Biography

Ana Stjelja was born on 14th of August 1982 in Belgrade, Serbia. She graduated (2005) in Turkish language and literature on Faculty of Philology at Belgrade University. She is Master of Literature, the title of her thesis is ''The human and divine in the works of Mawlana Jalal ad-Din Rumi and Yunus Emre''.
She has published four books of poetry and two books of translated poetry. She also writes essays on art, theatre, travels, so as short stories and haiku. Many of her works have been published in various Serbian magazines, so as foreign online magazines. She writes poetry in Serbian, English, Turkish, Spanish and Portuguese, so as haiku in Serbian, English, Spanish, Portuguese and Turkish. She works as literal translator for eminent Serbian literary magazines. Some of her poems have been translated to Macedonian, Slovenian and Persian. She's a member of Association of Writers of Serbia, Association of Literary Translators of Serbia and World Poets Society. She lives in Belgrade, Serbia.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:
-Poetry-

 Book of poetry ''Moira'' ( Narodna knjiga 2002)
 Book of poetry ''Atavi'' (Narodna knjiga 2004)
 Book of poetry ''Eden & Had'' ( 2006)
 Book of haiku ''Three Geishas'' (2008)
 Book of translated poems of Federico Garcia Lorka ''The shadow of my soul'' (2008)
 Book of translated poems of Pablo Neruda ''The land in you'' (2008)
 Poem ''Konji Jure'' published in KAS magazine;
 Poems: ''Šešir moj'' (2002) ''Skadarlija'', ''Boem'', ''Vino'' and ''Krčma'' (2007) published in SKADARLIJA magazine;
 Poems from book of poetry ''Atavi'', ''Tvorac'', ''Kula'', ''Svetilište'' are translated to Persian;
 Poems from book of poetry ''Atavi'', ''Prosjak'', ''On'',''Ljubav'', ''Maske'', ''Prsten'' (2004) are published in NUR magazine, official magazine of the Islamic Republic of Iran;
 Poem ''El Amor'' is published in Spanish anthology of love poems ''Melodía de Colores'' and poem ''La Noche'' in spanish anthology ''Noche Soñada'' in Madrid 2007;
 Poems in English from book of poetry ''Eden & Had'' are translated to Croatian (2007) and published in BKG (Balkan Literary Herald);
 Poem ''Pozornica'' is published 2007 in LUDUS magazine, official magazine of the Association of Drama Artists of Serbia;
 Haiku poems in Serbian, English, Spanish and Turkish are published on www.karolina-rijecka.com, official website of the Croatian Haiku Poets Society;
 Haiku poems have been published in American haiku anthology ''Riverbed Anthology'', 2008.
 Poems in Portuguese are published on the website www.recantodasletras.uol.com.br;
 Poems in Spanish are published on the website www.mundodepoesia.com;
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-Essays-

 Essay ''The notes from Tzar's bridge'' (2002) published in KAS magazine;
 Theatre essay ''Essay on actor'' (2005) published in VEČERNJE NOVOSTI daily newspapers and BRANIČEVO magazine;
 Travel essay ''On the trace of pharaohs'' (2006) published in ILUSTROVANA POLITIKA magazine;
 Travel essay ''The breathe of the past on the Bird's Island'' (2008) published on the website www.kisobranblog.com
 Theatre essay ''On the wings of a theatre stage- Nebojša Dugalić'' published in LUDUS magazine;
 Scientific essay ''The soufism in the poetry of Yunus Emre'' (2006) published in NUR magazine;
 Social essay ''I Believe in ... Love without borders'' (2007) is published on www.globalyouthfund.org, official website of The Global Youth Fund;
 Scientific essay ''Eight centuries of fame- Mawlana Jalal al-Din Rumi published in NUR magazine 2008
 Scientific essay, ''The music in soufism'' (2009) published in NUR magazine;

-Awards-

o Poetry award ''Zmajeva nagrada'' 1993;
o Art award ''Mali Pjer'' 1996;
o Essay award ''Еssay on actor'' (3rd place) at the Theatre Festival ''Dani Milivoja Živanovića'', Požarevac 2005;
o Poetry award for the poem ''Boem'', Beograd 2005;
o Poetry award (1st place) for the poem ''O Pesniku'', Subotica 2007;
o Poetry award (final) for the poem ''Efemerno'' on the 47 th Festival of Young Writers, Knjaževac, 2008;
o Poetry award (3rd place) for the poem ''Angel made of foam'' on the international festival Djuro Papharhai, 2008;
o Short story award for the story ''The mirror'', Belgrade 2008
o Short story award for the story ''The act'', Svilajnac 2008;