Boban Knežević
Boban Knežević is a Serbian science fiction and fantasy writer, comic book writer, editor and publisher.
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".
Since 1985, he also owns the (formerly Yugoslavian publishing imprint, "Znak Sagite".Books
- Smrt na Neptunu , novel, "Dnevnik", Novi Sad, 1986
- Crni cvet , novel, "Prosveta", Belgrade.
- * English translation: Black Blossom, "Prime Books", 2004. and 2005.
- Čovek koji je ubio leptira , novel, Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1996.
- Slutnja androida , a collection of stories, 2001.
- Poslednji Srbin , novel, "Alnari", Belgrade, 2009.
- Otisak zveri u pepelu , a collection of short stories, "Tardis", Belgrade, 2009.
Noted anthologies and collections
- 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.
- Nova srpska fantastika, SIC, Belgrade, 1994.
- "Fantastična reč", Književna reč, br. 492/493, Belgrade, 1997.
- Trifid, authors: Dragan R. Filipović, Goran Skrobonja and Boban Knežević; Knjižara "Alan Ford", Belgrade, 2001.
Awards
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1985.
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1986.
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1993.
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav novel in 1993.
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1994.
- "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1995.
Literature
- 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.
