Boban Knežević

Boban Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бобан Кнежевић, born September 17, 1959 in Belgrade) 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".^[1]

Since 1985, he also owns the (formerly Yugoslavian publishing imprint, "Znak Sagite".^[2]

Bibliography

Books

• Smrt na Neptunu [Смрт на Нептуну / Death on Neptune], novel, "Dnevnik", Novi Sad, 1986 (under the pseudonym Endru Ozborn / Andrew Osborne)
• Crni cvet [Црни цвет / Black Blossom], novel, "Prosveta", Belgrade (six Serbian editions from 1993 to 2011). ISBN 978-86-7552-049-8
  • English translation: Black Blossom, "Prime Books", 2004. and 2005. ISBN 978-1894815901
• Čovek koji je ubio leptira [Човек који је убио лептира / A man who killed a butterfly], novel, Studentski kulturni centar, Belgrade, 1996.
• Slutnja androida [Слутња андроида / Android's premonition], a collection of stories, 2001. ISBN 86-83577-04-X
• Poslednji Srbin [Последњи Србин / Last Serb], novel, "Alnari", Belgrade, 2009. ISBN 978-86-7710-414-6
• Otisak zveri u pepelu [Отисак звери у пепелу / Footprints of the beast in the ashes], a collection of short stories, "Tardis", Belgrade, 2009. ISBN 978-86-6099-009-1

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. ISBN 978-86-7756-008-9
• Nova srpska fantastika, SIC, Belgrade, 1994. ISBN 86-7339-018-4
• "Fantastična reč", Književna reč, br. 492/493, Belgrade, 1997.
• Trifid, authors: Dragan R. Filipović, Goran Skrobonja and Boban Knežević; Knjižara "Alan Ford", Belgrade, 2001. ISBN 86-83577-01-5

Awards

• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1985. ("Noć koja neće doći")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1986. ("Dan četrnaesti")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1993. ("Onaj koji nema dušu")
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav novel in 1993. (Crni cvet / Black Blossom)
• "Lazar Komarčić" award for best Yugoslav short story in 1994. ("Prosjak i kockar")
• "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.

References

External links

• Boban Knežević, SF and F writer, official author's site