Dejan Stojanović

Dejan Stojanovic was born in Pec, Kosovo (the former Yugoslavia), in 1959. Although a lawyer by education, he has never practiced law and instead became a journalist, working as a foreign correspondent in the early nineties. He is a poet, essayist, philosopher, and businessman. He has published books of poems: *Circling (Krugovanje)*, Narodna knjiga – Alfa, Belgrade, three editions – 1993, 1998, and 2000. *The Sun Observes Itself (Sunce sebe gleda)*, NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999. *The Sign and its Children (Znak i njegova deca),* Prosveta, Belgrade, 2000. *The Creator (Tvoritelj),* Narodna knjiga, Belgrade, 2000. *The Shape (Oblik),* Gramatik, Podgorica, 2000. *The Dance of Time (Ples vremena),* Konras, Belgrade, 2007. Pentalogy: *The World in Nowherness (Svet u nigdini):* *1. Ozar (Ozar),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *2. The World and God (Svet i Bog),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *3. The World in Nowhereness (Svet u nigdini),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, 2017. *4. The World and Humans (Svet i ljudi),* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *5. The Home of Light (Dom svetlosti).* Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017. *The Hidden Light (Skrivena svetlost),* Čigoja, Belgrade, 2018. *Primordial Spark (Iskra iskona),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021. *Centuries and Steps (Vekovi i koraci),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2023. Essays: *Creator and Creating (Stvaralac i stvaranje),* Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021. *The New Man and the New World (Novočovek i novosvet),* Rad, Belgrade, 2022. *Anthology: Selected Serbian Plays (Izabrane srpske drame),* USA, 2016. A book of his selected interviews entitled *Conversations* was published in 1999 by NIP *Književna reč*, Belgrade, and was awarded the Rastko Petrović Prize by the Serbian Heritage Foundation and the Association of Writers of Serbia for intellectual engagement. The book included interviews with several major American writers, including Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, Charles Simic, and Steve Tesic. In 1986, as a young writer, he was recognized among 200 writers at the Bor (former Yugoslavia) Literary Festival. In addition to poetry and prose, he has worked as a journalist for the Serbian weekly magazine *Pogledi (Views)*.