ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Ana Stjelja was born 1982 in Belgrade (Serbia). In 2005 she graduated from the Faculty of Philology from the Turkish Language and Literature Department. In 2009 she earned a Master’s degree in Sufism. In 2012 she obtained her PhD in Serbian Literature (with the thesis on the life and work of one of the first Serbian women writers and world travelers Jelena J. Dimitrijevic).

She is an award-winning Serbian poet, writer, translator, journalist, independent scientific researcher and editor. She published more than 30 books of different literary genres. She is the author of numerous research papers and essays on literature, feminism and diverse cultures.

She is the Editor-in-Chief of the Alia Mundi Magazine for cultural diversity, the online literary magazine Enheduana (and its blog Enheduana’s Literary Garden), the online magazine for satire Oximoron and the online magazine for poets and poetry in English Poetryzine. She is also the founder and the editor of the Web Portals: Eastern Pearl (and its blog Ibisʼ blog) dedicated to the literature, art and culture of the East, Maštoplet (and its blog Maštoplet’s blog) dedicated to children and children’s creativity. She is the founder and the editor-in-chief of Cultural Newspapers ‒ the first e-newspapers on culture.

 As an acclaimed and awarded writer, she has published her works in various Serbian and international print and online magazines, literary blogs and portals. She is the regular collaborator of The Poet Magazine (England), and the Agape Review conducting the interviews with world poets.

Also, she is the Asia and Europe Direction Editor of the Canadian Humanity Magazine, and the advisor and deputy editor of a few Chinese literary magazines.

. She successfully completed the UN Women Creative Writing Workshop Awake Not Sleeping – Reimagining Fairy Tales for a new generation and earned a Certificate of Appreciation.

In 2018 she established the Association Alia Mundi for promoting cultural diversity. She is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Association of Literary Translators of Serbia, the Association of Journalists of Serbia and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) She lives in Belgrade.

Jelena J. Dimitrijević (Jelena Y. Dimitriyevitch), is a Serbian writer and fighter for women's emancipation (gender equality activist), born in 1862. After her marriage to artillery captain Jovan Dimitrijević (Yovan Dimitrijevitch), she moved to Belgrade, where she remained until her death in 1945. She established herself as a writer who wrote poetry and prose, especially travelogues. She has traveled almost all over the world: Europe, Africa, Asia and America becoming the first Serbian woman globetrotter (a world traveler). She spoke several foreign languages. Her most significant works are: Jelenaʼs Poems (1894), Letters from Niš on Harems (1897) New women (1912, 2012), Letters from Thessaloniki (1918, 2008), Letters from India (1928), Letters from Egypt (1929), New world or in America for a year (1934), Une vision (1936) Seven Seas and Three Oceans (1940)... Jelena J. Dimitrijević is one of the most prominent Serbian women writers and a unique figure in the Serbian cultural history. She died in 1945 and she was buried in the New Cemetery in Belgrade.

ХВАЛА УВАЖЕНИМ ПРИЈАТЕЉИМА
Пјесник и књижевни критичар из Индије Малаја Кумар Јати: „Ваша тежња за љубављу и миром је светиња коју посједују само пророчка бића. Пјесникињо Гордана дјелујете као анђео мира и блаженства.Свака вам част што сте написали овако величанствену поему“.
Пјесникиња и организаторка Међународних фестивала у Битолу Гордана Такец: „Драга Гордана, Ви сте редак пример жене која има пуно шарма и лепоте, Ви сте изузетна, моћна, ви сте ремек дело природе, дивим Вам се, Ви сте драгуљ који сија целом планетом“.
Катарина Бранковић Гајић, књижевница, предсједница књижевног Клуба „Скадарлијска боемија“, Београд: „Колико љубави кроз тебе веје осмеха имаш за целу планету ти си Гоцо посебна на овом свету“.
Бели Аџић, пјесник, Никшић: * * * „ Срећан је град који те има Ти жено широког срца, добротом зрачиш, широки осмијех ко сунце сија ти си од Бога Никшићу дата дива“.
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Доктор Социологије Бранка Танасијевић: „Чини се као да нам је Гордана Сарић дошла из неког изванвременног света пуног Сунца, свјетлости и музике из свијета у коме је научила да воли и да буде вољена“.
Професор ритмике Катарина Каћа Булатовић: „Гордана Сарић ЖЕНА ИНСТИТУЦИЈА, привилегија је бити њен пријатељ“.
Пјесникиња Сенада Садић из Штутгарда: „Гордана Сарић са златним пером у руци пише песме које лече душу и срце“.
Предсједник Глобалног књижевног друштва из Индије, BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY: „Срећан сам што могу да објавим званично именовање свјетског познатог аутора, јавне личности из Црне Горе, Међународно признате пјесникиње Гордане Сарић за АМБАСАДОРА ЗА ГЛОБАЛНУ КУЛТУРУ ГЛОБАЛНОГ КЊИЖЕВНОГ ДРУШТВА.

Book review:

This book in front of you is not ''just another poetry book'', it is more than a work of art, it is also a work of a slavic polyglot, a collection of poems in four different slavic languages. Therefore it is a novelty in literature, expanding the boundaries of language and expression. It is a work of art, a work of the heart, a work of Slavic brotherhood and a synergy of four different slavic languages. This collection of poems is therefore a poetic bridge of friendship and of mutual understanding between the slavic peoples. I warmly recommend this book to all readers who speak Russian, Belarusian, Serbian or Slovenian. You will be delighted and find yourself in the mirrors of the authors poetic expression.

Slovenian poet
Dejan Živko

Author's biography:

Russian-speaking poet, prose writer, and translator Kristina Anastasia Veras Brzin was born with a disability in Ljubljana, Slovenia on July 9, 1987. She uses a wheelchair. Three months after her birth, her parents separated, and her grandmother, Tatjana, took care of Kristina Anastasia. The rest of the relatives were ashamed of her due to her disability. Art was always present in her family, as her grandfather, Bogomir Veras, was an actor in the theater in the city of Celje. As a child, she loved reading poems by various authors and started writing poetry herself at the age of ten. At eleven, she began learning to play the Slovenian folk instrument, the zither, in music school. She continued writing poetry in Slovenian and later graduated from high school in Ljubljana. Due to health issues, she stopped engaging in creative activities for several years but resumed writing poetry at the age of 24 in 2011. That same year, she met her current husband, Luka Brzin, who also writes poetry in Slovenian and English. Her poetry has been published in several collections and literary societies. Kristina Anastasia has written multiple books of poetry and prose in Russian, including "The Road to Myself" and "Girl with Brown Eyes." Her work has been translated into numerous languages, and she has received several literary awards. She is a member of various literary associations and has participated in international literary festivals.