - Former Yugoslavia

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In 1973, Zoran ?ivkovi? graduated in literary theory from the Department of General Literature, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade; he received his master's degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1982 from the same university. His dissertation, "The Appearance of Science Fiction as a Genre of Artistic Prose," appeared in his Contemporaries of the Future anthology, along with several of the stories discussed.

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1973 - Literary theory - University of Belgrade - 1979 - 1982

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Also in 1982, ?ivkovi? founded the Polaris imprint, Yugoslavia's first privately-owned sf publishing house, through which he released over a hundred books.

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Zoran ?ivkovi? also wrote and hosted a television series about science fiction cinema, titled "The Starry Screen" ("Zvezdani ekran," 1984). The show later inspired a book of critical essays under the same title.

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Television - 1984

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In 2003, ?ivkovi?'s mosaic novel "The Library" won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.

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2003 - World Fantasy Award - Best Novella

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Please note that there is no relation between this writer and the former prime minister of Serbia who shares the same name. For an article on the latter, see Zoran ?ivkovi? (politician).

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