Moderated By: Selma Skenderovi /
Sefadin Kora / is a poet, writer of short prose and author of dramatic texts. He finished elementary and high school in Montenegro and enrolled to study biology in Sarajevo. In 2003, he moved to Slovenia and continued his studies at the Faculty of Health at the University of Ljubljana. He works at the University Clinical Centre Ljubljana, lives and works in Slovenia.
In 2021 he published the poetry collection Pola, pola (Pol, pol), his poems and award-winning short stories have been published in several anthologies and magazines. He is the author of short dramatic texts and an adaptation for the theatre play Ilhamijin put, which was staged in Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is preparing a collection of short stories here is babi, son (here is ati, son). He is active in the Bosniak Cultural Association Ruh in Domzale as its secretary.
Ismet Bekri / is a poet, prose writer, playwright, translator and one of the most prominent authors of children's and Youth literature in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He graduated in literature at the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, then worked as a journalist, editor and editor-in-chief at "Glas" in Banjaluka. In 1993 he moved to Slovenia because of the war; today he lives and works in Ilirska Bistrica.
He has published more than thirty books of poetry, prose, dramatic texts and fairy tales for children and youth. His works have been translated into many European languages and included in anthologies and school reading programs. He received a number of domestic and international awards, including the Veselin Maslesha prize, the Dragon prize and the Alpe Adria award "Rijechi bez granica", and was also nominated for the prestigious Astrid Lindgren award. He is a member of the Association of writers of BiH, PEN and the Association of writers of Primorska.
Selma Skenderovi (2001) is a master's student in Slovene and Comparative Literature, translator, president of young PEN Slovenia and editor of Mentor magazine. As the youngest author at the age of 19, she won the festival of young literature Urska 2020. A year later, her short-lived debut album was released Why Are you silent, Hava?, which has been translated into several languages. In 2020 and 2021, she won the blitz award for Best Song. In 2022, the Slovenian book agency selected her for the Readers of Europe project with her book debut, in the same year she was nominated for the mira award and her book for the best literary debut, in 2023 she received the award for Best Young author at the Sarajevo Book Fair. In 2024, her novel and if everyone forgets was published at Cankar's publishing house. In 2025, JAK selected the novel for translation at 15. International Translation seminar of Slovenian literature.
The project is carried out in cooperation with Cankarjev Dom and The Danilo Kis Cultural Centre, a non-governmental institution working in the public interest in the field of culture.
Moderira: Selma Skenderović
Zlatko Kraljić se je rodil 1962 na Hrvaškem, živi in ustvarja v Velenju. Je slikar, pesnik in pisatelj, prejemnik številnih domačih in mednarodnih nagrad na področju likovne umetnosti in književnosti. Leta 2000 je prejel Zlato paleto, najvišje priznanje Zveze likovnih društev Slovenije, ter več nagrad na pomembnih likovnih srečanjih in ekstemporih. Tri leta zapored (2017–2019) je razstavljal na svetovni razstavi akvarela Fabriano.
Za poezijo je prejel plaketo Mihovila Pavleka Miškine ter več prvih nagrad za sodobno in duhovno poezijo. Je avtor trinajstih pesniških zbirk, romana Upornik in šestih uprizorjenih gledaliških iger, ilustriral je številne knjige. Njegove pesmi so prevedene v več jezikov in uvrščene v domače ter tuje antologije. Je član DHK, Društva slovenskih pisateljev ter Slovenskega in Mednarodnega PEN-a.
Sefadin Korać je pesnik, pisec kratke proze in avtor dramskih besedil. Osnovno in srednjo šolo je končal v Črni gori ter se vpisal na študij biologije v Sarajevu. Leta 2003 se je preselil v Slovenijo in nadaljeval študij na Zdravstveni fakulteti Univerze v Ljubljani. Zaposlen je na Univerzitetnem kliničnem centru Ljubljana, živi in ustvarja v Sloveniji.
Leta 2021 je izdal pesniško zbirko Pola, pola (Pol, pol), njegove pesmi in nagrajene kratke zgodbe so bile objavljene v več zbornikih in revijah. Je avtor kratkih dramskih besedil in priredbe za gledališko predstavo Ilhamijin put, ki je bila uprizorjena v Sloveniji ter Bosni in Hercegovini. Pripravlja zbirko kratkih zgodb Tu je babi, sine (Tu je ati, sine). Dejaven je v Bošnjaškem kulturnem društvu Ruh v Domžalah kot njegov sekretar.
Ismet Bekrić je pesnik, prozaist, dramatik, prevajalec in eden najvidnejših avtorjev otroške in mladinske literature v Bosni in Hercegovini. Diplomiral je iz književnosti na Filozofski fakulteti v Sarajevu, nato pa deloval kot novinar, urednik in glavni urednik pri »Glasu« v Banjaluki. Leta 1993 se je zaradi vojne preselil v Slovenijo; danes živi in ustvarja v Ilirski Bistrici.
Objavil je več kot trideset knjig poezije, proze, dramskih besedil ter pravljic za otroke in mladino. Njegova dela so bila prevedena v številne evropske jezike ter uvrščena v antologije in programe šolskega branja. Prejel je vrsto domačih in mednarodnih nagrad, med njimi nagrado Veselin Masleša, zmajevo nagrado ter priznanje Alpe Adria »Riječi bez granica«, nominiran pa je bil tudi za prestižno nagrado Astrid Lindgren. Je član Društva pisateljev BiH, PEN in Združenja književnikov Primorske.
Selma Skenderović (2001) je magistrska študentka slovenščine in primerjalne književnosti, prevajalka, predsednica Mladega PEN Slovenije in urednica revije Mentor. Kot najmlajša avtorica je pri 19 letih zmagala na Festivalu mlade literature Urška 2020. Leto pozneje je izšel njen kratkoprozni prvenec Zakaj molčiš, Hava?, ki je bil preveden v več jezikov. V letih 2020 in 2021 je dobila nagrado blisk za najboljšo pesem. Javna agencija Republike Slovenije za knjigo jo je leta 2022 z njenim knjižnim prvencem izbrala za projekt Readers of Europe, istega leta je bila nominirana za nagrado mira, njena knjiga pa za najboljši literarni prvenec, leta 2023 je na knjižnem sejmu v Sarajevu prejela nagrado za najboljšo mlado avtorico. Leta 2024 je pri Cankarjevi založbi izšel njen roman In če vsi pozabijo. JAK je leta 2025 roman izbrala za prevajanje na 15. mednarodnem prevajalskem seminarju slovenske književnosti.
Projekt poteka v sodelovanju Cankarjevega doma in Kulturnega centra Danilo Kiš, nevladnega zavoda, ki deluje v javnem interesu na področju kulture.