Dejan Aleksić

Dejan Aleksić, born in 1972, is a poet, play writer and an author of children literature books. He finished his elementary and secondary school in Kraljevo. He graduated from the University of Philosophy, the Department for Serbian Literature and Language, in Novi Sad.

 

He published ten poetry books and over twenty books for children.

 

With his first book, published in 1999, he had already acquired recognitions of reading public and literature critics. In the following years he had become one of the leading representatives of his generation and since then he has taken an important place on the poetry scene. For his literary works he was awarded with the most significant rewards and recognitions in Serbia and abroad. Along with the poetry he creates literature for children, bringing new poetics, ideas and sensitivity into this literary field. Literary critics claim he is the descended of the writers who settled the highest achievements in Serbian literature for children. Some of his literary works for children and the young are in obligatory reading books for elementary schools.

 

He works as the Editor in Chief of the Publishing Office ‘Povelja’, in the Public Library ‘Stefan Prvovencani’ in Kraljevo, Serbia. At present, ‘Povelja’ represents the most significant publisher of poetry books in Serbia.