Chirich, Zoran

Zoran Chirić was born in 1962 in the Serbian city of Nis , where he lives to this day. He graduated from the Faculty of Economics of the University of Nis. In 1990 he made his debut poetry collection “Rio Bravo” , for which he received the Branko Radichevich Award. The novel "Prisluškivanje" in 1999 was on the short list of the Prize of the NIN magazine . Chirich received the award two years later, when the novel Hobo , released in 2001, became a national bestseller. The book withstood four editions and, despite the mixed reviews of critics, was immediately awarded three literary awards. In addition to the aforementioned NIN magazine Prize , Chirić received the Borislav Pekic Foundation Prize and the National Library of Serbia Prize for Hobo

Peru Chirich owns not only more than twenty books of poetry and prose , but also numerous articles in a number of national publications. He began his career as a publicist in 1990 in the rock magazine Rhythm. In 1994, the Magični Geto program appeared in the Serbian information space, the author and mastermind of which was Zoran Chirić. The show, which satirically highlighted national and world issues, quickly gained popularity and became one of the most notable media projects of the 90s. In 1995, Chirić was appointed editor-in-chief of the KPGT radio station, but two years later he left the radio and in 1997 became a columnist for the Danas newspaper, and in 2003 became the columnist of the Serbian version of Playboy magazine.

Chirich’s creative reputation is extremely mixed. Obscene vocabulary , pornography and scenes of violence, which abound in his texts, cause rejection of part of the literary community. However, since the 90s he has been the actual frontman of alternative literature in Serbia . Critics compare Chirich with such dissimilar writers as Charles Bukowski and Mario Puzo . In 1992, the newspaper Borba called Chirić “the only rock and roll writer in the country”, and the magazine Profile in 1997 declared him “the greatest Serbian writer of our time”. ^[2]

Zoran Chirić is a laureate of numerous literary awards, including the most prestigious NIN magazine Prize in Serbia , which Vladimir Pistalo , Goran Petrovich , David Albahari and Milorad Pavić have been awarded over the years. Chirich's prose has been translated into several European languages. The only international jazz festival in Niš is named after the Nišvil short story collection, published in 1994. One of the city’s music radio stations and the album of the world famous jazz trumpeter Steve Gut recorded in the USA bear the same name.

Novels

• Listening ( 1999 )
• Hobo / Hobo ( 2001 )
• Smrt at El Pasu ( 2003 )
• Slivnik ( 2004 )
• New World ( 2009 )

Storybooks

• Golden decade ( 1992 )
• Nishville ( 1994 )
• Taјni's stomach in Srbiјi ( 1995 )
• Post ( 1996 )
• Calibar 23 for the specialist ( 1995 )
• Magichi Geto ( 1995 )
• Zen of Srbiana ( 1997 )
• Woolwashi ( 1998 )
• Odbrana gradova ( 1998 )
• Kazi Mami ( 1999 )
• Stariska Svar ( 2001 )
• Gang of four ( 2005 )
• Tvrda Kubav ( 2006 )
• Solid price ( 2008 )

Poetry collections

• Rio Bravo ( 1990 )
• Remix ( 1991 )
• Wah-Wah ( 1992 )
• The Song of the Occupied ( 1997 )

Essay Collections

• Diva Chorda / Zabeleshke Younger Pokvarњaka ( 2007 )

• Official site of Zoran Chirich