Boban Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Кнежевић, born 17 September 1959 in Belgrade) is a Serbian science fiction and fantasy writer, comic book writer, editor and publisher.
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| Born | Boban Knežević 17 September 1959 Belgrade, Yugoslavia |
| Occupation | Writer, publisher, editor |
| Language | Serbian |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Period | 1979–present |
| Genre | Science fiction, fantasy |
| Notable works | Black Blossom |
| Notable awards | "Lazar Komarčić" award (six times) |
| Spouse | Sandra |
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He has been publishing fiction since 1978 in a variety of genres: his works range over alternate history, space opera, Slavic mythology based fantasy, and cyberpunk.
Knežević was one of the founders of the Belgrade-based semi-professional Society of science fiction fans, "Lazar Komarčić" in 1981, and is considered as "one of the pivotal persons of Belgrade fandom".[1]
Since 1985, he also owns the (formerly Yugoslavian publishing imprint, "Znak Sagite".[2]
Bibliography
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edit- Smrt na Neptunu [Смрт на Нептуну / Death on Neptune], novel, "Dnevnik", Novi Sad, 1986 (under the pseudonym Endru Ozborn / Andrew Osborne)
- Crni cvet [Црни цвет / Black Blossom], novel, "Prosveta", Belgrade (six Serbian editions from 1993 to 2011). ISBN 978-86-7552-049-8
- English translation: Black Blossom, "Prime Books", 2004. and 2005. ISBN 978-1894815901
- Čovek koji je ubio leptira [Човек који је убио лептира / A man who killed a butterfly], novel, Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1996.
- Slutnja androida [Слутња андроида / Android's premonition], a collection of stories, 2001. ISBN 86-83577-04-X
- Poslednji Srbin [Последњи Србин / Last Serb], novel, "Alnari", Belgrade, 2009. ISBN 978-86-7710-414-6
- Otisak zveri u pepelu [Отисак звери у пепелу / Footprints of the beast in the ashes], a collection of short stories, "Tardis", Belgrade, 2009. ISBN 978-86-6099-009-1
Noted anthologies and collections
edit- Tamni vilajet 1, Belgrade, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1987.
- Tamni vilajet 1a, Belgrade, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1987.
- Tamni vilajet 2, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1992.
- Tamni vilajet 3, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1993.
- Tamni vilajet 4, "Znak Sagite", Belgrade, 1996. and 2011. ISBN 978-86-7756-008-9
- Nova srpska fantastika, SIC, Belgrade, 1994. ISBN 86-7339-018-4
- "Fantastična reč", Književna reč, br. 492/493, Belgrade, 1997.
- Trifid, authors: Dragan R. Filipović, Goran Skrobonja and Boban Knežević; Knjižara "Alan Ford", Belgrade, 2001. ISBN 86-83577-01-5
Awards
edit- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1985. ("Noć koja neće doći")
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1986. ("Dan četrnaesti")
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1993. ("Onaj koji nema dušu")
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav novel in 1993. (Crni cvet / Black Blossom)
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1994. ("Prosjak i kockar")
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1995.
Literature
edit- Pavle Zelić et al. "Boban Knežević, monolit srpske fantastike", Gradina, Niš, broj 19/2007.
- Stefanović, Zoran. "Slobodan i pomalo otpadnik". in: Knežević, Boban. Slutnja androida, izabrane priče, 2003.
References
edit- ^ Entry "Knežević, Boban" in Enciklopedija naučne fantastike. 1, A-Lj, by Zoran Živković, 1990, pp 369. ISBN 86-07-00494-8
- ^ Entry: "Yugoslavia", New Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, by Peter Nicholls (Editor), John Clute (Editor), 1993, pp. 1361–1362. ISBN 978-1857231243
External links
edit- Boban Knežević, SF and F writer, official author's site