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Jelena Dinic Jelena Dinic i(A139415 works by)
Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1993
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1 y separately published work icon A Tribute to Charles Simic (1938–2023) Jelena Dinic , Southbank : Australian Book Review, Inc. , 2023 27232713 2023 single work podcast

'In this week’s ABR Podcast, Jelena Dinić pays tribute to Charles Simic, the Yugoslavian-born American poet, essayist, and translator, who died earlier this year. After her own poetry received an award in 2020, Jelena Dinić initiated a correspondence with Simic in Serbian, two writers ‘born in a country that doesn’t exist anymore’. Jelena Dinić’s writing in Serbian and English has been published in several literary journals and anthologies. Listen to ‘”Come closer and listen”: A tribute to Charles Simic (1938–2023)’, published in the November issue of ABR.' (Publication summary)
1 George i "The world dazzles at the edge of a street.", Jelena Dinic , 2023 single work poetry
— Appears in: Social Alternatives , vol. 41 no. 4 2023; (p. 38)
1 The Wall i "I walk the sea-wall.", Jelena Dinic , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Saltbush Review , no. 2 2022;
1 Close Contacts i "My husband has returned. A traveller whose flight was cancelled has found his", Jelena Dinic , 2022 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , March no. 440 2022; (p. 36)
1 3 y separately published work icon In the Room with the She Wolf Jelena Dinic , Mile End : Wakefield Press , 2021 23056542 2021 selected work poetry

'Jelena Dinic came to Australia during the collapse of the war-torn former Yugoslavia and her poems are created from fractured landscapes. Winner of the 2019 Adelaide Festival Unpublished Manuscript Award, this collection beautifully charts the territory where cultures, languages and family life intersect. Dinic publishes in both Serbian and English.'

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1 Forget France i "We are here now. At our party", Jelena Dinic , 2018 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Anthology 2018; (p. 41)
1 J Like Y Jelena Dinic , 2018 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Westerly , September no. 6 2018; (p. 45-49)
1 Back i "I walk through my hometown", Jelena Dinic , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: States of Poetry - South Australia 2016;
1 Handbag i "Always ready to leave", Jelena Dinic , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: States of Poetry - South Australia 2016;
1 Alterations to the Little Black Dress Jelena Dinic , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: States of Poetry - South Australia 2016;
1 The Silence of Siskins i "He circles my arrival", Jelena Dinic , 2016 single work poetry
— Appears in: The Best Australian Poems 2016 2016; (p. 54) Australian Book Review , March no. 379 2016; (p. 50) States of Poetry - South Australia 2016;
1 These Waters Are Not for Swans Jelena Dinic , 2016 single work short story
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 37 2016; (p. 134-137)
1 Hotel Room Nightmare i "We fly high to find the lost.", Jelena Dinic , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Journal , vol. 5 no. 2 2015; (p. 121)
1 y separately published work icon Buttons on My Dress : And Other Poems Jelena Dinic , Magill : Garron Publishing , 2015 9166098 2015 selected work poetry

This chapbook of short-lined poems contain folkloric eastern-European symbolism, but these poems underpin stories of crisis, war, religiion and family from Jelena Dinic's Serbian heritage. (Source: Publisher's website)
1 Cemetery War Jelena Dinic , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: War Music : and Other Poems 2015; (p. 23)
1 Hide and Seek Jelena Dinic , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: War Music : and Other Poems 2015; (p. 9)
1 Crossing Borders i "your three sons", Jelena Dinic , 2015 single work poetry
— Appears in: Transnational Literature , May vol. 7 no. 2 2015;
1 Visiting Hours i "her door slides open", Jelena Dinic , 2014 single work poetry
— Appears in: Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Eight : The Infinite Dirt 2014; (p. 11)
1 y separately published work icon Friendly Street Poetry Reader : Thirty-Eight : The Infinite Dirt Friendly Street Poets 38 Jelena Dinic (editor), Gareth Roi Jones (editor), Thom Sullivan (editor), Norwood : Friendly Street Poets , 2014 8122977 2014 anthology poetry

'The Infinite Dirt presents the most outstanding poems from Friendly Street Poets’ 38th year. The anthology digs deep into the preoccupations of South Australia’s poets, from the ground surface right down to what T.S. Eliot called “the deeper, unnamed feelings which form the substratum of our being”'. (Publisher's summary)
1 Portrait of Olympia the Prostitute i "She lies on the mattress, unattainable", Jelena Dinic , 2013 single work poetry
— Appears in: Patterns of Living 2013; (p. 34)
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