TE17 Mysterious Montenegro

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OLJA KNEŽEVIĆ Catherine the Great and the Small (novel excerpt)

Olja Knežević (born in Podgorica, Montenegro, 1968) graduated from Capistrano Valley High school in California. She has a BA in English language and literature from the University of Belgrade and an MA in creative writing from Birkbeck College in London. She lived in London for ten years before moving to Zagreb, Croatia, where she currently lives with her family. She is the author of two novels and one book of autobiographical short stories.

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TANJA BAKIĆ eight poems

Tanja Bakić (born in Montenegro, 1981) is a poet, literary scholar, music writer and translator. She resides in Podgorica, where she has worked as an educator, editor, interpreter and curator of literary events. She was a speaker at William Blake colloquium at Tate Britain in London and contributes literary theoretical writing to Bloomsbury Publishing. She was the first student in the history of University of Montenegro ever to graduate with a degree thesis connected with rock and roll music. Earning a Master’s degree in English literature, her major scholarly interests have revolved around studies of William Blake and Music of the United Kingdom (1960s).

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