The new ČIP 2, another evening of “Reading and Prose” will be held on Friday, November 25 at 7 p.m. in the Gallery of the Institute (Zaprokul). After the extremely successful first cycle of public reading forums in Zaprokul, where the audience was introduced to contemporary young Serbian poets, the second cycle of ČIP forums presents us with the contemporary young prose scene. Unlike young poets, who often have the opportunity to present themselves to the public at public readings, group prose readings, especially by young authors, are much rarer. Perhaps this is the reason for one of the paradoxes of the contemporary Serbian literary scene.
Namely, although prose is much more popular with the public, young prose creators are much less present and recognized by the cultural public. This is precisely why the Institute for the Study of Cultural Development opens its doors to young and youngest Serbian prose. During the multi-month forum cycle at the Institute, already established young writers, as well as those who are just starting to publish in periodicals and on various literary and cultural portals, will present themselves to us.
PARTICIPANTS are Miloš K. Ilić and Miloš Živković, and we will be guided through the young prose scene of the second forum by the moderator Marko Avramović, literary critic, member of the Andrić Prize jury.
Miloš K. Ilić was born in 1987 in Pančevo. He attended primary and secondary school in his hometown. He studied dramaturgy at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts in Belgrade. He published the short story collections Beer Stories (2008) and Tired as Dogs (2017) and the novel Deca Nedođina (2022). The graduation drama The Man Without Mass was performed in 2013. He is also the author of several performed radio dramas. He received the “Edo Budiša” award (2018) for the collection of stories Tired as Dogs.
Miloš Živković was born in 1989 in Belgrade. He is a doctoral candidate in Serbian literature at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade. He is employed at the Institute of Literature and Art as a research associate. He published the novel Košmarnik (2021), which was shortlisted for the NIN award. During his studies, he founded the literary society “Orphists” with his colleagues. He is part of the team of the YouTube channel Bookvalisti.
