Goran Petrović

Who is Goran Petrović?

Goran Petrović is one of the most significant and most widely read among contemporary Serbian writers. He studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. He works as a librarian in a city library in Žiča, very close to Žiča Monastery. He received the most prominent award in Serbian literature, the NIN Prize, in 2000, for his novel Ситничарница „Код срећне руке".

He first published the book of short prose, Advices for Easier Life, followed by the novel Sky-Locked Atlas; then a collection of short stories, Island and Ambiental Stories; again, novels