Author: Duska Vrhovac
Alternate names: Duska Vrhovac Pantovic
Born: March 24th 1947
Bio: Duska Vrhovac, writer, journalist and translator, born in 1947 in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina. She graduated the Faculty of Philology of Belgrade University. She has worked in various media and has worked with major newspapers. She has been editor of radio and television broadcasts. A journalist by profession, at the highest level of professional qualifications, she left her job with the RTS (Radio Television of Serbia) and then to work as a writer and freelance journalist. She lives in Belgrade, Serbia. She has published 16 books of poetry many of which have been translated, in part or in full, in 19 languages. Duska Vrhovac is considered one of the greatest contemporary poets. Present in anthologies devoted to world-class poets. She has received important awards for poetry and the gold badge "for the generosity, dedication, perseverance and creative contributions that are made in her time worked to spread the culture of the nationalities of the Republic of Serbia." Participated in numerous meetings, festivals and literary events, journalistic and scientific conferences in her own country and abroad.