Aleksandar Milosavljević (Beograd, 1958) je srpski pozorišni kritičar i djelatnik. Nakon studija na Filološkom i Filozofskom fakultetu u Beogradu, diplomirao je Menadžment u medijima na Fakultetu za Menadžment (FAM) u Novom Sadu (2008). Od 1986. piše pozorišnu kritiku i teatrološke eseje za vodeće novine, nedeljnike, časopise, tv i radio stanice u Srbiji i nekadašnjoj Jugoslaviji. Bio je selektor, umjetnički direktor i član žirija mnogih domaćih i inostranih pozorišnih festivala. U Srpskom narodnom pozorištu je bio upravnik, direktor drame i umjetnički direktor, a radio je i u Narodnom pozorištu u Subotici.  Uređivao je pojedine pozorišne listove, neke je i osnovao i bio član sledećih redakcija: Ludus, Scena, Teatron, Povelja, Međučin, Pozorište.

Priredio je specijalan broj Revije UNESCO posvećen pozorištu u Jugoslaviji, takođe je dao doprinose Velikoj svjetskoj teatarskoj enciklopediji. Autor je tekstova o domaćoj drami i pozorištu i objavljenih u inostranim publikacijama. Saradnik je BITEF-a, RTS-a, Sterijinog pozorja, Jugoslovenskog pozorišnog festivala, Užice, Međunarodnog festivala pozorišta za djecu u Kotoru i drugih. Priredio je nekoliko monografija i zbornika, između ostalog i Monografiju o Mariji Crnobori, 1995.

Dobitnik je: nagrade Zlatno pero TANJUG-a za najbolju kritiku predstave s BITEF-a, Sterijine nagrade za pozorišnu kritiku i časopisa Venac za esej.

Aleksandar Milosavljević (Belgrade, 1958) is a Serbian theater critic and worker. After studying at the Faculty of Philology and Philosophy in Belgrade, he graduated in Media Management at the Faculty of Management (FAM) in Novi Sad (2008). Since 1986, he has been writing theater criticism and theatrical essays for leading newspapers, weeklies, magazines, TV and radio stations in Serbia and the former Yugoslavia. He was the selector, artistic director and member of the jury of many domestic and foreign theater festivals. He was the manager, drama director and artistic director of the Serbian National Theater, and he also worked at the National Theater in Subotica. He edited certain theater magazines, founded some of them and was a member of the following editorial boards: Ludus, Scena, Teatron, Povelja, Međučin, Pozorište.

He organized a special issue of the UNESCO Review dedicated to theater in Yugoslavia, and also contributed to the Great World Theater Encyclopedia. He is the author of texts on domestic drama and theater and published in foreign publications. He is an associate of BITEF, RTS, Sterijino Pozorje, Yugoslav Theater Festival, Užice, International Children's Theater Festival in Kotor and others. He has prepared several monographs and collections, including the Monograph on Marija Crnobora, 1995.

He is the winner of: the Golden Pen of TANJUG for the best critique of a play from BITEF, the Sterija Award for theater criticism and the magazine Venac for an essay.

Alena Mornštajnova (1963) češka je spisateljica, prevodilac i profesorica engleskog jezika. Diplomirala je engleski i češki jezik na Fakultetu umjetnosti Univerziteta u Ostravi. Trenutno je najprodavanija spisateljica u Češkoj. Autorka je pet uspješnih knjiga i za svoj debitantski roman Slijepa mapa (Slepá mapa 2013.), koji je napisala s 50 godina, bila je u užem izboru za nagradu Češka knjiga 2014. godine.

Nakon toga izdala je roman Mali hotel (Hotýlek) 2015. godine. Roman Hana objavljen 2017. godine je imao najveći uspjeh i postao veliki hit na društvenim mrežama. Roman je nagrađen dvjema nagradama: Češkom knjigom (2017, u kategorijama Glavna nagrada i Studentska nagrada) i nagradom Databáze knih (u kategorijama Knjiga godine i Nova knjiga, 2017).

Njen novi roman Tihe godine (Tiché roky, 2019.)  intimna je porodična drama, a prodat je u 35 000 primjeraka. Roman Tihe godine je 2019. godine bio knjiga godine na konkursu Čitanje vas menja (Čteni te meni) – u kategoriji Društveni roman, kao i pobjednik za 2019. godinu.

Njena prva knjiga za djecu, Straša mali duh (Strašidylko straša), sa ilustracijama Galine Miklinove, takođe je bila veoma popularna među čitaocima. Knjiga je nominovana za Zlatnu traku 2018.

Alena Mornštajnova takođe piše kratke priče – Devojka iz grada između zelenih brda( Divka z mesta mezi zelenymi kopci) dio je antologije kratkih priča Grad između zelenih brda (Mesto mezi zelenymi kopci) . Romane Alene Mornštajnove objavljuje Host i ona je nesumnjivo jedan od njegovih vodećih i najpopularnijih pisaca. Njena su djela prodata u 230 000 primjeraka i prevedena na 12 jezika. Prava za film prodata su produkcijskoj kući Happy Celluloid.

https://www.vecernji.hr/kultura/zasto-je-alena-mornstajnova-napisala-zacudan-roman-o-holokaustu-138549

https://www.novinky.cz/zena/styl/clanek/alena-mornstajnova-slovo-je-silna-zbran-da-se-jim-velmi-ublizit-i-pomoci-40291325

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7G-ZV6-8tvc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3RvFM2bCHsg

Alena Mornštajnova (1963) is a Czech writer, translator and English teacher. She graduated in English and Czech at the Faculty of Arts, University of Ostrava. She is currently the best-selling writer in the Czech Republic. She is the author of five successful books and for her debut novel Blind map (Slepá mapa 2013), which she wrote at the age of 50, she was shortlisted for the 2014 Czech Book Award.

After that, she published the novel Small Hotel (Hotýlek) in 2015. The novel Hana published in 2017 was the most successful and became a big hit on social networks. The novel was awarded two prizes: the Czech Book (2017, in the categories Main Prize and Student Prize) and the Databáze Book Prize (in the categories Book of the Year and New Book, 2017).

Her new novel Quiet years (Tiché roky) (2019) is an intimate family drama, and has sold 35,000 copies. The novel Quiet years was the book of the year in 2019 at the competition Reading changes me (Čteni te meni) - in the Social novel category, as well as the winner for 2019.

Her first children's book, Strašidylko straša, with illustrations by Galina Miklinova, was also very popular among readers. The book was nominated for the Golden Ribbon 2018.

Alena Mornštajnova also writes short stories - The Girl from the City Between the Green Hills (Divka z mesta mezi zelenymi kopci) is part of the anthology of short stories The City Between the Green Hills (Mesto mezi zelenymi kopci) Alena Mornštajnova's novels are published by Host and she is undoubtedly one of its leading and most popular writers. Her works have sold 230,000 copies and been translated into 12 languages. The rights to the film were sold to the production company Happy Celluloid.

Andrej Blatnik (1963, Ljubljana) jedan je od najpoznatijih i najprevođenijih savremenih slovenačkih pisaca. Objavio je romane: Baklje i suze (1987), Tao ljubavi (1996), Promeni me (2008); knjige priča: Buketi za Adama venu (1983), Biografije bezimenih (1989), Promene koža (1990), Zakon želje (2000) i Kapiraš? (2009); knjige studija i eseja: Papirni lavirinti (1994), Gledanje preko ramena (1996), Neonski pečati (2005); kao i udžbenik Pisanje kratke priče (2010). Blatnikove kratke priče prevedene su na više od trideset jezika. Prevodi njegovih knjiga izlaze kod uglednih inostranih izdavača. Piše radio drame i prevodi s engleskog (Anais Nin, Stiven King, Silvija Plat, Pol Bouls). Dobitnik je Zlatne ptice (1984), Župančičeve nagrade (1991) i nagrade Prešernovog sklada (2002) i učesnik brojnih književnih festivala i programa za pisce. Roman Promeni me bio je među pet romana u finalu za nagradu Kresnik za najbolji slovenački roman 2009. godine. Dosad je objavljen na pet jezika.

Studirao je opštu književnost, sociologiju kulture, američku književnost i komunikologiju. Radi kao urednik Cankarjeve založbe i predaje na Katedri za Bibliotekarstvo, informatiku i izdavaštvo na Filozofskom fakultetu u Ljubljani. Od 2007. do 2015. godine bio je predsednik žirija srednjoevropske nagrade Vilenica.

Priče iz knjige Kapiraš? uvrštene su u antologiju Best European Fiction 2010, koju je uredio Aleksandar Hemon, i antologiju Short: Five Centuries of Short Short Stories, a knjiga je ovjenčana i uglednom ruskom nagradom Premje Jugda za najbolju slovensku knjigu 2016. godine.

Andrej Blatnik (1963) is working as an editor and as an Associate Professor of Publishing Studies at the University of Ljubljana. He appeared on numerous literary festivals around the globe such as PEN World Voices in New York City, Toronto International Festival of Authors, Jaipur Literary Festival and Cosmopolis in Barcelona, and was a participant of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA, in 1993. He received various fellowships, including Fulbright. He still loves to read and travel.

Andrej Blatnik has published five novels, six collections of short stories, five books of cultural studies and a how-to book on writing short stories. He won some major awards (the award of the city of Ljubljana, Zlata ptica, the highest award for young artists, the Slovenian national state award, Prešeren Fund, and the Russian best Slavic book of short fiction ‘Jugra’ award in 2016 among them). His stories were translated into more than 40 languages and published in magazines and various anthologies including Best European Fiction 2010 (Dalkey Archive Press 2010) and Short: An International Anthology of Five Centuries of Short Short Stories (Persea Books 2014). He has around 40 books in translation in 15 languages, including six in Croatian and Macedonian, four in English and German, three in Serbian and Turkish, two in Spanish and Czech, others in French, Hungarian, Slovakian, Russian, Odia, Malayalam…