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Prvoslav Vujčić (, Serbian Cyrillic: Првослав Вујчић; born 20 July 1960) is a Serbian Canadian writer, poet, translator, columnist and aphorist.〔''Reč naroda'' (issue #1927, pg. 9) (3 February 1987). "Portreti – Prvoslav Vujčić – Reč kao osnov" .〕 Vujčić has been described as one of the most prominent Serbian writers in the Serbian diaspora.〔''Vesti'', May 2007, Prvoslav Vujčić začetnik novog poetskog stila, article by R. Lončar 〕 He is the founder of the Urban Book Circle, based in Canada. ==Life== Vujčić was born on 20 July 1960 in Požarevac to parents Jefrem (1932–1996) and Nadežda (1936).〔 In 1975, Vujčić won the Zmaj Award (awarded annually by the Association of Writers of Serbia for the best book of the year) for his collection of poetry titled ''Pesnik i pesma'' – the award was presented to him by Desanka Maksimović.〔''Večernje novosti'' (31 March 2007). "Rodoljubive pesme, pg. 26" .〕 In 1977, he visited Canada and the United States for the first time where he met one of his literary influences Charles Bukowski. Vujcic then read and presented his poetry with Bukowski on tour for fourteen days in 1977.〔''The Canada Gazette: La Gazette Du Canada'', Volume 123, Issue 1, Part 1 (in English & French). Queen's Printer. 1989.〕 In the late 1970s and early 1980s, he was the leader of the Požarevac section of the Grobari, the supporters group of Partizan Belgrade. In 1983, Vujčić wrote a book of poetry titled ''Razmišljanja jednog leša'' which was banned by the Communist government of Yugoslavia by court order in 1983. In 1984, Vujčić was in the Tuzla Prison for seven days (for his writing and criticizing of Yugoslavia's communist regime) where he wrote his second book of poetry titled ''Kastriranje vetra'' – also banned by the communist regime. In 1987, Vujčić moved to Canada. Upon arrival in Canada, he helped raise funds for the Church of Saint Sava in Belgrade and the Živojin Mišić Monument in Mionica.〔''Migrating Memories: Central Europe in Canada Volume I – Literary Anthology''. CEACS. 2010. pp. 306–308. ISBN 978-86-7746-233-8.〕 In April 1987, ''The Globe and Mail'' published a letter to the editor written by Vujčić which was his first published work in English.〔 On 4 March 1989, Momčilo Đujić called Vujčić a "true Serb" and an "honourable young man."〔 On 28 June 1989, Vujčić helped organize the 600th Anniversary Ceremony commemorating the Battle of Kosovo throughout Canada.〔 The ''Canada Gazette'' wrote about Vujčić and his beginnings in Canada in a 1989 edition.〔 In 1992, he founded the United Serbs FC soccer club for which he and Mike Stojanovic played (as a child, Vujčić played soccer in the youth categories of FK Železničar Požarevac).〔''Srpske novine'' (24 September 1992). "FK Ujedinjeni Srbi, Serbian News #2607, pg. 14" (in Serbian)〕 During this period, Vujčić was a contributor to Serbian magazine ''Pogledi''. In 1999, he was one of the organizers of the Toronto-based demonstrations against the bombing of Serbia and Montenegro. In terms of the Serbian diaspora, the demonstrations lasted all 78 days only in Toronto.〔''U čast pisaca iz rasejanja'' (in Serbian). Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia. 2005. pp. 47–48. ISBN 86-906685-0-0.〕 Vujčić is a member of the Association of Writers of Serbia, the Royal Canadian Legion, the Canadian Association of Journalists, the Serbian Literary Society, the Association of Writers of Republika Srpska and the US-based International Association of Writers.〔''Nikola Korbutovski'', ''Borba'' (9 April 2005). "Pisac je livac: Prvoslav Vujčić, pg. 18" .〕 In 2007, the International Association of Writers named him a Poetry Ambassador of the United States.〔''Večernje novosti'' (31 March 2007). "Rodoljubive pesme, pg. 26" .〕 He is also an honourable member of the Desanka Maksimović Serbian Canadian Association. Vujčić is featured in the book ''Moždana veza sa Srbijom, 100 dragulja srpskog rasejanja'' (''Brain Connection with Serbia, 100 Jewels of the Serbian Diaspora)'' by Radivoje Petrović, PhD. The book features the "one hundred most-known Serbs throughout the world-wide Serbian diaspora."〔''Moždana veza sa Srbijom, 100 dragulja srpskog rasejanja'' (in Serbian). Global Puls Beograd & Serbian Unity Congress, San Francisco. 2005. pp. 286–288.〕 He was also featured on the cover of the Ministry of Diaspora of the Republic of Serbia book called ''U čast pisaca iz rasejanja / In honour of writers in the diaspora'' in which literary critics Miodrag Perišić and Čedomir Mirković said that “Vujčić is one of the most significant living Serbian poets and dissidents.” 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Prvoslav Vujčić」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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