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Srđan Srdić was born in Kikinda in 1977. He graduated from the Department of Comparative Literature and Theory of Literature at the Faculty of Philology, University of Belgrade, receiving his PhD from the same Faculty. He is employed in Comprehensive High School “Dušan Vasiljev” in Kikinda and holds the position of the manager of the Regional North-Banat Centre for Talents of the same name. He is a volunteer editor of a part of the literary programme for the needs of the National Library “Jovan Popović” in Kikinda, where he organised a Creative Reading Workshop. With Vladimir Arsenić, he leads a Creative Writing Workshop in Belgrade, as well as the publishing house “Partizanska knjiga”.
Srdić has authored the novels Mrtvo polje (Dead Field, 2010), Satori (2013), and Srebrna magla pada (A Silver Fog Is Coming Down, 2017), story collections Espirando (2011) and Sagorevanja (Burnings Down, 2014), as well as a book of essays Zapisi iz čitanja (Records from Readings, 2014).
He has received the following awards: Ulaznica (2007), Laza Lazarević (2009), Biljana Jovanović (2012), Edo Budiša (2012), as well as a scholarship of the Borislav Pekić Foundation (2010).
Tekstovi i knjige Srđana Srdića prevedeni su na engleski, nemački, ukrajinski, makedonski, rumunski, slovenački, albanski i mađarski jezik. Živi u Mikro-naselju, pored Kikinde. Srđan Srdi’ćs texts and books have been translated into English, German, Ukrainian, Macedonian, Romanian, Slovenian, Albanian and Hungarian.
He lives in “Mikro-naselje”, near Kikinda.
FROM REVIEWS
It has been noted that the literature of Srđan Srdić and especially A Silver Fog Is Coming Down requires a patient, persistent and concentrated reader, as well as a reader of exemplary reading competencies. However, I dare say that Srdić’s literature, above all, requires an open reader, a reader ready to risk, ready for self-exposure, a reader ready for insomnia. A reader ready to enter the labyrinth without a guarantee that he will be able to catch the thread that will take him out.
Žarka Svirčev
The latest novel by Srđan Srdić could suffer the fate of Ulysses – many will not finish reading it. And those who finish reading it will sometimes need a confirmation that they have understood everything correctly, even though they are aware of the fact that it is legitimate “not to understand the game” in postmodernist novel (Eco’s words) or, at least, not to take the whole thing seriously. With Srdić, as with Joyce, it becomes serious, at least from the moment when he manages to touch the opaque depths of a human being.
Jelena Knežević
Srđan Srdić always makes me read twice.
Davor Beganović
Srdić’s narrative is linguistically flawless, authentic and emblematically recognisable.
Mladen Vesković
Srdić may not be able to escape his themes that are really very painful, but his approach is getting decentralised, it moves and conquers new fields of meaning and style.
Srđan V. Tešin
However, although he counts on having a small number of readers and that his books will not be recommended to everyone, Srđan Srdić does not accept compromises. The distinctiveness of his prose, which is primarily reflected in his great commitment to language, has gained its supporters among more competent readers, which this writer undoubtedly holds very dear.
Srđan Vidrić