Milorad Pejić


Milorad Pejić is a Bosnian poet who resides in Lund, Sweden.

Biography

After attending elementary and high school in his hometown of Tuzla, Pejić attended the University of Sarajevo, where he studied economics. Following graduation he returned to Tuzla, and in 1992, following the outbreak of the Bosnian War, he immigrated to Sweden, where he now lives.

Books

Pejić entered the literary scene in 1985 with his book The Vase for the Lily Plant .
His second book, The Eyes of Keyholes , was published bilingually, in Bosnian and German, in 2001. The second edition of this book was published in 2012. This book was translated into English by Omer Hadžiselimović and published by "Červená Barva Press" 2015 in USA.
His collection, Hyperborea, was awarded by the Writers' Association of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the City of Sarajevo, the PEN Center in Bosnia-Herzegovina, and the Mak Dizdar Foundation with the newly established prize "Slovo Makovo - Mak Dizdar" in November 2012 for the best poetic work published the previous year in the Bosnian, Montenegrin, Croatian, and Serbian language. "Hyperborea" has been published in English by "Samizdat" in Prague 2016.
His fourth poetry book "The Third Life" was published by Bosnian Media Group 2015.
In 2019, his first poetry collection in Swedish "Sanna historier" was published by .

Awards