Raša Papeš

Raša Papeš
Born Radislav Papeš
(1947-07-17)17 July 1947
Belgrade, Čubura, SFR Yugoslavia
Occupation Satirist, short-story writer, Aphorist, Black humor writer
Nationality Serbian
Genre Aphorism, Satire, black humor

Radislav Raša Papeš (Serbian Cyrillic: Радислав Раша Папеш) is a Serbian writer, satirist and aphorist, born in 1947 in Belgrade, in the urban settlement known as Čubura (Serbian Cyrillic: Чубура).

He writes short stories and aphorisms that are published in many newspapers and magazines such as Nin, Literary Word (Serbian Cyrillic: Књижевна Реч), Hedgehog (Serbian Cyrillic: Јеж), Ecspress Politics, Politika, Danga, Evening News ( Večernje novosti ) and Independent Lightness. He has been published in 70 national and international anthologies of satire and stories. His works has been translated into English, German, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Bulgarian and Macedonian. He lives and works as a dentist in Kragujevac.

Awards and prizes

He is a winner of the Hedgehog Awards for the aphorism from 1981. He has been awarded in 1988 with the special prize for the Black Aphorism at the festival in Vogošća just like in the following year. The first book of aphorisms Masks of Delight he published in 1997 and in the following year he received award of Radoje Domanović for the best book of aphorisms of that year. He also got the prize of Radio Belgrade for the aphorism he received in 1989 and 2003 on festival of humor in Sarajevo in 1991. He won the third prize for aphorism in award of Radoje Domanović for the best satirical prose he won in 1995 and for the best book of aphorisms, Masks of Delight, in 1998. In Kruševac he was the winner of Golden Helmet for the aphorism in 1994 and for the satiric story in 2000 and 2003. After many years of calm and hard work he finally published a book of short stories Chinese Chalk[1] in 2007 and two years later a new book of aphorisms The Fundamental Bottom.[2] Cultural and Educational Community of Serbia has awarded him with Gold Badge in 2007 as a reward for the unselfish work and spreading the culture. In Belgrade 16 October 2008. the company Novosti AD was awarded him the prize Jovan Hadži Kostić[3] on the 55th anniversary of newspapers Večernje novosti. In Belgrade he received the award Radoje Domanović for the third time, for best book of aphorisms 2009th The fundamental bottom in December 2010.[4] On the ninth international Satire festival 2011th in Belgrade he won the award for the best short story Last Train, on the day marking the eighty years since the birth of Vladimir Bulatović Vib, 6 October.

Anthologies

Book review

Illustrations

Books

References

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