Dejan Stojanovic

Dejan Stojanović was born in Peć, Kosovo (the former Yugoslavia), in 1959. Although a lawyer by education, he has never practiced law and instead became a journalist, working as a foreign correspondent in the early nineties. He is a poet, essayist, philosopher, and businessman.

In 1986, as a young writer, he was recognized among 200 writers at the Bor (former Yugoslavia) Literary Festival. In addition to poetry and prose, he has worked as a journalist for the Serbian weekly magazine Pogledi (Views). His book of interviews from 1990 to 1992 in Europe and America, entitled Conversations, included interviews with several major American writers, including Nobel Laureate Saul Bellow, Charles Simic, and Steve Tesic. The book was awarded the Rastko Petrović Prize by the Serbian Heritage Foundation and the Association of Writers of Serbia for intellectual engagement.

He has published these books of poems:

"Circling" ("Krugovanje"), Narodna knjiga – Alfa, Belgrade, three editions – 1993, 1998, and 2000.

"The Sun Observes Itself" ("Sunce sebe gleda"), NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999.

"The Sign and its Children" ("Znak i njegova deca"), Prosveta, Belgrade, 2000.

"The Creator" ("Tvoritelj"), Narodna knjiga, Belgrade, 2000.

"The Shape" ("Oblik"), Gramatik, Podgorica, 2000.

The Dance of Time (Ples vremena), Konras, Belgrade, 2007.

Pentalogy: "The World in Nowherness" ("Svet u nigdini"):

1. "Ozar" ("Ozar"), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.

2. "The World and God" ("Svet i Bog"), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.

3. "The World in Nowhereness" ("Svet u nigdini"), Udruženje književnika Srbije, 2017.

4. "The World and Humans" ("Svet i ljudi"), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.

5. "The Home of Light" ("Dom svetlosti"), Udruženje književnika Srbije, Belgrade, 2017.

"The Hidden Light" ("Skrivena svetlost"), Čigoja, Belgrade, 2018.

"Primordial Spark" ("Iskra iskona"), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021.

"Centuries and Steps" ("Vekovi i koraci"), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2023.

Essays:

"Creator and Creating" ("Stvaralac i stvaranje"), Albatros plus, Belgrade, 2021.

"The New Man and the New World" ("Novočovek i novosvet"), Rad, Belgrade, 2022.

Interviews: "Conversations" ("Razgovori"), NIP Književna reč, Belgrade, 1999

Anthology: "Selected Serbian Plays" ("Izabrane srpske drame"), USA, 2016.

Collected Poems: 1978-2000 (Pentalogy 1), New Avenue Books, 2025 (Translation from Serbian).

Books written in English:

Philosophy: "Absolute", New Avenue Books, USA, 2024.

Poetry Series: "The Embrace of Light and Darkness" (Pentalogy 3):

- "Dance of Sounds," New Avenue Books, 2025

- "The Matter of Matter," New Avenue Books, 2025

- "The Home of the World," New Avenue Books, 2025

- "All Women in One," New Avenue Books, 2025

- "The Light of the Mind," New Avenue Books, 2025

Prose: "Strange Thoughts," New Avenue Books, 2025

He lived in Chicago, USA, from 1990 to 2014, and holds citizenship in both Serbia and the United States.