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Aleksandar Becanovic

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Aleksandar Becanovic (born 1971 in Niksic, Montenegro) is a Montenegrin poet, translator and a critic of literature and film. He has contributed to the Montenegrin weekly Monitor in its culture section. He is now a part of the cultural magazines Plima and Ars. He is well known for his fanatic love towards the horror movies. He lists Howard Hawks as one of his favorite directors.

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Becanovic received the Risto Ratkovic award for best book of poetry in Montenegro in 2002. He also translates material, mostly film theory, from English. He lives in Bar.

At the 2006 Pula Festival of Books and Authors in Croatia, Becanovic was one of the representative writers who presented on Montenegrin poetry.

Published works

  • "All the Scrupulousness"; "Carmilla: Gothic Poem"; "Nothing Discernable"; "Pesoa: On Four Addresses"; "All Apologies: God Bless America", ARS No.4 year 2003
  • Ulisova daljina, 1994
  • Jeste, pjesme, 1996
  • Ostava, pjesme, 1998
  • Mjesta u pismu, pjesme, 2001
  • Ocekujem sto ce iz svega proizaci, 2005
  • Zanr u savremenom filmu, 2005

    • Anthologies

  • New European poets, St. Paul, Minn.: Graywolf Press, 2008. ISBN 978-1-55597-492-3

    • References

    Aleksandar Becanovic Wikipedia
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