Aleksandar Novaković

Aleksandar Novaković (born 9 January 1975, in Belgrade, Serbia).^[1] He graduated as a historian and dramatist, and has an PhD in theatrical studies at the University of Arts in Belgrade.

As a writer and journalist he has published works (plays, short stories, poems, screenplays for cartoons) in newspapers and magazines, including: "NIN", "Danas","Knjizevni list", "URB", "Koraci", "Lipar", "Rec,", "Polja", "Letopis Matice srpske", "Treci trg", "Etna", "Znak", "Povelja","Kvartal", "Branicevo". His plays were published in periodical art magazines.

Published works

Theatrical case-study

• "How Tito was smashing "Pumpkins"", (Narodna knjiga", 2005)

Plays

• "The System" ("Sistem", NP Uzice, 2001),
• "Teeth"("Zubi", SNP Novi Sad, 2004),
• "Aladin's mystery lamp" (Puppet theatre Pinokio,Belgrade, 2007)
• "Our man" (Hercegnovsko pozorište, co-author, 2008).

Books of aphorisms

• "Drink Socrates, The State Pays"(Matica srpska, Novi Sad, 1998),
• "No Can Do"(Alma, Belgrade, 2006).

Good enough? (Malo li je?, Alma, 2011)

Books of plays

• "Closeness" (Zaječar, 2007)
• After Utopia (KC Kraljevo, 2009).

Novels

• "Glacier" (Glečer,Dereta, 2007)
• Celtic tale (Keltska priča, 2008, Mali Nemo)
• Two in One(Dva u jednom, 20009, Mali Nemo)
• The Leader (Vodja 2010, VBZ)

Theatrical studies

• The Way Tito Was Smashing Pumpkins (Kako je Tito razbijao Tikve,2005, Narodna knjiga)
• Broken Slavic Mirror ( Slomljeno slovensko ogledalo, Mali Nemo, 2010)

Awards

• "Josip Kulundžić"(2004)-for dramatists, Award of Radio Belgrade (2003) for original radio-play,
• Politika's Vib's Award (2001) (aphorisms),
• "John McGrath Scholarship, University of Edinburgh, Scotland (2007),
• Mali Nemo (2008)
• VBZ award, Croatia, Zagreb, 2010.

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