VLADA UROŠEVIĆ
Macedonia
Vlada Urošević (1934, Skopje) is a Macedonian poet, short story writer, novelist, literary and art critic, essayist, anthologist and translator.
He is one of the most productive and quality Macedonian writers.
He is a member of the Macedonian Academy of Sciences and Arts, the Writers' Association of Macedonia, and the Macedonian PEN Center, a corresponding member of the International "Mallarme Academy" in Paris and a full member of the European Poetry Academy based in Luxembourg.
He was a professor at the Department of General and Comparative Literature, and also worked in the editorial department of culture and art of Television Skopje.
In addition to writing, Urošević is also involved in translation.
He was a three-time winner of the "Brakja Miladinovci" award, and he also received the "Racinovo priznanie", "Stale Popov", "Khalid Edin Adivar", "Mladost" and "Grigor Prlichev" awards. He was awarded the "Sergei Yesenin" order by the Moscow organization of the Union of Russian Writers and was named Knight of the arts and literature by the French government.
VIOLA ARSENICA
A book in which the author expresses his understandings of poetry and poetic art, and consists of excerpts from his essays, conversations, interviews, speeches, autobiographical texts. The book contains records from the entire creative life of Urošević.
The first texts date from 1959, and some of the last texts were written shortly before the book was published. The book in a fragmentary and concise way offers an overview of the perceptions of what poetry represents for the author, its preoccupations, goals, essential characteristics, as well as its future in the time that increasingly marginalizes it.
The book also contains a short art essay by the author on the topic "Science and Art", and ends with a photo essay by photographer Robert Jankuloski on the topic "The author and the model".