Dženana Vucic

Dženana Vucic is a Bosnian-Australian writer, poet and essayist. She[lower-alpha 1] is a regular contributor to numerous Australian literary journals including Cordite Poetry Review, Kill Your Darlings and Overland, and has also contributed to the Australian Multilingual Writing Project, Rabbit and Meanjin.[1] At various stages, Vucic has lived in Glasgow, Berlin, Konjic and Melbourne.[1][2]

Dženana Vucic
BornBosnia and Herzegovina
OccupationWriter, poet, essayist
LanguageEnglish, Bosnian
NationalityBosnian, Australian
Alma materUniversity of Glasgow (PhD)
Website
dzenanavucic.com

Early life

Vucic was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina to a Bosnian Muslim (Bosniak) family.[2] As a child, she emigrated to Australia as a refugee during the Bosnian War of 1992–1995, along with her mother and sister.[3] She has written extensively about her experiences with her family around this time, particularly regarding her family switching from speaking Bosnian to speaking English after migrating to Australia.[3]

Education

Vucic was awarded a PhD in English Literature from the University of Glasgow.[1][4]

Prizes, awards and fellowships

Notes
  1. Vucic uses she/her and they/them pronouns. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.

References
  1. "Dženana Vucic". Dženana Vucic. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  2. Vucic, Dženana (14 August 2023). "Migratory Flights". Sydney Review of Books. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  3. Vucic, Dženana (14 September 2022). "Everything I Don't Know How to Say / sve što ne znam kako da kažem". Cordite Poetry Review. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  4. "Dženana Vucic". Red Room Poetry. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  5. "Dženana Vucic". Emerging Writers' Festival. Archived from the original on 24 May 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
  6. "Dženana Vucic". The Wheeler Centre. Archived from the original on 25 January 2024. Retrieved 25 January 2024.
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