Albahari, David

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ALBAHARI, David

ALBAHARI, David. Yugoslav, b. 1948. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Literary criticism and history. Career: Writer. Publications: NOVELS: Sudija Dimitrijevic (title means: Judge Dimitrijevic), 1978; Cink, 1988, trans. as Tsing, 1997; Kratka knjiga (Short Book), 1993; Snezni covek (Man of Snow), 1995; Mamac, 1996, trans. as Bait, 2001; Mrak (Darkness), 1997; Gec i Majer, 1998, trans. as Gotz and Meyer, 2003; Svetski putnik (Globetrotter), 2001. SHORT STORIES: Porodicno vreme (Family Time), 1973; Obicne price (Ordinary Tales), 1978; Opis smrti (Description of Death), 1982; Fras u supi (Shock in the Shed), 1984; Jednostavnost (Simplicity), 1988; Pelerina (The Cloak), 1993; Izabrane price (Selected Stories), 1994; Neobicne price (Extraordinary Tales), 1999; Drugi jezik (Second Language), 2003; Words Are Something Else: Writings from an Unbound Europe, 1996. ESSAYS: Prepisivanje sveta (Copying the World), 1996. NONFICTION: (with others) Drugom stranom: Almanah novog talasa u SFRJ (rock music history and criticism), 1983; (author of preface) S.B. Finci, Seacanja (history), 1995. Contributor to periodicals. EDITOR: Savremena svetska prica (Contemporary World Short Stories), 1982; (with M. Pantic) Najbolje price 1989 (short stories), 1989; Savremena americka knjizevnost (Contemporary American Literature; fiction and poetry), 1989; Uhvati ritam: Rok i knjizevnost (Catch the Rhythm: Rock and Literature), 1990; Najkrace price na svetu (The Shortest Stories in the World), 1993; Antologija jevrejskih pripovedaca (Anthology of Jewish Storytellers), 1998. Translator of books into Serbian. Address: 15 Chatham Dr NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2L 0Z4. Online address: [email protected]

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