Jasmina TESANOVIC

1997
  • Europe
  • Southern Europe
  • Yugoslavia
Serbian

Jasmina TESANOVIC (scriptwriter, fiction writer, Yugoslavia; born in Belgrade, 1954) founded, with two other women, the first women's publishing house in Serbia in 1994. She writes, translates, and edits both non-fiction and fiction dealing with women's issues. She assisted in the production and writing of several films in Italy and Belgrade, worked on movies for Belgrade TV, and has given video art performances. Ms. Tesanovic edited The Suitcase, stories of women refugees (University of California Press, 1996), and is at work on a novel on women's history, language, and psychology that uses a combination of fables and anthropology. She received her training in modern letters at the Universitˆ Statale di Milano. She now teaches creative writing at Women's Studies of Belgrade. Her participation, which begins in November, is provided by ArtsLink/CEC Partners.

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