Natalija Milovanović

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Natalija Milovanović (1995) is a poet who writes in Slovenian and Serbian. She works as a literary translator as well as the producer of the Pranger poetry festival. Her first collection Samoumevno ([Taken for Granted] Center za slovensko književnost 2021) was awarded the Best Debut at the 37th Slovenian Book Fair. The second poetry collection Tuja mehkoba ([Foreign Softness] Center za slovensko književnost 2025) won the Veronika Award for best Slovenian collection of the past year. It was nominated for the Jenko Award and Kritiško sito Award. Both books were included in the booklet 10 Books from Slovenia, in which Slovene critics make a book selection of the past year and present it in English.

Her poems have been translated into several languages, among others: Spanish (Cicatrices, Editorial Efimera/Ediciones Malpaso 2026), German, Macedonian, Korean, Marathi and Czech. They are available in English at the European poetry portal Versopolis and in the Asymptote Journal.

Photo: Jana Radičević