Petar Pjesivac

Petar Pjesivac
Born (1962-09-24)24 September 1962
Adelaide, Australia
Occupation Writer, poet, columnist, essayist

Petar Pjesivac (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Пјешивац),is a Serbian–Australian prose writer, poet and essayist who writes chiefly in Serbian language.

Biography

After completing his elementary education in Belgrade -Serbia ( Yugoslavia), he studied medicine at the Third Medical institute- I. Semashko (Nikolai Semashko) ) Russia ( U.S.S.R), continued his medical education at the Belgrade University- Serbia ( Yugoslavia ) and graduated from Medical School – Flinders University -South Australia. Dr. Pjesivac is a qualified medical practitioner currently practicing in MelbourneVictoria-Australia.

His early prose writings were inspired by the NATO bombardment of Yugoslavia in 1999 and were first published in Toronto – Canada ( 1999 – Z. Acin, Magazin za kulturu – "Pogledi" ).

His first novel "Z " ( "Ž" ) was published by Stylos Publishing – Novi Sad ( The edition of Matica srpska ) in 2003. Since then Pjesivac published novels " Tri dvojine – Nara" ( Putokazi-Beograd 2009 ) and his most acclaimed literary work " Priručnik za rušenje" ( Little Nemo – Pančevo ) in 2011. His novel "Priručnik za rušenje " was a contender for the prestigious NIN literary award NIN Prize(Serbian Cyrillic: NIN-ova nagrada) in 2012.

Petar Pjesivac is a regular contributor and columnist for the World Serbian Voice (Serbian Cyrillic: Српски Глас )( Australian edition ).[1] He was a contributor for the literary magazine " Sveske " Pančevo.

Petar Pjesivac is an active member of The Association of Writers of Serbia ( Udruzenje Knijževnika Srbije ) since 2011 and a corresponding member of PEN Center USA since 2012. He is an associate member of the New York Academy of Sciences since 2011 and an ex president of the Montenegrin Cultural Club – "Njegos", Melbourne – Victoria.[2]

His novel "Povratak Ž-a"( Return of the Z) published by "Zavod za izdavanje udžbenika Republike Srpske was awarded with the prestigious third prize "Zlatna sova" ( Golden Awl) for the best unpublished novel in 2013.[3]

His latest novel “ Priručnik za cinkarenje” ( Handbook on snitching ) was published in 2015 by Ind Media Publishing

Works

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References

  1. sr:Српски глас.. Српски глас
  2. . vesti-online.com.
  3. . TV Interview.

Sources

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