Ivana Hadži-Popović

Ivana Hadži-Popović (Serbian-Cyrillic: Ивана Хаџи-Поповић, born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer and translator.

Biography

Ivana Hadži-Popović studied at the Department of Romance Studies of Belgrade's Faculty of Philology and graduated with magister degree.^[1] She works as literary editor and translator at the Albatros publishing house in Belgrade.^[2]

Among her numerous translations are works of French and Italian writers such as Catherine Clément, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, Catherine Cusset, Anaïs Nin, Marguerite Yourcenar, Pierre Assouline, Dino Buzzati, Benoît Duteurtre, Pierre Michon, Henry de Montherlant, Antonio Tabucchi, Michel Tournier and Maryam Madjidi. The long-term translation and editorial activity is a noteworthy contribution to the Franco-Serbian cultural exchange.

Hadži-Popović's translation of the French-language memories, aphorisms and letters of Queen Natalie is a particularly interesting publication on the cultural and political history of Serbia. The author of numerous novels and essay collections,^[2] she is member of the International Francophone Press Union. She lives in Vračar.^[1][3][4][5]

Awards

• Isidora Sekulić Award

Bibliography (selection)

• Sezona trešanja (Cherry Season), KOV, Vršac 1998, novel.
• Knez (Knez), KOV, Vršac 1999, novel.
• Brod za Buenos Ajres (A Ship to Buenos Aires), Jugoslovenska knjiga, Belgrade 2001, novel, ISBN 86-7411-046-0
• Zamka (The Trap), Filip Višnjić Publishing, Belgrade 2004, novel, ISBN 86-7363-412-1.
• Na Hadrijanovom tragu (On Hadrian's Trace), Filip Višnjić Publishing, Belgrade 2008, novel, ISBN 978-86-7363-567-5
• Japanska kutija (The Japanese Box), Palabra, Belgrade 2010, novel, ISBN 978-86-88091-01-5.
• Žena s buketom (A Woman with Bouquet), Medijska knjižara Krug, Belgrade 2012, novel, ISBN 978-86-83523-44-3.
• Vatra i cvet (Fire and Flower), Medijska knjižara Krug, Belgrade 2014, novel, ISBN 978-86-83523-52-8.
• Ljubičice Leonarda da Vinčija (Leonardo da Vinci’s Violas), Albatros plus, Belgrade 2017, novel, ISBN 978-86-6081-244-7.^[6]
• Senka doktora Junga (Doctor Jung's Shadow), Albatros plus, Belgrade 2020, novel, ISBN 978-86-6081-326-0.
• Košmar oko Ničea (Nightmare around Nietzsche), Albatros plus, Belgrade 2021, novel, ISBN 978-86-6081-344-4.