Aleksa Đukanović

Đukanović was born in 1998, in Belgrade, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He graduated in Belgrade in 2022 with a bachelor's degree and specialist studies in the field of legal and economic sciences and public administration, and lives in Belgrade. Đukanović publishes prose and criticism in Belgrade's prestigious news magazine NIN, news paper Politika, Večernje novosti, and Danas. His prose and criticism have been published in almost all major literary magazines and web portals for art, culture and social issues in Serbia and the Balkans, as well as in Europe. Đukanović is engaged in literary, film and theater criticism, and he is a member of the ''Writers' Association of Vojvodina and other important associations and institutions for culture, art and social relations in Serbia and abroad (Serbian Spiritual Academy, Serbian Literary Cooperative, honorary lifetime member of the Naaman Foundation and House of Culture in Lebanon, etc.) He was an editor in the literary magazines in Serbia: Sisyphus (Kraljevo, 2020–2021) and Literary guild'' (Belgrade, 2023–2024). == Selected works ==

• Europa in extremis (lyrics and essays), 2021. • Heretical poems (poetry), 2021. • Book of Essays (essays), 2021. • The Fallen Inquisitor (short fantasy novel), 2021. • Novellas (twelve collected novellas in one volume), 2023. • ''Strauss's soliloquy'' (collection of twelve short stories), 2024. • The Last Day of Good Mr. Cilić (novel), 2024. • Ideological habitus of Ivo Andrić (study), 2024. == Awards (selection) ==

He is the recipient of several literary recognitions and awards in Serbia, the region, Europe and abroad, among others, he has been awarded: • 2020: Serbian Literary Prize "Portalibris" for narrative prose — one of several winners of the prize (Publisher "Portalibris", Belgrade, Serbia) • 2021: Bosnian-Herzegovinian Zvonimir Šubić Prize of the Serbian Educational and Cultural Association Prosvjeta for narrative prose (Serbian Educational and Cultural Association Prosvjeta, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) • 2022: Bosnian-Herzegovinian Boško Milovanović Prize of the Serbian Educational and Cultural Association Prosvjeta for Journalism in the Cultural Sector (Serbian Educational and Cultural Association Prosvjeta, Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina) • 2022: Serbian Literary Prize "Tragom Nastasijevićа" for prose — one of several winners (Library "The Nastasijević Brothers", Gornji Milanovac, Serbia) • 2023: Lebanese International Naji Naaman Literary Prize for creative literary work in content and style, in the genre of literary essay (Naji Naaman Cultural Foundation, Jounieh, Lebanese Republic) • 2024: American Literary Critic's Prize "Literary Titan Gold Book Award" for exceptional creativity in storytelling, in the foreign fiction category (Organization of Californian professional editors, writers, critics and university professors of literature "Literary Titan", Irvine — California, United States of America) • 2025: Italian Award "Premio Nazionale Franz Kafka Italia — Premio Onorario" (Cultural movement "Second Italian Humanism", Udine, Italia) == References ==