The Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro is organizing a literary evening dedicated to Dubravka Ugrešić, one of the most important female writers from the former Yugoslavia and one of the most important European authors of postmodernism. This literary event will take place on Monday, December 15th at 7 pm on the first floor of the Petrović Palace.
He will talk about the life, work and legacy of Dubravka Ugrešić Dr. Maja Vodopivec, president of the Dubravka Ugrešić Foundation based in Amsterdam and lecturer at Leiden University. Her research interests include the intellectual history of post-war Japan and peace studies, and Dr. Zlatan Tunjic, member of the Foundation's Board of Directors and doctoral candidate at Martin Luther University in Halle, specializing in South Slavic women's literature. Prof. will also speak about Dubravka Ugrešić's literary work. Dr. Sonja Tomović Šundić i Dr. Andrijana Nikolic. The conversation will be moderated Suzana Popović, museum advisor for literature.
Dubravka Ugrešić, the first woman to win the Nin Prize for Literature, has left a deep mark with her postmodernist expression, sharp irony and courageous intellectual position. Her works, from the novels “Štefica Cvek in the Jaws of Life” and “Forcing the Romana-River” to essays on identity, exile and cultural myths, continue to inspire readers around the world. After being forced to leave Croatia in 1993 due to her public anti-war views, Ugrešić continued to live and work in Amsterdam, where she created some of the most significant books of her oeuvre. In 2016, she was awarded the prestigious international Neustadt Prize.
A special part of the evening will be dedicated to the work of the Dubravka Ugrešić Foundation, established on March 17, 2023, the day of the author's death, with the mission of preserving, protecting and promoting her literary and intellectual heritage. The foundation is engaged in archiving and digitizing the legacy housed in the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam, managing copyrights, as well as promoting her work internationally.
This literary evening represents an opportunity to rethink, through conversation, interpretation, and memories, the legacy of the author who tirelessly questioned identity, exile, the myths of our time, and the role of the writer in a world of constant change.
Admission is free.
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