Vladimir Pištalo
Vladimir Pištalo , Владимир Пиштало (* 1960 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian writer who lives in the USA.
Life
Vladimir Pištalo grew up in Mostar , Kraljevo and Belgrade . He studied law in Belgrade and Sarajevo. After 1990 he wrote for the Belgrade news magazine Vreme .
Pištalo emigrated to the USA in 1993 . He received his PhD in American history from the University of New Hampshire with a thesis Juggling with Three Identities: Serbian, Yugoslav, and American Identities Among the American Serbs, 1900-2000 . He teaches history at Becker College in Worcester , Massachusetts . Pištalo was also a visiting professor in Belgrade. Occasionally he writes for the Belgrade newspapers Politika and B92.net .
Pištalo has published four novels, some novels and short stories, as well as several non-fiction books in Serbia. His novel biography about Nikola Tesla received the 2008 NIN Literature Prize in Serbia and became a bestseller there. His novel Venice was shortlisted for the 2011 NIN Prize.
Works (selection)
- Slikovnica . Non-fiction book, 1981
- Noći . Non-fiction book, 1986
- Manifesti . Non-fiction book, 1986
- Corto Maltese . Novella, 1987
- Kraj veka . Non-fiction book, 1990
- Vitraž u sećanju . Short Stories, 1994
- Priče iz celog sveta . Short stories, 1997
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Milenijum u Beogradu . Roman, 2000
- Millennium in Belgrade . From the Serb. by Brigitte Döbert. Berlin: Dittrich, 2011
- O čudu . Roman, 2002
- Tesla, portret medju maskama . Novel, 2008
- Venecija . Roman, 2011
Web links
- Literature by and about Vladimir Pištalo in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Vladimir Pištalo in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Vladimir Pištalo at perlentaucher.de
- Vladimir Pištalo: Two encounters , translation from Serbian by Susanne Böhm, in: TAZ , June 27, 2014, p. 4f
Individual evidence
- ↑ Vladimir Pistalo , at Becker College
- ↑ Vladimir Pištalo , short bio at Eserbia (en)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pištalo, Vladimir |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Владимир Пиштало; Pistalo, Vladimir (spelling in the USA) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sarajevo , Yugoslavia |