Milan Orlić
Milan Orlić (born 1962 in Pančevo, Serbia) is a poet, prose writer and essayist. Orlić finished his Masters thesis at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy.
Honors and awards
He is the winner of the following literary prizes: “Isidora Sekulić,” “Milan Rakić,” “Branko Miljković,” “The Award of Prosveta,” “The Seal of Town of Sremski Karlovci,” “Pegasus,” “Marble Medallion and Sounds.”
Works
The creative work of Milan Orlić sparked a considerable critical interest confirmed not only by hundreds of articles in local journals, but also by several articles in international journals, including World Literature Today (USA).[1][2][3] At the invitation of The Faculty of Philosophy at Charles University in Prague, many Slavic and Serbian Studies students presented their poetry and delivered lectures on contemporary Serbian poetry and prose. As a visiting lecturer, Orlić gave lectures on contemporary Serbian literature within Slavic Studies departments at five universities in Poland: in Kraków, Poznań, Wrocław, Gdańsk and Opole. In August 2010 he was a Visiting Scholar and Poet within Slavic Studies (LCL) at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, where he presented an article on Roman Ingarden's ontological aesthetics, as well as his poetry in English and Serbian.
Orlić’s poetry and essays have been translated in more than fifteen languages.[4] His poetry in translation appeared, for instance, in the international prestigious poetry journal International Poetry Review, (USA).[5] He is also represented in numerous anthologies and lexicons in both Serbia[6] and abroad, for example, in The Lexicon of Balkan Writers (The Faculty of Philosophy at Masaryk University, Brno) and on the Yugoslav CD-ROM at the Serbian PEN Centre, Literaturexpres 2000.[7]
Organizations
He participated in many festivals, international meetings of poets, as well as round tables and conferences (the last one was at the University of Bucharest, Romania, in October 2009).
Milan Orlić edited the prestigious literary review of literature, Književnost [Literature], published by Prosveta. He was appointed Chairman for the International Association of Writers of Serbia (2001–2003). He is the current President of the Executive Board for the “Isidora Sekulić” award and editor-in-chief of two journals, Sveske [Notebooks] and Sveske ArtTech [Notebooks ArtTech] and of a much reputable publishing house Mali Nemo [Little Nemo].
Published Books
- O ne/stvarnom: pričoroman [About the Un/real; A Storynovel] (Belgrade: Književna omladina Srbije, 1987)
- Momo u polarnoj noći: bajka za odrasle [Momo in the Polar Night; A Fairytale for Grown Ups] (Belrade: Prosveta, 1992), a poetic novel
- Iz polarne noći [From the Polar Night] (Belgrade: Prosveta 1995; second edition in 1996), poetry
- Zapisi iz polarne noći [Notes From the Polar Night] (Belgrade: Prosveta, 1997), essays
- Bruj milenija [The Hum of Millennium] (Prosveta, Belgrade, 1998, second edition in 2000)
- Grad, pre nego što usnim [The City, Before Falling Asleep] (Pančevo: Little Nemo, 2005, second edition in 2006)
- Žudnja za celinom [Longing for Wholeness] (Pančevo: Little Nemo, 2009), poetry
Orlić has also published over fifty articles, including research articles for the most important and most renowned journals and literary proceedings in Serbia, Former Yugoslavia, and abroad.[8]
References
- ↑ Vasa D. Mihailovich, "Milan Orlic: Bruj milenija" in World Literature Today 73:2 (1999), p. 357.
- ↑ Zivancevic, Nina. "Milos Crnjanski and Milan Orlic". ebr8. Alt-X. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ↑ Milena Stojanović, "Intertekstualni odnosi medju žanrovima. Troknjižje o polarnoj noći Milana Orlića" in Slavica Wratislaviensia CXLIII, No 2970 (2007)
- ↑ "MILAN ORLICH (1962) - a few of his translated works". Poet Carl Watts. Retrieved January 4, 2013.
- ↑ International Poetry Review 27:2 (2001), p. 28.
- ↑ Milutin Lujo Danojlić (ed), Ozarenja: 255 srpskih pesnika (Beograd: MΛΔ, 2004)
- ↑ Compare also, for example, Grzegorz Łatuszyński (ed.), Antologia poezji serbskiej XX wieku (Warszawa: Agawa, 2007), pp. 332-341.
- ↑ Compare, for example, Milan Orlić, "Filozofska valorizacija umetnosti" u Teorija, estetika, poetika: zbornik radova u čast prof dr Miloslava Šutića, urednik dr Gojko Tešić. (Beograd: Institut za književnost i umetnost, 2008), str. 205-220.