Lena Ruth Stefanovic

Lena Ruth Stefanovic (born 1970) is a Montenegrin author, poet and literary translator. Her poems have gained recognition in Montenegro and abroad. She has also published a novel and short stories. She has served on the board of the European Writers' Council.

Life Lena Ruth Stefanovic was born in Belgrade, Serbia in 1970. She is a Montenegrin author, poet and literary translator, and lives in Podgorica. Her poems have gained recognition in Montenegro and abroad.

Stefanovic earned a Master of Arts in Russian literature at Kliment Ohridski University, in Sofia, Bulgaria and then went on to gain her doctorate in linguistics from the Pushkin State Russian Language Institute, in Moscow. Stefanovic's poetry collection Zovem se Ilan (My name is Ilan) was published in 2022 by the Association of Writers and Literary Translators of Montenegro.

Stefanovic is a member of the Montenegrin PEN and served on the Executive Board of the European Writers' Council.