Ljubica Arsić

Ljubica Arsić (born 19 December 1955, Belgrade) is a Serbian writer.Биографија на сајту издавачке куће „Лагуна“.
==Biography==
She graduated from the Faculty of Philology at the University of Belgrade, part of a Group for Yugoslav Literature and Serbo-Croatian Language. She is a professor of Serbian language and literature at the Mokranjac music school.
She made her literary debut with a collection of short stories "Finger in Meat" in 1984. She has published over ten books of stories and novels and prepared several anthologies of the contemporary world and domestic stories. name="рајска врата"> With her publisher "Laguna", she prepared several anthologies of contemporary thematic world stories and launched several notable editions ("Waves", "Contemporaries"); it was translated into French, German, Greek and Ukrainian and is represented in foreign anthologies of Serbian writers.
Also, she is a columnist for the daily newspaper "Politika", and a member of the Serbian Literary Society.Српско књижевно друштво/Љубица Арсић 
She lives in Belgrade.
==Literary work==
As a writer, she prefers a short, effective, often shocking story, and in her novels she thematizes the position of women in the world, issues of identity, family relationships and love, not hesitating to write openly about erotica, humorously breaking taboos and exposing prejudices. A literary portrait of Ljubica Arsić was also published in the "One to One" collection of the Službeni glasnik publishing house in Belgrade.Љубица Арсић, Београд, „Службени гласник“, 2011
==Novels==
*Čuvari kazačke ivice (Guardians of the Cossack Edge), 1988 (second edition 2017)
*Icon, 2001
*Mango, 2008.
*Paradise Gate, 2015
==Collections of stories==
* "Finger in the flesh", 1984
* "Flea-colored shoes", 1998
* Barutana, 1991.
* "Twilight Zone", 1997
* "Only for seducers", 2003
* Tigrastija od tigra, 2003
* "Maco, do you love me", 2005.
* "All Inclusive", 2012.
* Anthologies (editor)
* Anthology of world erotic stories Na brzaka, 2002.
* Anthology of women's world erotic stories "Frrrrr", 2004.
* Anthology of stories about the sea "My soul is in the sea", 2006
* Anthologies of contemporary world stories "Waves" (Talasi)Где су књиге ту су и чуда, „Блиц“, 5. октобар 2010.: about growing up "Kids of two meters", about the family "A plate full of words", erotic world stories "Wild Eros", about animals "Fish, duck, amphibian", about the sea" Island on two seas", about the joy of living "Life is always right", etc.
==Awards==
She received numerous awards for her books: "Borislav Pekić" and the "Isidora's Paths" award for the novel Ikona, the award of the Serbian Literary Society "Biljana Jovanović" for the stories Shoes of the Flea, "Laza Kostić" and the Women's Feather Award for the stories Tigrastija od tigra, "Andrić Award" for Maco stories, do you love me? For the novel Paradise Gate, she received the "Stevan Sremac" award for 2015 and was shortlisted for the Nina Award.Шест романа у финалу Нинове награде за 2015. годину, „Блиц“, 13. јануар 2016.
==Sources==
* Biography on the website of the publishing house "Laguna".
* Arsić, Ljubica (2015). Heaven's Gate. Belgrade: Laguna. p. 321—322.
* Arsić, Ljubica (May 5, 2011). "Side views - I'm telling you a story." "Politics." Retrieved September 14, 2020.
* Serbian Literary Society / Ljubica Arsić
* Arsić, Ljubica (2007). Kitty, do you love me. Belgrade: Narodna knjiga - Alfa. p. 367.
* Ljubica Arsić, Belgrade, "Official Gazette", 2011
* Where there are books, there are miracles, "Blic", October 5, 2010.
* Six novels in the finals of the Nina Award for 2015, "Blic", January 13, 2016.
==External links==
* Writers for a joint excursion - interview ("Politika", November 20, 2011).
* Writers of "Laguna" for the Safe House ("Blic", March 10, 2011).
* News leads to lunch with Ljubica Arsić - interview ("Večernje novosti", May 26, 2013).
== References ==
== External Links ==
* Official website
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Category:1955 births
Category:Serbian writers
Category:Serbian women writers
Category:Writers
Category:University of Belgrade alumni
Category:Serbian academics
Category:People from Belgrade