Author Nominee: Serbia

Dragana Litričin-Dunić
Serbia, Author

I have the impression that my pursuance [is] to find straight lines among forms and structures.

- Dragana Litričn-Dunić

Dragana Litričn-Dunić was born in 1973 in Kikinda, Serbia. She graduated in Serbian language and linguistics from the Faculty of Philosophy in Novi Sad. She has worked as an author and editor for the cultural division of Radio Television Serbia. She also writes about cultural issues for the magazine Duga and contributes reviews to literary journals. Since 2002 she has been editor-in-chief for Serbia's and Montenegro's Narodna knjiga publishing house. Here she co-ordinates the publication of school textbooks. She also acts as a co-ordinator of publications between the Ministry of Education in Serbia and the Association of Educational Publishers of Serbia.

Dragana Litričn-Dunić's own publication Plavi krug has been praised for its encouragement of 'harmony and human closeness' following a time when this had vanished in Serbia. Her work has been acknowledged too by the Association of Educational Publishers. 'I was immediately impressed by the superior quality of the book's design, interior layout, illustration …. [T]he content is equally impressive in its scope, depth of ideas, representation of genres, and cultural focus. The selection includes songs, poetry and story as well as provocative quotations from well-known writers and thinkers,' says Joan Irwin, professional development consultant.