Isidora Bjelica

Isidora Bjelica
Born	(1967-12-10) 10 December 1967 Sarajevo, Yugoslavia
Occupation	Novelist, Playwright
Language	Serbian
Alma mater	Belgrade University
Period	1986–present
Genre	drama, romance
Spouse	Nebojša Pajkić
Website
www.isidorabjelica.com

Isidora Bjelica (Serbian Cyrillic: Исидора Бјелица) (born 10 December 1967) is a Serbian prose writer, playwright and public figure.

Based in Belgrade for most of her career, Bjelica has produced over 55 books - novels, short story collections, plays, travel books and screenplays. Her work usually explores taboo themes.
She also works as a columnist for several magazines and newspapers.

Her books have been translated into English, French, Spanish, Croatian, Macedonian and Slovene.

Personal life

Bjelica is a daughter of the famous chess author and journalist Dimitrije Bjelica.

She is married to professor Nebojša Pajkić, who co-authored one of her books.

They live in Belgrade and have a son and a daughter.

Bibliography

Essays

• Mali vodič za ljubavnu sreću (The small guide for love happiness)
• Kako preživeti porođaj u Srbiji (How to survive a childbirth in Serbia)
• Biblija za kupoholičarke (The shopaholics Bible)

Novels

• Ozloglašena (Notorious)
• Protokoli Politart mudraca (Politart sages’ Protocols), co-authored with Nebojša Pajkić
• 101 muškarac u četiri godišnja doba (101 men in four seasons)
• Poslednji hrišćanin (Last Christian)
• Ljubav u Tunisu (Love in Tunisia)
• Ljubav u Kairu (Love in Cairo)
• Ljubav u Emiratima (Love in the Emirates)
• Ljubav u Bejrutu (Love in Beirut)
• Ljubav u Maroku (Love in Morocco)
• Dama iz Santorinija (Lady from Santorini)
• Dama iz Monaka (Lady from Monaco)
• Novac, strasti, laži (Money, passions, lies)
• Nepristojna pisma muškarcima (Indecent letters to men)
• Moj život, moj skandal (My life, my scandal)
• Tajna knjiga (Secret book)
• Put oko sveta za 25 dana (Round the world in 25 days)
• Apostoli urbanog Beograda (Apostles of urban Belgrade)
• Moj deda Luj Viton (My grandfather Louis Vuitton)
• Srpkinja (Serbian lady)
• Kad kume kuvaju (When godmothers cook), co-authored with Vesna Radusinović.
• Santa Maria (Santa Maria)
• Magija šešira (Magic of the hats)
• Roman o preljubi (Novel of infidelity)
• Tajna Titovog kreveta (Tito’s bed secret)
• Kazablanka (Casablanca)
• Avato ili Žena poslednjeg despota (Avato or Last despot’s wife)

Non-fiction

• Tajni život slavnih Srpkinja (Secret life of famous Serbian women), 1997
• Princeze di Montenegro (Princess’ of Montenegro), 1998
• Kraljice Serbske (Serbian Queens), 2001
• Tajni život P.P. Njegoša (Secret life of P.P. Njegoš)
• Tajna društva u Srbiji (Secret societies in Serbia), co-authored with Nebojša Pajkić
• Najveće misterije srbske istorije (The biggest mysteries of Serbian history)

Short stories

• Prvi probudjeni (First awakened), 1986
• Gospodar srećnih predmeta (Lord of happy subjects), 1989
• Ženske priče (Women's stories), 2001
• Živeti i umreti na Karibima (Living and dying in the Caribbean), 2001

External links

• Official homepage
• Isidora Bjelica on Twitter
• Isidora Bjelica's Facebook fan page
• Isidora Bjelica at IMDb
• An interview with Isidora Bjelica
• Isidora Bjelica's picture