Ilija \u0110urovi\u0107 was born in Podgorica, Montenegro, in 1990. After finshing high school, he began studying general and comparative literature. He has been writing short stories since 2005. His first prose volume, “How Beautifully They Do It in the Great Romance Novels,” was published in 2014 by Yellow Turtle Press, a young Montenegrin publishing house that he directs. This was followed by “Black Fish” (2016) and the poetry collection “Kante” (2018), which won an award at a festival in Belgrade. Since 2013, \u0110urovi\u0107 has been living in Berlin and making a living as a versatile freelance writer and publicist. In 2019, he was co-winner of the Montenegrin Theater Award for Best Contemporary Drama, “The Sleepers.” His first novel, “Sampas,” will be published in Belgrade in 2021.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ilija \u0110urovi\u0107 was born in Podgorica, Montenegro, in 1990. After finshing high school, he began studying general and comparative literature. He has been writing short stories since 2005. His first prose volume, “How Beautifully They Do It in the Great Romance Novels,” was published in 2014 by Yellow Turtle Press, a young Montenegrin publishing house […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":15905,"template":"","categories":[7],"class_list":["post-15900","eventkrake_artist","type-eventkrake_artist","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-author"],"yoast_head":"\n