Mirjana Stefanović

Biography She had lived in Niš, Kosančić and Novi Sad, and had been living in Belgrade since 1951.

Translations She translated the following Indian novels from English into the Serbian language: Thakazhi Sivasankara Pillai: Prawns, Nolit, Belgrade, 1966. Balachandra Rajan: The Dark Dancer, Prosveta, Belgrade, 1977.

Anthologies and panoramas Poems and stories by Mirjana Stefanović have been included in around eighty anthologies and panoramas in Serbian and in other languages.

Bojana Stojanović Pantović: Nebolomstvo, panorama srpskog pesništva kraja XX veka, Durieux, Zagreb, 2006. Časlav Đorđević: Srpski sonet, Službeni glasnik, Belgrade, 2009. Branko Matan: Povijest u stihovima, Gordogan, Zagreb, 2009. Ivana Maksić, Predrag Milojević: Do zuba u vremenu, Presing, Mladenovac-Belgrade, 2014. Božo Koprivica i Lazar Ristovski: Antologija ljubavne poezije srpske, Zillion film, Belgrade, 2012. Bora Ćosić: Dečja poezija srpska, edicija Srpska književnost u sto knjiiga, Matica srpska, Novi Sad, Srpska književna zadruga, Belgrade, 1965. Vladimir Milarić: Zeleni bregovi detinjstva, "Radivoj Ćirpanov", Novi Sad, 1970, 1977. Zvonimir Balog: Zlatna knjiga svjetske poezije za djecu, Nakladni zavod Matice hrvatske, Zagreb, 1975.

Leonid Jahnin: Dvenadcat slonov, Detska literatura, Moscow, 1983. Vladimir Milarić: Roža čudotvorna, antologija sodobnega jugoslovanskega pesništva za otroke, Mladinska knjiga, Ljubljana, 1985. Dragan Lakićević: Antologija srpske poezije za decu, Bookland, Belgrade, 1995. Milovan Vitezović: Antologija svetske poezije za decu, Dereta, Belgrade, 2001.

Pop D. Đurđev: Dva alava lava, ludoteka savremene srpske poezije za decu, Dnevnik, Novi Sad, 2003. Raša Popov, Pop D. Đurđev: Всичко, което растне би искало да пее, antologija srpske dečje poezije na bugarskom, Zmajeve dečje igre, Novi Sad - Niš, 2006.

Awards and accolades Her awards include: The Award of the Novi Sad Youth Panel for the manuscript of the book Odlomci izmišljenog dnevnika, 1959. The Neven Award for Vlatko Pidžula, the best children's book in Serbia in 1962. The Politikin zabavnik Award for Sekino seoce, the best children's book in Yugoslavia in 1994. The Zmajeve dečje igre Award for exceptional creative contribution to children's literature, 1995. The Pro Femina Award for the book of poetry Pomračenje 1997. The Desanka Maksimović Award for overall poetic work and contribution to Serbian poetry, 2010. On the occasion of the presentation of the award, a scientific conference dealing with the recipient's poetic opus was organised, and the conference papers were published in the collection of papers entitled Poezija Mirjane Stefanović, the Desanka Maksimović Foundation, Belgrade, 2012. The Zlatni ključić Smedereva Award, for lifetime achievement in the domain of children's literature, 2011. The Gašino zlatno pero Award, for lifetime achievement and "contribution to the carefree spirit of childhood", Lazarevac, 2012. The Bosanski stećak Award, given by the jury of the international literary event The Sarajevo Poetry Days, 2013. She was the first female recipient of this award, whose former recipients include Tadeusz Różewicz, Christopher Merrill, Charles Simić, Mirko Kovač, Luko Paljetak...