Svetlana VELMAR-JANKOVIĆ Writer; (b. Belgrade, 1 February 1933 – d. Belgrade, 9 April 2014)

editor of magazine Književnost; member of editorial board of Prosveta Publishing House (1971–1989)

Membership of SASA: Department of Language and Literature: corresponding member from 2 November 2006; full member from 5 November 2009

Awards and recognitions: Isidora Sekulić Prize, Ivo Andrić Prize, Meša Selimović Prize, Đorđe Jovanović Prize, Bora Stanković Prize; National Library Award for the most widely read book in 1992; NIN Award for the novel of the year (1995); Neven Award, Politikin zabavnik Award, the 6th April Award of Belgrade for lifetime achievement