Charles Simic

Charles Simic was born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, on May 9th 1938. As a boy, he received 'a typical East European education', an education, that's to say, at the hands of Hitler and then Stalin. In 1953, however, Simic left Yugoslavia, and, after some months in Paris, went with his mother and brother to the United States, where his father had been working for the previous six years.

In the thirty-five years since his first publication What the Grass Says, Simic has published more than sixty books, amongst them Charon's Cosmology (1977), which was nominated for a National Book Award, Classic Ballroom Dances (1980), which won the Harriet Monroe Award, The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems (1990), which won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Walking the Black Cat (1996), which was a finalist for the National Book Award, and Jackstraws (1999), which was nominated a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. As well as these awards, Simic has been honored with a Guggenheim Fellowship, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Edgar Allan Poe Award, and awards from the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy of Arts and Letters. As a distinguished translator from various languages, Simic has also twice won the PEN International Translation Award. His most recent publications are his memoir, A Fly in the Soup (2000) and Night Picnic (2001). Voice at 3 A.M.,a volume of his selected later and new poems, was published by Harcourt in 2003 and a new book of poems My Noiseless Entourage in the spring of 2005.

Since 1973, Simic has taught in the English Department at the University of New Hampshire.

Charles Simic

Charles Simić je rođen u Beogradu, 9. maja 1938. godine. U detinjstvu je imao 'tipično istočnoevropsko obrazovanje', to jest, obrazovanje koje su krojili prvo Hitler a zatim Staljin. Međutim, Simić napušta Jugoslaviju 1953, i posle nekoliko meseci provedenih u Parizu, sa majkom i bratom se pridružuje ocu u Sjedinjenim Državama, gde je on već živeo i radio prethodnih šest godina.

U periodu od trideset pet godina nakon objavljivanja zbirke What the Grass Says, Simić je objavio više od šezdeset knjiga, između ostalih Charon's Cosmology (1977), koja je nominovana za Nacionalnu književnu nagradu, Classic Ballroom Dances (1980), za koju je dobio Herijet Monro nagradu, The World Doesn't End: Prose Poems (1990), za koju je dobio Pulicerovu nagradu za poeziju, Walking the Black Cat (1996), koja je bila jedan od finalista za Nacionalnu književnu nagradu, i Jackstraws (1999), koja je bila nominovana kao jedna od Najznačajanijih knjiga godine od strane lista Njujork tajms. Pored ovih nagrada, Simić je dobijao i stipendije fondacija Gugenhajm, Mekartur, i Nacionalne fondacije za umetnost, nagradu Edgar Alan Po, kao i nagrade Nacionalnog instituta za umetnost i književnost i Američke akademije za umetnost i književnost. Kao priznati prevodilac sa više jezika, Simić je dvaput dobijao PEN Međunarodnu prevodilačku nagradu. Najnovija dela su njegovi memoari, A Fly in the Soup (2000) i Night Picnic (2001). Voice at 3 A.M., zbirku izabranih kasnijih i novih pesama objavio je Harkort 2003. a novu zbirku pesama My Noiseless Entourage u proleće 2005. godine.

Simić predaje na Katedri za engleski jezik Univerziteta Nju Hempšir of 1973. godine.

Larissa Szporluk

Larissa Szporluk is the author of four books of poetry: Dark Sky Question, winner of the Barnard New Women Poets Prize, was published in 1998 by Beacon Press; Isolato, winner of the Iowa Poetry Prize, was published by the University of Iowa Press in 2000; The Wind, Master Cherry, the Wind, was published by Alice James Books in 2003, and finally, her forthcoming book, Embryos and Idiots, will be published in 2007 with Tupelo Press. She is the recipient of a 2003 National Endowment for the Arts grant and lives in Bowling Green, OH with her husband and two children, where she is an associate professor in the English Department.

Larissa Szporluk

Larissa Szporluk je napisala četiri zbirke poezije: Dark Sky Question, za koju je dobila nagradu Barnard New Women Poets, objavio je Beacon Press 1998. godine; Isolato, za koji je dobila nagradu Iowa Poetry Prize, objavio je University of Iowa Press 2000. godine; The Wind, Master Cherry, the Wind, objavili su Alice James Books 2003, i poslednja, Embryos and Idiots, treba da bude objavljena 2007. od strane Tupelo Press-a. Dobila je stipendiju 2003. godine Nacionalne fondacije za umetnost. Živi u Bouling Grinu, Ohajo, sa suprugom i dvoje dece. Radi kao vanredni profesor na Katedri za engleski jezik.

Lynn Nottage (playwright)

Lynn's most recent play, the Obie Award winning FABULATION! OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE premiered in London to a sold out run at the Tricycle Theatre. It was recorded and broadcast by LA Theatreworks in December 2004, after having concluded a sold out run at Playwrights Horizons in New York. Her earlier play, INTIMATE APPAREL (produced at Roundabout Theatre Company, South Coast Rep, Center Stage and Mark Taper Forum) is the winner of numerous awards including the coveted 2004 New York Drama Critics Circle Award, Outer Critics Circle Best Play, John Gassner Award, American Theatre Critics/Steinberg 2004 New Play Award and 2004 Francesca Primus Award.

She wrote the feature film Side Streets (Merchant Ivory Productions) directed by Tony Gerber. The film was an official selection at the Venice and Sundance Film Festivals. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including the prestigious 2004 PEN/Laura Pels Award for literary excellence, 2005 Guggenheim grant for playwriting, and fellowships from Manhattan Theatre Club, New Dramatists and the New York Foundation for the Arts, where she is a member of the Artists Advisory Board. She is also the recipient of a NEA/TCG(99/00) grant for a year long theatre residency at Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia.

Ms. Nottage is a resident member of New Dramatists, a graduate of Brown University and the Yale School of Drama, where she is currently a visiting lecturer.

Lynn Nottage (dramaturg)

Lynn-in najnoviji komad, FABULATION! OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE, za koji je dobila Obi nagradu, imao je premijeru u Londonu pred rasprodatim gledalištem Trajsikl pozorišta. Snimak te predstave prikazao je Teatarverks iz Los Anđelesa u decembru 2004, po završetku serije rasprodatih predstava u Plejrajts horajzons pozorištu u Njujorku. Za prethodni komad, INTIMATE APPAREL (koji su izveli trupa Raundabaut teatar, Sautkoust rep, Senter stejdž i Mark Tejper forum) dobila je brojne nagrade uključujući i prestižnu Nagradu njujorškog kruga dramskih kritičara za 2004, Nagradu za najbolju dramu Auter kritiks serkl, Nagradu Džon Gesner, Nagradu za novu dramu u 2004. od strane američkih pozorišnih kritičara/Stajnberg i Frančeska Primus nagradu za 2004.

Napisala je scenario za igrani film Side Streets (u produkciji Merčant Ajvorija) koji je režirao Toni Gerber. Film je uvršten u zvaničnu selekciju na Venecijanskom i Sandens filmskim festivalima. Dobitnica je brojnih nagrad, uključujući i prestižnu 2004 PEN/Lora Pels nagradu za književno dostignuće u 2004, dramaturšku stipendiju Gugenhajm fondacije za 2005, kao i stipendije Menhetn pozorišnog kluba, , Nju dramatists i Njujorške fondacije za umetnost, gde je i član Umetničkog savetodavnog odbora. Takođe je dobila i NEA/TCG(99/00) stipendiju za jednogodišnji radni boravak pri Fridam pozorištu u Filadelfiji.

Lynn Nottage je članica Nju dramatists grupe, diplomirala je na Braun univerzitetu i Dramskoj školi Jejl univerziteta, gde trenutno radi kao gostujući predavač.

Natasha Radojcic

Natasha Radojcic was born in Belgrade, but has been living in New York City since 1980s. She completed her graduate studies at Columbia University.

A passionate snowboarder (a former member of "Chukarichki" ski team), now-days she splits her time between Colorado, where she teaches at Colorado University, Boulder, and New York. The time is divided - of course - by snowfall. When the snow melts she returns to New York City and writes the rest of the time.

She is the author of three novels, HOMECOMING, YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE HERE, and DREAMING, MISSISSIPPI, one play BLACKOUT, that has been interpreted by many directors: as a comedy in Italy, a tragedy in Germany and a murder mystery in the US. Confused by the (mis)interpretation of her work, she turned her play into a screenplay and is eagerly awaiting to see how the director will mis(interpret) her this time.

Natasha cannot survive without her aunt's cooking, and visits Belgrade so often, that everyone has had enough!

Nataša Radojčić

Nataša Radojčić je rođena u Beogradu. Živi više od dvadeset godina u Njujorku. Završila je poslediplomske studije na Kolumbija univerzitetu.

Strastveni snowboarder (nekadašnja članica skijaškog tima Čukarički), danas živi između Kolorada, gde predaje na Kolorado univerzitetu u Bolderu, i Njujorka. Naravno, količina snega određuje kada gde živi. Kada se sneg otopi, Nataša se vraća u Njujork, gde piše.

Napisala je tri romana: "Povratak ratnika", "Ti ovde ne moraš da živiš" i "Sanjarenja o Misisipiju", jednu dramu, "Kuršlus", koja je protumačena različito: kao komedija u Italiji, kao tragedija u Nemačkoj, i kao krimi-priča u Americi. Zbunjena interpretacijom njene drame, ona je po njoj napisala i scenario, i sad željno iščekuje da vidi kako će je reditelj (pogrešno) protumačiti.

Ne može da živi bez tetkinog kuvanja i u poslednje vreme toliko često dolazi u Beograd, da se svima popela na glavu!

Patricia Schroeder
President and Chief Executive Officer

Former Congresswoman Patricia Scott Schroeder is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Association of American Publishers (AAP), the national trade organization of the U.S. book publishing industry, a post she assumed on June 1, 1997. Mrs. Schroeder left Congress undefeated in 1996 after representing Colorado’s First Congressional District (Denver) in the United States House of Representatives for 24 years. For a brief period of time in 1986, she considered running for President but withdrew for lack of funds despite the fact that she ranked third in a Time magazine poll.

Born in Portland, Oregon in 1940, Mrs. Schroeder graduated magna cum laude in 1961 from the University of Minnesota while working as an insurance claims adjuster to support herself through college. Mrs. Schroeder went on to Harvard Law School, one of only 15 women in a class of more than 500 men. She earned her J.D. in 1964 and moved to Denver, Colorado with her husband, James, who in 1972 encouraged her to challenge an incumbent Republican for the House seat representing Colorado's First Congressional District.

Mrs. Schroeder is the author of two books: Champion of the Great American Family (Random House, 1989) and 24 Years of House Work...and the Place Is Still a Mess (Andrews McMeel, 1998). She is in the National Women’s Hall of Fame and the Colorado Women’s Hall of Fame.

Patricia Schroeder
Predsednica i Izvršna direktorka

Bivša članica Kongresa SAD, Patricia Scott Schroeder, je od 1. juna 1997. godine Predsednica i izvršna direktorka Udruženja američkih izdavača, nacionalne strukovne organizacije. Gospođa Schroeder je neporažena izašla iz Kongresa 1996, nakon što je čitavih 24 godine zastupala Prvu kongresnu oblast države Kolorado (Denver) u Predstavničkom domu Kongresa SAD. Na kratko tokom 1986. godine, nosila se idejom da se kandiduje za Predsednika SAD, ali se povukla zbog nedostatka finansijskih sredstava iako se u anketi časopisa Time kotirala na visokom trećem mestu.

Rođena je u Portlandu, Oregon, 1940. godine, a diplomirala je sa najvišim počastima 1961. na Univerzitetu u Minesoti. Tokom studija je radila u jednom osiguravajućem društvu na proceni štete, kako bi mogla da plati svoje studije. Gospođa Schroeder je zatim upisala magistarske studije na Pravnoj školi Univerziteta Harvard, gde je bila jedna od samo 15 žena u generacija sa više od 500 muškaraca. Doktorirala je na pravima 1964. i preselila se u Denver, Kolorado, sa suprugom Jamesom, koji ju je 1972. podstakao da se kandiduje za predstavnika Prve kogresne oblasti države Kolorado pri Predstavničkom domu Kongresa, nasuprot republikanskom predstavniku koji je obnavljao svoju kandidaturu.

Gospođa Schroeder je napisala dve knjige: Champion of the Great American Family (Random House, 1989) and 24 Years of House Work...and the Place Is Still a Mess (Andrews McMeel, 1998). Počastvovana je i time što je jedna od predstavnica u Nacionalnom holu slave žena Amerike, kao i u Holu slave žena Kolorada.

Sally G. Reed

Sally G. Reed is the Executive Director of Friends of Libraries U.S.A. (FOLUSA), a national membership organization of more than 2,000 Friends groups, libraries, and individuals representing hundreds of thousand of library supporters.

Prior to joining FOLUSA in 2001, Reed served as the Director of Libraries for the Norfolk Public Library in Norfolk, VA, where she worked closely with the Friends and Trustees to increase library funding and coordinate a strategic plan to build a new central library and two anchor branch libraries. Reed has also served as the Director of Libraries in Ames, IA, Middlebury, VT, and Northampton, NH.

She has written numerous articles and books for the field of librarianship, the most recent of which include 101+ Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends (Neal-Schuman, 2004), Making the Case for Your Library (Neal-Schuman, 2000) and the second edition of her book Small Libraries: A Handbook for Successful Management (McFarland, 2002). Reed has presented programs and lectures to Friends groups and librarians in over 200 cities and towns across America as well as internationally.

Reed is an active member of the American Library Association. She recently completed a term on its executive board and continues to be involved in advocacy and library promotion through various committees and task forces. In 2000, Reed was the recipient of the Herbert and Virginia White award given annually by the American Library Association to recognize success in the promotion of libraries and librarianship.

Sally G. Reed

Sally G. Reed je Izvršna direktorka organizacije Prijatelji biblioteka u SAD, nacionalne organizacije koja broji više od 2000 grupa Prijatelja, biblioteka, i pojedinaca koji predstavljaju stotine hiljada poštovaoca biblioteka.

Pre nego što je došla u ovu organizaciju 2001. godine, Reed je radila kao Direktor biblioteka sistema Norfok javnih biblioteka u Norfoku, Virdžinija, gde je blisko sarađivala sa Prijateljima i Poverenicima kako bi povećala budžet biblioteka i koordinirala strateški plan za izgradnju nove centralne biblioteke, kao i dva njena ogranka. Radila je i kao direktor biblioteka u Ejmsu, Ajova, Midlberiju, Vermont, i Northemptonu, Nju Hempšir.

Pisac je brojnih članaka i knjiga iz oblasti bibliotekarstva, među kojima su najnoviji 101+ Great Ideas for Libraries and Friends (Neal-Schuman, 2004), Making the Case for Your Library (Neal-Schuman, 2000), i drugo izdanje knjige Small Libraries: A Handbook for Successful Management (McFarland, 2002). Držala je seminare i predavanje grupama Prijatelja i bibliotekarima u preko 200 različitih gradova širom Amerike, kao i u inostranstvu.
Reed je i aktivna članica Američkog biblitečkog udruženja. Nedavno se završila njena služba kao člana Izvršnog odbora ovog udruženja, ali ona nastavlja da radi na promovisanju biblioteka radom u različitim komitetima i radnim grupama. Reed je 2000. godine dobila nagradu Herbert i Virdžinija Vajt, koju svake godine dodeljuje Američko bibliotečko udruženje kao priznanje za uspeh u promovisanju biblioteka i bibliotekarstva.

Yxta Maya Murray

Born, Long Beach, Ca, U.S.A., 1968
UCLA 89, BA,
Stanford Law School 1993
Professor of Law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles since 1995

Author of: Locas (1997)
What it Takes to Get to Vegas (1999)
The Conquest (2002)
The Queen Jade (2004)
The King's Gold (forthcoming).

Winner of the Whiting Writers' Award 1999.

Married to Andrew Brown, a federal prosecutor. 2 dogs.

Yxta Maya Murray

Rođena u Long Biču, Kalifornija, SAD, 1968.
Diplomirala na Univerzitetu Kalifornije u Los Anđelesu 1989.
Magistrirala na Pravnoj školi Stenford univerziteta 1993.
Profesor prava na Lojola pravnoj školi u Los Anđeelesu od 1995.

Pisac: Locas (Lude, 1997)
What it Takes to Get to Vegas (Šta je potrebno za odlazak u Vegas, 1999)
The Conquest (Osvajanje, 2002)
The Queen Jade (Kraljica žada, 2004)
The King's Gold (Kraljevo zlato, u najavi).

Dobitnica Vajting nagrade za pisce 1999. godine.

Udata za Endrjua Brauna, federalnog tužioca. Ima 2 psa.