Sreten Ugričić

Humanities Center International Visitor 2013-2014
Serbian writer and philosopher

Sreten Ugričić is a writer, philosopher, and librarian. He served as Director of the National Library of Serbia 2001-2012. Ugričić is well known for his critical approach and his public engagement, both as writer and as national librarian. In January 2012, he was dismissed from the position by a political decision, accused of terrorism after publically supporting freedom of speech and of reading in Serbia. Ugričić was born and lived for 30 years in Yugoslavia. At the beginning of 2012, he was forced by political threat to leave Serbia and live abroad. Ugričić is the author of nine books and his prose has been selected in several anthologies of contemporary Serbian literature. His work has been translated into English, German, French, Macedonian, and Slovenian. Ugričić is a member of the Serbian PEN Club and co-President of the Selection Committee of World Digital Library (WDL). Before coming to Stanford Ugričić was a writer in residence at the Literaturhaus Zurich, Switzerland. During the academic year 2013-14, Ugričić will be a visiting scholar at the Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREEES), co-funded by the Scholar Rescue Fund. While in residence, Ugričić will pursue the project "Meady-rade."

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