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Poetry of Cities of LiteratureSilvana Marijanovic

Heidelberg — Literaturstadt Heidelberg — continues to speak to us in the language of poetry. Today, that voice belongs to Silvana Marijanović.

Silvana Marijanović was born in Mostar and currently lives and works in Heidelberg.
In 2019, she published her first poetry collection, Heidelberg, with the Belgrade-based publishing house Mali Vrt. Her second collection, Vrelo, was released in 2024 by Povelja in Kraljevo, Serbia. That same year, the German translation of her debut work, Heidelberg, was published by Eta Verlag in Berlin.

Her poems have appeared in literary journals and on numerous poetry platforms. Silvana Marijanović’s work has been translated into Slovenian, German, Albanian, and English. In 2021, in Heidelberg, she was shortlisted for the Heidelberg Authors’ Prize.

We invite you to listen to Silvana:


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When they come, then at two o;clock in the morning,They close the windows, turn the heating off, unload the heavy stones into thedarkness down.You do not get up, but jump out of the bed,you open the windows, turn heating and lamp on.They, skilled hypnotists, convince you in an instant –– the universemight be tight.like a wool sweater after a wash cycle at 40 degrees.Your heart, a small bird,beats with the head against the wall.The idle gentlefolkSit themselves after well accomplished workOn your bed and ask if they might smoke a cigarette.„Yes, please indeed“, you say and wait only for the sparkof the matchstick,so that, if only for a moment, you might see their facesin the dark.


The project was created by the Odesa UNESCO City of Literature and being implemented with funds raised by Reykjavik City of Literature Reykjavík Bókmenntaborg UNESCO as part of the readings initiated by Milano City of Literature Milano City of Literature “Not Just Words” (Reading for Odesa) on February 24, 2024.

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