One of Serbias most important living writers, Marija Kneevi writes poems that often read as narratives, replete with characters, humor, pathos, and unexpected twists. Readers will meet a father and daughter frolicking on a Mediterranean beach during the continuing refugee crisis, or an Inca girl whose world will be destroyed by milk-colored people, or a beloved worldly heiress who wears mens pajamas. Kneevi also writes more classical lyrics about love, relationships, writing (or the blocks to writing), and an ample range of other topics. Her work fearlessly and frequently addresses current events and social issues, both in urban Belgrade where she lives, and more global concerns.
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| A Technique for Everything: The Poet Marija Kneievic Introduction |
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Pocetak Kartografije The Beginning Of Cartography |
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Poslednja Lekcija o Neznosti the last lecture on tenderness |
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Poreklo Oblika The Origin Of Form |
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Anatomski Cas Anatomy Moment |
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Ocajna Pesma Desperate Poem |
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Dnevnik Sitnih Nezgoda A Diary Of Minor Troubles |
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«40 Dana Nisam Napisala Pesmu» "40 Days I Haven't Written A Poem" |
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Ime Reke The River's Name |
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«Bila si moj Japan, Grcka cak» "You were my Japan, even my Greece" |
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Poslednja Stanica Prevoda The Last Station Of Translation |
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Jutarnja Kafa Morning Coffee |
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Tehnika Disanja Breathing Technique |
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Holly business holly business |
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Doba Neznosti the era of tenderness |
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Otvoreno Iza Ponoci Open After Midnight |
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Predajagrada surrender of the city |
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Sezona Dobrih Ljudi The season of good people |
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Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child |
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Duh Iz Plinske Boce the spirit from the gas bottle |
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Stanje Stvari The State Of Things |
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Tamodaleko There Far Away |
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Vajna Tajna Wannabe Secret |
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Apokalipsa Po Orfeju The Apocalypse According To Orpheus |
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Zivot I Zdravlje Life And Health |
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Marija Kneevi (born 1963 in Belgrade) is a Serbian poet, fiction writer, essayist, and translator who has published eight volumes of poetry, and eleven novels and collections of stories and essays. Her work has been recognized with both local and international prizes, and one story from her collection Tabula Rasa was chosen to represent Serbia in the 2012 Best European Fiction (Dalkey Archive Press). A selection of her poetry has also appeared in translation in New European Poets, ed. Wayne Miller and Kevin Prufer (2008), and in the anthology of Serbian poetry, Cat Painters, ed. Biljana Obradovi and Dubravka Djuri (2016). After graduating with a degree in literature from the University of Belgrade, she earned an MA in Comparative Literature from Michigan State University. She now lives in Belgrade.
