Science fiction and fantasy in the Serbia has a long and varied history.

History

As far back as the end of the 18th century, science fiction elements can be found in Serbian literature, but its modern period foundation is considered to commence with "Posle milijon godina" (After Million of Years), written by

Dragutin Ilić Dragutin Ilić (Belgrade, 2 February or 14 February 1858 – Belgrade, 1 May 1926) was a Serbian playwright, poet, novelist, journalist and politician. Along with Matija Ban and Djordje Maletić, Ilić dominated the Serbian stage during the la ...

in 1889, which is also considered the first science fiction theatrical play in the history of the world literature.English translation of Dragutin Ilić's sci-fi drama "After a Million Years"
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Lazar Komarčić Lazar Komarčić (Serbian Cyrillic alphabet, Serbian Cyrillic: Лазар Комарчић; 9 January 1839 – 9 January 1909) was a Serbian pioneer science-fiction writer who today has a wide influence on the literary avant-garde and on surrealis ...

's novel "Jedna ugašena zvezda" (An Extinct Star) followed, with publication in 1902. Today,

Zoran Živković (writer) Zoran Živković (Serbian Cyrillic: Зоран Живковић, pronounced , born October 5, 1948) is a Serbian writer, university professor, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. Žiković's works have been translated to 20 languages ...

, winner of the World Fantasy Award, is considered one of the best-known

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science fiction authors, and perhaps the best known.

Serbian science fiction and fantasy writers

Artists

* Marko Đurđević * Aleksa Gajić *

Borivoje Grbić Borivoje "Bora" Grbić ( sr-cyr, Боривоје Грбић, born January 21, 1972, in Belgrade) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel creator, known best for his comics "Faktor 4" (written by Milan Konjević), "Munja" (written by Zoran Stef ...

Branislav Kerac Branislav "Bane" Kerac (born September 7, 1952, Novi Sad) is a Serbian comic book creator, known best for his series '' Cat Claw''. In the US he also published under his pseudonym H.M. Baker. Credits in American comics include '' The Black Pearl'' ...

* Dražen Kovačević * Zoran Janjetov *

Željko Pahek Željko Pahek (born 1954 in Županja, then in Yugoslavia, now in Croatia) is an internationally published comic-book and graphic novel creator, scriptwriter, painter, illustrator and caricaturist. Since 1980s he is known for black humored comic se ...

Darko Perović Darko Perović ( sr-cyr, Дарко Перовић; born June 14, 1965, in Aranđelovac) is a Serbian comic-book and graphic novel A graphic novel is a long-form, fictional work of sequential art. The term ''graphic novel'' is often applied b ...

* Vujadin Radovanović *

Rade Tovladijac Rade Tovladijac ( sr-cyr, Раде Товладијац, born 1 August 1961) is a Serbian fantasy and comic book artist, illustrator, painter and architect. He lives in Belgrade. Biography He was born in Ulcinj, Yugoslavia (in Montenegro), and ...

* Zoran Tucić * Dobrosav Bob Živković

Societies

* Photon Tide (http://www.photontide.org) * SF Team (http://www.sftim.com) *Lazar Komarčić (http://www.lazarkomarcic.org.yu) *KONEF (http://www.konef.org.yu) *Sci&Fi (http://www.sciencefiction.org.rs) *Serbian Society for Science Fiction (http://www.sciencefiction.org.rs)

History

Serbian science fiction and fantasy writers

Artists

Societies

Notes

See also