As a child she went to Cairo, Egypt with her parents where she attended the primary Port Said School in English. In Cairo she took piano lessons with Croatian pianist Melita Lorkovic. In 1966 her parents transferred to Milan, Italy where she attended the international School of Milan (British School). In 1971 she enrolled at University of Milan and studied Law School for two years which she abandoned to study Art and Cinema.
In 1976 she graduated Lettere Moderne at the University of Milan with a thesis on Andrei Tarkovsky with Prof. Adelio Ferrero. In 1977, she collaborated with Umberto Silva on the movie Difficile morire.
She did conceptual video performances at the student cultural center of Belgrade SKC ("Love is only a Matter of Words," "An Unedited Being," etc.) and shot short films together with Radoslav Vladić.
In 1994, together with Slavica Stojanović, she founded the feminist publishing house "Feminist 94."
Her first book of essays "The Invisible Book" became a manifesto for alternative Serbian feminist/pacifist culture. Since then she published several other fiction and essays books translated in several languages.
She is the author of Diary of a Political Idiot, a war diary written during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and widely distributed on the Internet.
Me and My Multicultural Street (Feminist Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia, 2001)
Diary of a Political Idiot (Cleis Press, San Francisco, California, 2000) — published in 12 languages
The Suitcase: Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia (University of California Press, Berkeley, San Francisco, California, 1997)
Fiction
La mia vita senza di me, Infinito edizioni, Italy 2014
Moj život bez mene, Rende, Belgrade, 2013
Nefertiti (Stampa Alternativa, Italy 2009)
The Necromancers/Nekromanti (play, 2007)
Nefertiti Was Here/Nefertiti je bila ovde (Belgrade Women's Studies, Centar za Zenske Studije, Beograd 2007)
They just do it (play, Feminist Notebooks, Belgrade, Serbia 1998)
The Mermaids (Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1997) — Borislav Pekić Award recipient
A Women’s Book (Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1996)
In Exile (Publisher 94, Belgrade, Serbia 1994)
The Invisible Book (KOV, Vrsac, Yugoslavia 1992)
Essays and short stories
Mothering in War ("Mothers of Adult children", edited by Marguerite Bouvard, Lexington Books, 2013)
"All Patients are Refugees" (Stories of Illness and Healing: Women Write their Bodies, edited by Sayantani Das Gupta and Marsha Hurst, The Kent State University Press, 2007)
"Baghdad/Belgrade Correspondence" (Writing the World: On Globalization, editors Wandee Pryor and Rothenberg, MIT Press, Boston Massachusetts 2005)
"Letter to My Imaginary American Friend" (Stop the Next War, editors Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans, Inner Ocean, San Francisco, California 2005)
"We Are All Women In Black" (Women on War, edited by Daniela Gioseffi, Feminist Press, New York, New York, 2003)
The Diary of a Political Idiot (Granta 67, Autumn, London, UK 1999)
"Lies and Secrets" (Index on Censorship, London, UK 1999)
Many short essays published on the blog Boing Boing, including "The Long Goodbye", concerning the funeral of Slobodan Milosevic[2]
"Ja i moja multikulturalna ulica" (Feminist 94, Belgrade, 2001; translated into English as "Me and my multicultural street" in Bojana Kovačević’s Master's thesis, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Facultat de Traducció i d'Interpretació, Bellaterra, Barcelona, 2008)
Other writings for newspapers and TV including Serbian weekly NIN; Serbian daily Nasa Borba; The Washington Post; The Philadelphia Inquirer; L'Espresso; Panorama; ABC TV; El País; Al Jazeera; Flair; Grazia. She has a column in La Stampa, Italy, "I Globalisti" (together with her husband Bruce Sterling) and Yellow Cab, Belgrade, Boing Boing.
Filmography
Difficile Morire, artistic collaboration on Umberto Silva's film, (Rome 1977)
Mother and Sinner, with Rade Vladic (Belgrade 1978)
Morning Midday Evening, with Rade Vladic, film based on a short story by David Albahari (Belgrade 1978)
Nefertiti Was Here (Belgrade 1978)
Nefertiti Was Here in Belgrade (Belgrade 2003)
Jasmina's Diary, with Dinko Tucakovic (Belgrade 1999)
Stencil Art in Serbia (Belgrade 2007)
A Minute to Twelve (Belgrade 2007)
Invisible Cities (Belgrade 2008)
Rafts (Belgrade 2008)
Participation (Belgrade 2008)
Blogs (Belgrade 2008)
Recycling Romany (Belgrade 2008)
Footnotes
^"Help save Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic from US immigration hell!". Wired.com. 2009-04-04. Retrieved 2013-10-20.
^. 21 March 2006. Archived from the original on 21 March 2006.
References
External links
Jasmina Tesanovic weblog on b92
Women in Black (international) website
Code Pink
Nefertiti Was Here
Jasmina Tesanovic personal weblog.
Jasmina Tesanovic TEDx Design of Crime, Art Center Pasadena on YouTube
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jasmina Tešanović.
Jasmina Tesanovic Vimeo
Jasmina Tesanovic Soundcloud Audio
January 28, 2023
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Jasmina Tesanovic Serbian Cyrillic Јasmina Teshanoviћ born March 7 1954 is an author feminist political activist Women in Black Code Pink translator and filmmaker Jasmina Tesanovic Contents 1 Life and work 2 Personal 3 Bibliography 3 1 Non fiction 3 2 Fiction 3 3 Essays and short stories 4 Filmography 5 Footnotes 6 References 7 External linksLife and work EditThis section of a biography of a living person does not include any references or sources Please help by adding reliable sources Contentious material about living people that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately Find sources Jasmina Tesanovic news newspapers books scholar JSTOR July 2015 Learn how and when to remove this template message Born in Belgrade Yugoslavia As a child she went to Cairo Egypt with her parents where she attended the primary Port Said School in English In Cairo she took piano lessons with Croatian pianist Melita Lorkovic In 1966 her parents transferred to Milan Italy where she attended the international School of Milan British School In 1971 she enrolled at University of Milan and studied Law School for two years which she abandoned to study Art and Cinema In 1975 she went to live in Rome after assisting Miklos Jancso s movie Private Vices Public Pleasures shot in Ormoz Slovenia She lived with actress Laura Betti where she met and befriended director Pier Paolo Pasolini In 1976 she graduated Lettere Moderne at the University of Milan with a thesis on Andrei Tarkovsky with Prof Adelio Ferrero In 1977 she collaborated with Umberto Silva on the movie Difficile morire She did conceptual video performances at the student cultural center of Belgrade SKC Love is only a Matter of Words An Unedited Being etc and shot short films together with Radoslav Vladic She translated Italian authors such as Italo Calvino Elsa Morante Alberto Moravia Sandro Veronesi Andrea de Carlo and Aldo Busi and published an anthology of contemporary Italian literature within Yugoslavia In 1994 together with Slavica Stojanovic she founded the feminist publishing house Feminist 94 Her first book of essays The Invisible Book became a manifesto for alternative Serbian feminist pacifist culture Since then she published several other fiction and essays books translated in several languages She is the author of Diary of a Political Idiot a war diary written during the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia and widely distributed on the Internet In 2004 the Hiroshima Prize for Peace and Culture was awarded to Borka Pavicevic founder of the Centre for Cultural Decontamination in Belgrade with additional prizes to Biljana Srbljanovic and Jasmina Tesanovic Serbian authors and peace activists She is the member of the Norwegian PEN center Personal EditShe has a daughter In 2005 she married American science fiction writer Bruce Sterling 1 Bibliography EditNon fiction Edit Mai piu senza Torino with Bruce Sterling Espress Edizioni Torino 2012 The Scorpions Genocide in Srebrenica blog Jasmina Tesanovic Virtual Vita Nuova 2012 Dizajn Zlocina Sudjenje skorpionima VBZ Sarajevo Zagreb Beograd 2009 Processo agli Scorpioni Edizioni XII 2008 Stampa Alternativa 2009 Italy Matrimonium Beograd Feministicka 94 2004 ISBN 9788682449157 Me and My Multicultural Street Feminist Publisher 94 Belgrade Serbia 2001 Diary of a Political Idiot Cleis Press San Francisco California 2000 published in 12 languages The Suitcase Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia University of California Press Berkeley San Francisco California 1997 Fiction Edit La mia vita senza di me Infinito edizioni Italy 2014 Moj zivot bez mene Rende Belgrade 2013 Nefertiti Stampa Alternativa Italy 2009 The Necromancers Nekromanti play 2007 Nefertiti Was Here Nefertiti je bila ovde Belgrade Women s Studies Centar za Zenske Studije Beograd 2007 They just do it play Feminist Notebooks Belgrade Serbia 1998 The Mermaids Publisher 94 Belgrade Serbia 1997 Borislav Pekic Award recipient A Women s Book Publisher 94 Belgrade Serbia 1996 In Exile Publisher 94 Belgrade Serbia 1994 The Invisible Book KOV Vrsac Yugoslavia 1992 Essays and short stories Edit Mothering in War Mothers of Adult children edited by Marguerite Bouvard Lexington Books 2013 All Patients are Refugees Stories of Illness and Healing Women Write their Bodies edited by Sayantani Das Gupta and Marsha Hurst The Kent State University Press 2007 Baghdad Belgrade Correspondence Writing the World On Globalization editors Wandee Pryor and Rothenberg MIT Press Boston Massachusetts 2005 Letter to My Imaginary American Friend Stop the Next War editors Medea Benjamin and Jodie Evans Inner Ocean San Francisco California 2005 We Are All Women In Black Women on War edited by Daniela Gioseffi Feminist Press New York New York 2003 Mermaids Ljubica short stories Casablanca Serbia editor Nicole Janigro Feltrinelli Milan Italy 2003 The Diary of a Political Idiot Granta 67 Autumn London UK 1999 Lies and Secrets Index on Censorship London UK 1999 Many short essays published on the blog Boing Boing including The Long Goodbye concerning the funeral of Slobodan Milosevic 2 Ja i moja multikulturalna ulica Feminist 94 Belgrade 2001 translated into English as Me and my multicultural street in Bojana Kovacevic s Master s thesis Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Facultat de Traduccio i d Interpretacio Bellaterra Barcelona 2008 Other writings for newspapers and TV including Serbian weekly NIN Serbian daily Nasa Borba The Washington Post The Philadelphia Inquirer L Espresso Panorama ABC TV El Pais Al Jazeera Flair Grazia She has a column in La Stampa Italy I Globalisti together with her husband Bruce Sterling and Yellow Cab Belgrade Boing Boing Filmography EditDifficile Morire artistic collaboration on Umberto Silva s film Rome 1977 Mother and Sinner with Rade Vladic Belgrade 1978 Morning Midday Evening with Rade Vladic film based on a short story by David Albahari Belgrade 1978 Nefertiti Was Here Belgrade 1978 Nefertiti Was Here in Belgrade Belgrade 2003 Jasmina s Diary with Dinko Tucakovic Belgrade 1999 Stencil Art in Serbia Belgrade 2007 A Minute to Twelve Belgrade 2007 Invisible Cities Belgrade 2008 Rafts Belgrade 2008 Participation Belgrade 2008 Blogs Belgrade 2008 Recycling Romany Belgrade 2008 Footnotes Edit Help save Bruce Sterling and Jasmina Tesanovic from US immigration hell Wired com 2009 04 04 Retrieved 2013 10 20 Boing Boing Jasmina Tesanovic The Long Goodbye 21 March 2006 Archived from the original on 21 March 2006 References EditSource for this articleExternal links EditJasmina Tesanovic weblog on b92 Women in Black international website Code Pink Nefertiti Was Here Serbian elections according to Jasmina Tesanovic interview Jasmina Tesanovic personal weblog Jasmina Tesanovic TEDx Design of Crime Art Center Pasadena on YouTube Wikimedia Commons has media related to Jasmina Tesanovic Jasmina Tesanovic Vimeo Jasmina Tesanovic Soundcloud Audio Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Jasmina Tesanovic amp oldid 1090558034, 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