
Bojan Babić graduated from the Department of Serbian and World Literature at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He has received award from the "Borislav Pekić" Foundation in year 2011. for his omnibus novel Girls, Be Good, and "Stevan Sremac" prize for satirical short story in 2019. His novel Illegal Parnassus published in 2013, was shortlisted for the biggest national literary award NIN prize; as well as for the greatest regional (BiH, Montenegro, Croatia and Serbia) award – Meša Selimović prize. Critics have reacted intensely on his last three novels. He was a guest teacher in few schools for creative writing. Bojan has been a guest on many residencies, readings, festivals: European literary network Traduki has awarded him with residential stays in Sarajevo during and Skopje. Swedish Institute has awarded him with residential stay in Baltic Centre for writers and translators in Visby, Gotland. He took part in readings at: LittFest - Umea, Sweden; Hauptbücherei, Vienna; Literaturhaus, Graz; Krokodil, Belgrade… Publications: 1996 - PLI – PLI, short stories, Literary Youth of Serbia 2003 – BUKE U PROZI/ Noises in prose, poetry in prose, Valjevo 2008 – PRIČE O SREĆI/Stories about happiness, short stories, Belgrade 2010 – NELJUDSKA KOMEDIJA/Inhuman Comedy, novel, Algoritam Media, Belgrade 2013 – DEVOJČICE, BUDITE DOBRE/ Girls, be good, novel, Levo krilo, Belgrade 2013 – ILEGALNI PARNAS/ Illegal Parnassus, novel, Levo krilo, Belgrade 2015 - ČAPLINOVA STOPALA/ Chaplin's Feet, novel, Levo krilo, Belgrade 2018 - YAHOO, novel, Partizanska knjiga, Kikinda 2021 - Kako se jede nar/ How to Eat Pomegranate, novel, Partizanska knjiga, Kikinda He has published his prose, poetry and essays in magazines and anthologies in Serbia, Austria, USA, Mexico, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Kosovo, Croatia, B&H, Montenegro, Macedonia: Priča za 21. vek; sic.ba; Strane; Anthology From Belgrade, with love; Krik; Zarez, Chaos, Lichtungen; Stina; Merida review; Gravel journal… English translation of his omnibus-novel GIRLS, BE GOOD is published in Great Britain (Glagoslav publications, 2016) and English translation of his novel Illegal Parnassus has been published in Sweden (Artisticum, 2022). Bojan Babić je rođen u Beogradu 1977. godine. Gimnaziju je završio u Mladenovcu, a Filološki fakultet u Beogradu, na grupi za srpsku i opštu književnost. Objavljene knjige: 1996. - PLI – PLI, kratke priče, Književna omladina Srbije, edicija Pegaz, Beograd 2003. – BUKE U PROZI, pesme u prozi, Intelekta, Valjevo 2008. – PRIČE O SREĆI, kratke priče, Treći Trg, Beograd 2010. – NELJUDSKA KOMEDIJA, roman, Algoritam Media, Beograd 2013. – DEVOJČICE, BUDITE DOBRE, roman, Levo krilo, Beograd (nagrada Fonda Borislav Pekić) 2013. – ILEGALNI PARNAS, roman, Levo krilo, Beograd (uži izbor za NIN-ovu nagradu, za nagradu Biljana Jovanović i za regionalnu nagradu Meša Selimović) 2015. - ČAPLINOVA STOPALA, roman, Levo krilo 2018 - YAHOO, roman, Partizanska knjiga, Kikinda 2021 - Kako se jede nar, roman, Partizanska knjiga, Kikinda Njegova knjiga DEVOJČICE, BUDITE DOBRE, prevedena je na engleski i objavljena 2016. u izdanju Glagoslav publications (Girls, be good) Prozu i poeziju je objavljivao u časopisima, antologijama i portalima u Srbiji, Hrvatskoj, Crnoj Gori, na Kosovu, u Švedskoj, SAD, Meksiku, Islandu, Austriji: Ulaznica, Zarez, Chaos, Kikinda short, antologija Priča za 21. vek, Rukopisi, Književni pregled, Treći trg, Povelja, Severni bunker, Sic! (Sarajevo), antologija nove srpske proze «Iz Beograda, s ljubavlju» – na albanskom, antologija srpske poezije «Svi će pisati poeziju» – na švedskom jeziku, Presens (Finska), Stina magazin (Island), InOtherWordsMerida (Meksiko), Gravel (SAD) ... Rezidencije, festivali, gostovanja: Bio je gost rezidencijalnog programa evropske mreže za pisce i prevodioce Traduki u Sarajevu i Skoplju. Boravio je u Švedskoj, na ostrvu Gotland, u okviru rezidencijalnog programa udruženja K