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JOVAN NIKOLIĆ

JOVAN NIKOLIĆ

Writer, Freelance Artist

Born: 1955, Belgrade, Jugoslavia
Place of living: Köln, Germany
Spoken languages: Serbian, Russian, German, English, Romany

AWARDS

2011
Postpoetry Award for the song Testament

2011
Book for the City Prize for the book White Crow Black Lamb in City of Cologne

1987
Poetry Award at Lanciano Festival Italy

1981
First Prize for Young Writers Yugoslavia

1980
Third Prize for Young Writers Yugoslavia

Favorite artwork:	Essay books and Béla Hamvas: Scientia Sacras
Role model	Wystan Hugh Auden
Mission, favorite citation:	My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? -Matthew 27:46 I have a dream… -Martin Luther King Pinocchio, don't go... -Elder Geppetto
Horoscope:	Sagittarius

MAIN WORK

2010
Veronika Pernthaner, Jovan Nikolić, Ceija Stojka, Rajko Đurić:
A Trip to Milan* (Milan eine Reise)
- as writer
D.: Veronika Pernthaner
Holzhausen Theater, Abtenau Theater (Theater Holzhausen, Theater Abtenau)
Holzhausen, Austria

2009
Jovan Nikolić, Danilo Kiš: The Attic (Mansarda)
- as dramaturg
D.: Jakub Sarvas
Vier Länder Musiktheaterprojekt
New York, Warschau, Neapel, Köln

2008
Jovan Nikolić: Stay Awhile* (Verweile Doch)
- as dramaturg
D.: Susanne Maier
Donaufestival (Donaufestival)
Ulm, Germany

Favourite things

Favorite artwork:	Essay books and Béla Hamvas: Scientia Sacras
Role model	Wystan Hugh Auden
Mission, favorite citation:	My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? -Matthew 27:46 I have a dream… -Martin Luther King Pinocchio, don't go... -Elder Geppetto
Horoscope:	Sagittarius