Jelena Ćirić

Jelena M. Ćirić (Serbian Cyrillic: Јелена М. Ћирић; born November 15, 1973) is a Serbian writer from Prague. She writes poetry and short stories and her poems have been translated to Czech, English, German, Slovene, Macedonian, Croatian, Arabic and Italian.[1][2][3][4]

Jelena Ćirić
BornЈелена Ћирић
(1973-11-15) November 15, 1973
Smederevo, FR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
OccupationWriter
LanguageSerbian, Czech
NationalitySerbian
Notable worksŽar (The Ember)
Naiskap (At One Gulp)
Muške pesme (Men's Poems)
Notable awardsGolden Badge by Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia (2014)
Rastko Petrović by Matica of Emigrants and Serbs in the Region (2016)

Life and career

Jelena Ćirić acquired her primary and secondary education in Požarevac, the city where she grew up. She graduated in 1999 from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law, and then until 2002 worked in the Požarevac District Court. The same year she moved to the Czech capital, got a job as a lawyer and engaged in the field of culture.[5]

Ćirić's literary work is represented in many collections, anthologies and on the internet. She published three poetry books: Žar (The Ember), Naiskap (At One Gulp) and Muške pesme (Men's Poems).[6] Additionally, she co-authored several collections of poetry, short stories and aphorisms, including the Anthology of Contemporary Works for Children of Serbian Writers in the Diaspora. There is a perfume named after her as a part of the Perfumes of the Famous edition. Her biography is included in Biographical Lexicon Serbian Writers in Diaspora 1914–2014.[7]

Ćirić often participates in cultural events, organizes promotions, frequently translating from Czech to Serbian language and vice versa.[8][9][10] She was a reporter of the Satellite program of Radio Television of Serbia an associate from the Czech Republic, and in 2019 she played Klara Linhard in the documentary feature Seven Thousand Souls directed by Sanjin Mirić, on which she also worked as production planner. The film is about the suffering of Serbs in the Austro-Hungarian camps of Jindřichovice and Broumov during the World War I.[11][12][13]

She is a President of the Prague-based Lastavica Association,[14] which deals with the organization of cultural and humanitarian activities,[15] and a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia and the editorial board of Žrnov, magazine for culture, science and art.[16]

She is awarded with the Golden Badge by Cultural and Educational Association of Serbia[17] and the Rastko Petrović аward by Matica of Emigrants and Serbs in the Region.[18]

Bibliography

Author
  • Ćirić, J. (2011). The Ember. Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-23-5.
  • Ćirić, J. (2013). The Ember (second edition). Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-23-5.
  • Ćirić, J. (2013). At One Gulp. Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-76-1.
  • Ćirić, J. (2016). Men's Poems. Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-6415-069-9.
  • Ćirić, J. (2018). The Ember (third edition). Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-23-5.
  • Ćirić, J. (2018). At One Gulp (second edition). Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-76-1.
  • Ćirić, J. (2018). Men's Poems (second edition). Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-6415-069-9.

Co-author
  • Milovanović, S. Ž. (author); Ćirić, J. (co-author) (2012). Me, You, He and She. Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-87133-39-6.
  • Jakšić, M. (author); Ćirić, J. (co-author) (2014). I Don't Know What Else Could Bind Us. Belgrade: Arte. ISBN 978-86-6415-071-2.

See more

References
  1. "Poetry Evening of Jelena M. Ćirić from Prague" (in Serbian), Danas, April 24, 2014. Retrieved: November 8, 2021.
  2. "Poet Anthology: Jelena Ćirić" (in Serbian), Radio Belgrade 2, September 28, 2015. Retrieved: November 8, 2021.
  3. "Jelena Ćirić, Serbian Spark in the Czech Republic" (in Serbian), Balkan In, October 15, 2016. Retrieved: November 8, 2021.
  4. "Poet Anthology: Jelena Ćirić" (in Serbian), Radio Belgrade 2, June 19, 2017. Retrieved: November 8, 2021.
  5. Milanović, M. (editor) (2015). Biographical Lexicon Serbian Writers in Diaspora 1914–2014. Belgrade: Milena Milanović, pp. 397–398.
  6. "Stane Ribič and Jelena Ćirić" (in Serbian), Radio Belgrade 2, March 11, 2021. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  7. "Serbian Writers in Diaspora" project (in Serbian), Wayback Machine. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  8. "The Ember of Poetry Warms the Heart and Soul" (in Serbian), Cultural Center Kruševac, February 13, 2012. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  9. "The Evening of Love and Erotic Poetry in Vranje " (in Serbian), JuGmedia, July 23, 2014. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  10. "The Dialectic of Mind and Heart of Jelena M. Ćirić, Serbian Poet from Prague" (in Serbian), JuGmedia, August 6, 2016. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  11. "How the Czechs and Serbs Loved and Helped Each Other" (in Serbian), Naši u svetu, July 1, 2020. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  12. "Češi v Srbsku – Serbs in the Czech Republic – Interview with Jelena Ćirić, a poet from Prague" (in Serbian), Geopolitikon, June 15, 2021. Retrieved: November 9, 2021.
  13. "Belgrade Premiere of the Seven Thousand Souls documentary at the Army House" (in Serbian), Radio Television of Serbia, November 10, 2021. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.
  14. Lastavica Association Team (in Serbian), Lastavica Association. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.
  15. "The Spirit of Prague in Šabac" (in Serbian), Radio Television of Serbia, October 29, 2019. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.
  16. Žrnov Editorial Board (in Serbian), Žrnov. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.
  17. "Golden Badge Award Ceremony" (in Serbian), Radio Television of Vojvodina, October 23, 2014. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.
  18. "Matica of Emigrants of Serbia Awards the Rastko Petrović for 2016" (in Serbian), Radio Television of Serbia, April 25, 2017. Retrieved: November 10, 2021.

Literature
  • Milanović, M. (editor) (2015). Biographical Lexicon Serbian Writers in Diaspora 1914–2014. Belgrade: Milena Milanović. pp. 397–398. ISBN 978-86-906569-1-2.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • Simić, Lj. (editor); Čotrić, A. (editor) (2015). Anthology of Contemporary Works for Children of Serbian Writers in the Diaspora. Čačak: Pčelica. ISBN 978-86-6089-561-7.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
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