Zoran Stefanović is an award-winning Serbian author, publisher and cultural activist, best known as the founder of several cultural networks, including Project Rastko. His works were published and produced in Europe and US. He made his debut in theater and film in 1987 and he graduated in dramaturgy and screenwriting in 1994 at the Faculty of Dramatic Arts. He lives in Belgrade.
Writings
Some of his works belong to science fiction and fantasy - in the theater, graphic novels and comics, prose and in film/television. His other works are documentary, such as the TV-series "The Janus’ Face of History," or films "Lives of Kosta Hakman" and "Music of Silence". His theater plays, prose and graphic novels have been translated into Macedonian, Romanian, Slovene, English, French, Polish, Ukrainian and Russian.
Cultural work
Stefanović was the principal founder of several international cultural networks: Project Rastko, Distributed Proofreaders Europe, the Project Gutenberg Europe and similar communities in the fields of digitization, lexicography and pop-culture. He is also active in cultural and scientific projects since 1993, especially in the former Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria, Greece, Ukraine, Russia and Poland, including preservation of minority cultures as well as initiative for Balkan Cultural Network, with Greek cultural activist and music producer Nikos Valkanos. Since the mid-1990s he promotes the philosophy of open sources and free knowledge, as "the very foundation of every civilized human society." He actively supports several regional Wikipedias, particularly in Eastern and Central Europe since 2004.
Awards and honors
As a writer, playwright and screenwriter, he has been nationally and internationally awarded and short-listed some twenty times, including The "Josip Kulundžić" award for theatrical play, Gold medal for the screenplay at the 42nd Festival of Yugoslav documentary and short films, two wins in Yugoslav literary SF/F competitions "Znak Sagite", Grand Prix for the best Serbian graphic novel and Award for the best graphic novel script, The Edition of the Year of The Belgrade Book Fair. He was nominated for the Prix Europa award in Berlin and the Prix Italia award in Rome. For his cultural and publishing work he has been also nationally and internationally recognized, including three times the Annual award of the Informatics Society of Serbia, ten YU Web Top 50 awards and Webfest 2007 Award for the best culture site of the Western Balkans. He has been nominated for United Nations World Summit Award and Central European Review Content Crown award.
Little Nemo in Slumberland Vol. 1-5, introductory essays for Winsor McCay's complete series in Serbian translation, "Makondo", Belgrade, 2013-2015. Vol 1., Vol 2.
Dikan. Vol. 1, , by Lazo Sredanović, Nikola Lekić et al., editing and essays, "Everest Media", Belgrade 2013.
"The Soundless Hiss: A critical history of Kobra comics series", in: Kobra, Vol. 1, by Svetozar Obradović and Branislav Kerac, "Darkwood", Belgrade, 2013, pp. 157–189.
Lectures on comics, DVD, co-author, edited by Mićun Ristić, Dom kulture Studentski grad, 2014.
Selected filmography
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Give my regards to all who ask for me , documentary, 1987
