EDUCATION
MA in Dramaturgy | Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU), University of Arts, Belgrade 2019
BA in Dramaturgy | Faculty of Dramatic Arts (FDU), University of Arts, Belgrade 2018
AWARDS & HONORS
2025: Winner of the Sterija Award for Best Play for Jezik kopačke
2023: Shortlisted for the NIN Award (Novel of the Year) for I onda opet, iz početka
2020: Winner of the Mihiz Award for Dramatic Creativity (Overall Achievement)
2020: Shortlisted for the European Union Prize for Literature for Podstanar
2020: Shortlisted for the NIN Award for Podstanar
2019: Winner of the Sterija Award for Best New Domestic Play for Ne pre 4:30 niti posle 5:00
2019: Winner of the Slobodan Selenić Award for Best Graduation Play
2018: Winner of the Best Screenplay Award for short film Hunger at SEECS Bucharest
TEACHING
2021-... Assistant professor of Dramaturgy: Faculty of Dramatic Arts, Belgrade
2026-... Professor: Escuela de Escritores, Madrid, Spain
2025-... Guest Lecturer: ArtEZ University, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2025 Guest Lecturer: Sorbonne University, Etudes Slaves BCMS, Paris, France
2024 Guest Lecturer: UDG University, Podgorica, Montenegro
2022 Guest Lecturer: CeKaPe Winter School, Stara Sušica, Croatia
THEATRE (PLAYWRIGHT & DRAMATURG)
2024: Jezik kopačke (The Football Boot Tongue)
Role: Co-Writer (with Ivan Ergić)
Production: ZKM, Zagreb. Directed by Borut Šeparović.
2022: Tamo gde pevaju (Where They Sing)
Role: Playwright
Production: FIST. Directed by Đorđe Nešović.
2021: Bludni dani kuratog Džonija (The Sinful Days of Cocky Johnny)
Role: Original Author (Novel adapted for stage)
Production: Újvidéki Színház / Sterijino Pozorje. Directed by Jovana
Tomić
2020: Velika depresija (The Great Depression / Eben Byers’ Jaw)
Role: Playwright
Production: Serbian National Theatre (SNP).2020: Pred svitanje (Before Dawn / Not Before 4:30 Nor After 5:00)
Role: Playwright
Production: Atelje 212. Directed by Anđelka Nikolić.
2019: Ovde je lepo - sečem drvo, jedem pasulj (It’s Nice Here - I Cut Wood, I Eat Beans)
Role: Playwright
Production: FIST at National Theater. Directed by Milja Mazarak.
2018: Kako ja ovo sinu da objasnim? (How Do I Explain This to My Kids?)
Role: Playwright
Production: Reflektor Theater. Directed by Vojkan Arsić
FILM (SCREENPLAY & DIRECTING)
2023-2026: Yugo Goes to America (Documentary)
Role: Writer & Director
Premiere: CPH:DOX, Copenhagen, Denmark (2026)
Details: Feature-length documentary following a journey across the US in a
Yugo car. Supported by Eurimages, FCS, HAVC, United Media.
2018: Glad (Hunger) (Short Film)
Role: Screenwriter
Details: Directed by Tamara Todorović. Awarded Best Screenplay at SEECS
Bucharest
BOOKS (NOVELS)
2023: I onda opet, iz početka (And Then, All Over Again)
Publisher: Booka
Details: Bestseller (4 editions). Currently being translated into 10+
languages. Part of CELA program
2020: Podstanar (The Tenant)
Publisher: LOM
Details: A novel about the transient nature of modern life. Translated into
Bulgarian and Macedonian
2017: Bludni dani kuratog Džonija (The Sinful Days of Cocky Johnny)
Publisher: Samizdat B92
Details: Debut novel, later adapted into a theatre play
RADIO HOST & AUTHOR
2021-25: Čudna šuma (Strange Forest) at Radio Beograd 2
Details: Author of the weekly show hosting conversations with artists,
writers and philosophers
Listen: Link to Episodes
LITERARY RESIDENT
2025 CELA - Connecting Emerging Literary Authors
2021 Reading Balkans Program
