Meet the two candidates from Serbia who have been selected to participate in the 2024/2025 Ulysses' Shelter 3 residency programme.

Đorđe Božović was born in Titovo Užice, SFR Yugoslavia, not long before both of those toponyms ceased to exist. He lectures in theoretical and Balkan linguistics at the University of Belgrade, while also actively translating from the languages he does research into and critically writing about the process. He has translated at least one piece from each genre of contemporary literature from Albanian – novels, short stories, poetry, essays, and drama. His most recent translations are the autobiographical Bildungsroman "1997" by the Albanian-Canadian journalist and activist Kristi Pinderi (Belgrade: Rebel Readers, 2023), and a thematically related short story collection from across the border, "Night Bus" by the Macedonian author Stefan Alijevikj (Novi Sad: Kulturanova, 2023), which is included in the current "Štefica Cvek'' literary selection.

Višnja Begović (Belgrade, 1995) earned her BM in Vocal Performance from Berklee College of Music in Boston, and her MA in Arts Administration from Baruch College in New York City. Her poems can be found in online magazines and journals, as well as several printed collections featuring contemporary poets of the ex-Yugoslav region. Her first poetry book "Jet-lag" (PPM Enklava) was published in 2023.