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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Mile Ristović (Sponce, Medveđa, near Leskovac, 1953) is a poet and mathematician who lives and works in the United States (West Virginia).

His poetry has been published in numerous newspapers, literary journals, and poetry anthologies across the former Yugoslavia, Serbia, and the United States, including: Poets of Gračanica, The Curse – An Anthology of Anti-War Poetry(Association of Writers of Serbia), Vukovi Lastari ’86, Glubočica ’88, Književna Radionica Kordun(LiteraryWorkshopKordun.com), ForPoetry.com, Windows of the World, In a Different Light, Awaken to a Dream, The Sound of Poetry – The Best Poetry of the 1990s, among others.

He is the recipient of the First Prize for Poetry at the 13th Poetry Festival Vukovi Lastari in Tršić (1986), awarded in competition with 315 poets from the former Yugoslavia.

To date, he has published the poetry collections A Necklace from the Rainbow, Iris, and Places of Origin. Currently available through electronic publishers are his collection of socially engaged poetry The Supreme Hustler and a children’s stage play The Bird Kingdom (English edition).

In preparation are the poetry collection Landscapes of Sponce and two plays: Bewildered Education and The Final Time.

Mile Ristović is a member of the Serbian PEN Center, the Association of Writers of Serbia (UKS), and the “Desanka Maksimović” Literary Association in Toronto