Biography
Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic was born in the city of Krusevac, Serbia, where she graduated Elementary and High School (Gymnasium). She has a School of Economics degree at Belgrade University. Later, she worked as bank clerk, foreign tourism officer, journalist and editor-in-chef of Duga Magazine. Simultaneously, she had written and published four novels. As of 1996 she became dedicated to the literature work only. In 2003, she established the publishing company Globosino Aleksandrija. In 2009 her son expanded it's activity and type to film production Aleksandrija Film.
She is the author of sixteen novels: Public Bird (1988), Ana Maria did not love me (1991), Iva (1994), Feminine genealogy (1996), The peacock's feather (1999), Petkana (2001), The game of the Angels (2003), Joy of all who sorrow (2005), Observation of the Soul (2007), Water from the stone (2009), Glance in the eye of the Star (2012), Our father (2014), Mount of Transfiguration (2015), And then the Fairy came (2016), Salt to the Earth (2018) and That's love, blind force (2020). She wrote 7 books for children and one poetry book. Ever since the novel Feminine genealogy was published in May 1996 Ljiljana has been the most popular and best selling writer in Serbian language. Her novels are sold in over million copies.
She is the only writer whose books were the most wanted in Serbian libraries for five years, since such a List has been made for the first time in1973. Upon suggestion of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Pavle, the Holy Bishop's Synod of the Serbian Orthodox Church decorated her by the Order of St. Sava for her entire literary opus, at Christmas 2007, and upon suggestion of His Holiness Serbian Patriarch Irinej, in 2016 she was decorated by the Order of St. Despot Stefan Lazarevic for her spiritual themed literary work. She got the most prestigious social acknowledgment in Serbia, the Vuk's Award for 2009, for the sake of "exceptional contribution to the development of the culture in Republic of Serbia and entire Serbian cultural ambiance" as well as award of Golden Link for 2008 for "permanent contribution to the Belgrade's culture" given by the Society for Culture & Education of Belgrade. She has received high recognition of the Russian Orthodox Church and the Forum of "Orthodox Russia" for the novel "Game of the Angels" as the best foreign author novel published in Russia in 2010. Also she was awarded with Medal of Santa Croce Basilica in Florence. She was awarded with her hometown's highest decoration "Vidovdan award". Beside these, she was awarded by twenty other literary prizes and acknowledgments.
46 titles of Ljiljana Habjanovic Djurovic had been published abroad in 17 languages (Czech, Italian, Greek, Croatian, Macedonian, French, Hungarian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian, Russian, Romanian, German, English, Dutch, Belorussian, Albanian, Georgian) and her opus was presented in several distinguished literary magazines and was topic of one academic Phd dissertation by professor from University of Nis. Dozen students of Slavic studies have some of her acts as the theme for graduate or postgraduate works. In 2001 the International Biography Center in Cambridge put her into edition of "Who is who among the writer in the world" and in 2005 and 2007 she was proclaimed as one of the most influential writer in the world - on regional level.
She was producer and co-writer of the script for the film "A Cross in the desert" based on her novel "Petkana" (2001). She was produced 2 documentary-fiction TV films and 1 feature documentary.
She is married to Milovan Djurovic and they have a son Hadzi-Aleksandar Djurovic.
