Goran Simi?

Goran Simić

E-mail: simgoran@aol.com

www.goransimic.com

Prominent former Yugoslavian writer Goran Simic ,born in Bosnia-Herzegovina,immigrated to Canada in 1996 after Civil war under the auspices of PEN Canada.

In his native country he was recognized as author of published poetry, short stories, puppet plays, librettos for opera, radio plays, including career as editor and columnist for magazines and radio network, at that point his books has been translated into eleven languages.

In 1996 he was a Senior Resident of Massey College, University of Toronto, 2000; Fleck Fellowship at the Banff Centre for the Arts; 2004, Writer-in-Residence at the University of Guelph, 2006 ;Writer in Exile at the University of Alberta, 2011 .

Since 1996 his literary work has been translated into 15 languages, and was included in several world anthologies, such as "Scanning the Century" (Penguin, 2000) and "Banned Poetry" (Index of Censorship, 1997), and in numerous anthologies in Canada and the former Yugoslavia. He got the Helman-Hammet award/PEN USA Freedom to Write award (1994), and the People's Award, Canada, (2006), including numerous literary prizes for work in puppet theaters as well.

Recently his book "Sunrise in the Eyes of the Snowman" was awarded by Canadian Association of Authors as the best poetry book in Canada in 2012.

PUBLISHED WORKS

POETRY:

When you die as the Cat, selected poems, (translated in Estonian by Catlin Kaldmaa), PEN Estonia, Estonia,2012

The Sunrise in the yes of the Snowman, poetry, Biblioasis, Windsor, Canada,2010

My happy days in the madhouse, selected poems, Bosanska knjiga, Sarajevo, BiH, 2010

Immigrant Sorrow/Penas del Inmigrante,(translated in Spanish by Veronica Garza Flores),LyricalMyrical Press, Toronto, 2008

From Sarajevo with Sorrow. (translation into English by Amela Simić), Biblioasis, Windsor,2005

Immigrant Blues. Brick Books, Toronto,2003

The Book of Wandering. RAD, Belgrade, Serbia, 2002

Alledaagse Adam/Everyday Adam. (translation into Dutch by Rada Gavrilović), Atlas, Amsterdam, Holland, 1999

Peace and War (with Fraser Sutherland),limited edition, Toronto, 1998

Sprinting from the Graveyard. (English version by David Harsent), Oxford University Press, UK, 1997

Sorrow of Sarajevo. (English version by David Harsent), London , Cargo, UK, 1996

Sarevska Tuga- Sarajevo Sorrow, (translated by Amela Simić), IPC Sarajevo, BiH, 1995. This book was published as Sarevska Tuga, IN Press, Belgrade, Serbia,1995, Studio B-92, Belgrade, Serbia, 1995 and in Ljubljana by Vodnikova Domacija, Ljubljana, Slovenia,1994

Sarajevos Sorg, (translated by Svein Monnesland), Oslo: Sypress Forlag, Norway, 1995

Sarajevos Sorg. (translated by Đorđje Žarković), Stockholm: Studiekamraten, Sweden, 1995

Sarajevo - ojeblikke af en krig (translated by Per Jacobsen), Gyldendal, Copenhagen, Danmark, 1995

Placz Sarajewa. (translated by Bozena Nowak), Pogranicye, Warsaw, Poland, 1995

Sarajevon Suru. (translated by Leevi Lehto),WSOY, Helsinki, Finland, 1994

Maštovanka (Fantasy Book). Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1989

Korak u Mrak (A Step into the Dark). Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1987

Pjesme o Strahu (Selected Poems). : Sarajevo: Svjetlost, 1985

Mandragora. Sarajevo: V.Maslesa, 1982

Vertigo. Sarajevo: V.Maslesa, 1977

Tačka do kruga ili put (A Period Next to a Circle, or a Journey). Svjetlost, 1976

OTHER BOOKS

Somebody told me Tito died, (stories),Dobra Knjiga, Sarajevo, BiH, 2011

Looking for Tito. (Short Stories), Frog Hollow Press, Canada 2010

Anthology of Canadian Poetry (Editor and translator) Buybook, Sarajevo, BiH, 2008

Yesterday's People. ( stories). Windsor: Biblioasis, Canada,2005

Tri lutkarske igre (Three Plays for Puppets), ZPPBiH, Sarajevo, BiH, 1998

Three New Plays for Puppets, Zonex, Sarajevo, BiH, 1997

Marchen uber Sarajevo (A Fairy tale about Sarajevo), Roentgen S ,Freiburg, Germany, 1995

THEATRICAL WORK:

The Taxi Project, PEN Canada, J. Gordon Shillingford Publishing, Canada, ,2010

Differences in Demolition. (opera libretto) Opera Circus, UK,2007. The opera, with music by Nigel Osborne, was produced and performed in Bosnia-Herzegovina, Scotland, Austria and England.

A Ballad of Baggage (with Fraser Sutherland, Aleksandar Bukvic, and Berge Arabian). (Mixed-media show with poetry, video, slides, and tape) Toronto: Michelangelo Gallery, 2000, and Hart House

Wind in Uniform. Performed in Toronto and San Francisco in 1999- 2000.

London under Siege (Opera libretto). The opera, with music by David Wilde, was produced and performed at the National Theatre Hannover, Germany, 1999.

Opera Europe. (Opera libretto) The opera, with music by Nigel Osborne, was produced and performed at the National Theatre, Sarajevo, 1995.

PUPPET PLAYS:

Legenda o Dunjaluku (Legend of Dunjaluk). Studio Lutkarstva, Sarajevo, 2007.

Bajka o Sarajevu (A Fairy tale about Sarajevo) Pozorište Mladih, Sarajevo, 1995.

Gdje je zima (Where is Winter?) Produced in various theatre in Sarajevo and Mostar, 1988, 1989, 1996.

Marko Kraljević i Vila (Marko the Prince and the Fairy) Pozorište Mladih, Sarajevo, 1988.

Kockasta Lopta (A Cubical Ball) Narodno Pozorište Zenica, 1987.

Proljeće, Ljeto, Jesen (Spring, Summer, Fall) Dom Mladih Skenderija, Sarajevo, 1986.

Djevojčica sa Šibicama (The Little Match Girl) Narodno Pozorište Zenica, 1985.

Palčić Dugonja (Thumbellino the Lanky) Pozorište mladih, Sarajevo, 1986