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Serbian writer (b. 1946)
Marica Josimčević (
Serbian-Cyrillic : Марица Јосимчевић; born 12 May 1946 in
Belgrade ,
SFR Yugoslavia ) is a
Serbian writer and translator.
Biography
Marica Josimčević grew up in his native place, attended the
Ninth Belgrade Gymnasium in
New Belgrade city quarter and graduated with maturity diploma in 1965, then she began studying Spanish and English languages and literatures at the
Philosophical Faculty of
Belgrade's University and graduated with diploma in 1969. After her studies, she worked as translator for
Aviogenex (1970–73) and
Energoprojekt (1973-1980). During these years, she travelled to Latin America and spent some time in
Colombia (1973),
Panama (1974) and
Mexico (1980). She started her career as freelance writer in 1980, and from 1993 to 2001, she worked as
literary editor for the publishing companies DBR and Verzal Press in Belgrade, which no longer exist today. Josimčević is one of the editors, who compiled the complete works of
Isidora Sekulić , first edited by Stylos publishing
Novi Sad from 2001-2004, she is translator of works by
Mario Vargas Llosa ,
Samael Aun Weor ,
Carlos Fuentes ,
Pío Baroja ,
Manuel Scorza ,
Reinaldo Arenas and
Rómulo Gallegos as well as the History of
Latin American Literature (Historia de la literatura hispanoamericana) by
Gerardo Mario Goloboff and
Juan Octavio Prenz into Serbian. Josimčević's work is influenced by
spiritualism ,
mysticism ,
esotericism ,
symbolism and
Magic realism .
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Works
Dno na vrhu sveta (
Abyss on Top of the World),
novel , DBR Publishing, Belgrade 1994,
ISBN
86-7993-001-6 .
Škorpion je znao (Scorpio Knew It),
short stories , Prosveta, 1989,
ISBN
86-07-00427-1 .
Postaja gospodnja (
Retreat of Lord), novel, Altera, Belgrade 1991,
ISBN
86-81459-15-5 .
Put kože (Way of Skin), short stories,
Srpska književna zadruga , Belgrade 1998,
ISBN
86-379-0654-0 .
Jovanje : knjiga o drugom postanju (
Jovanje : Book of Second
Creation ), Pešić i sinovi, Belgrade 2003,
ISBN
86-7540-020-9 .
Dvoboj na mostu (Duel on the Bridge) short stories, Utopija, Belgrade 2007,
ISBN
978-86-85129-52-0 .
Botaničar : drama u četiri čina, trinaest dana i četrdeset i četiri scene (The
Botanist : a drama in four
acts , thirteen days and forty-four scenes), novel,
Luks Mundi Press, Belgrade 2010,
ISBN
978-86-85129-88-9 .
Abyss on Top of the World , English
self-publication ,
CreateSpace Independent Publishing 2009 and 2012,
ISBN
978-14-8006-993-0 .
Ogledalo ljudskog roda (Mirror of Mankind), Pešić i sinovi, Belgrade 2013.
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Drezga ,
monograph (Serbian and English), Radionica duše, Belgrade 2014 and 2016,
ISBN
978-86-83385-26-3 .
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Plavi zdenac (Blue
Well ), Metaphysica, Belgrade 2016,
ISBN
978-86-7884-193-4 .
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Awards
References
^ Biography in: Ko je ko u Srbiji '96: biografski leksikon, Bibliofon, Belgrade 1996 (
WBIS ), retrieved 2018-11-14.
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Biography , Metaphysica publishing, retrieved 2018-11-14.
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COBISS ,
union catalogue
COBISS of Serbian Libraries, retrieved 2018-11-14.
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About ,
RTS , retrieved 2018-11-14.
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Jutrenje duše (
Matins of Soul), essay by
Predrag Pedja Todorović ,
Google Drive , retrieved 2018-11-18.
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Promotion of the monograph , Guarnerius Art Centre, retrieved 2018-11-18.
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Ljiljana Drezga , official website, retrieved 2018-11-18.
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Review , P.U.L.S.E. magazine, retrieved 2018-11-15.
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Sekulić Award 1998 ,
Glas javnosti , retrieved 2018-11-14.
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