Zoran Živković (born October 5, 1948) is a science fiction writer, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator from Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro (former Yugoslavia), where he still resides.

In 1973, Zoran Živković graduated in literary theory from the Department of General Literature, Faculty of Philology of the University of Belgrade; he received his master's degree in 1979 and his doctorate in 1982 from the same university. His dissertation, "The Appearance of Science Fiction as a Genre of Artistic Prose," appeared in his Contemporaries of the Future anthology, along with several of the stories discussed.

Also in 1982, Živković founded the Polaris imprint, Yugoslavia's first privately-owned sf publishing house, through which he released over a hundred books.

Zoran Živković also wrote and hosted a television series about science fiction cinema, titled "The Starry Screen" ("Zvezdani ekran," 1984). The show later inspired a book of critical essays under the same title.

In 2003, Živković's mosaic novel "The Library" won a World Fantasy Award for Best Novella.

Please note that there is no relation between this writer and the former prime minister of Serbia who shares the same name. For an article on the latter, see Zoran Zivkovic (politician).

Fiction works

• The Fourth Circle (Četvrti krug, 1993)
• Time-gifts
• The Writer
• The Book
• Impossible Encounters
• Seven Touches of Music
• The Library
• Steps Through the Mist
• Hidden Camera
• Compartments

Nonfiction works

• Contemporaries of the Future (Savremenici buducnosti, 1983)
• The Starry Screen (Zvezdani ekran, 1984)
• First Contact
• Encyclopedia of Science Fiction I-II
• Essays on Science Fiction

External links

• Official web site