Gojko Božović (1972), poet, literary critic, essayist, publisher.
Books of poetry: Underground Cinema (1991), Soul of Beasts (1993), Poems about Things (1996), Archipelago Publishing House (2002), Elements (2006), Nearby Deities (2012), Map (2017), Silent Creature of Noon (selected poems and chronicles, 2019) and As We Sink into Darkness (2021).
Essay collections: Poetry in Time: On Serbian Poetry of the Second Half of the 20th Century (2000), Places We Love: Essays on Serbian Poetry (2009), Literature and Days (2018), Kingdoms Without Borders: Essays on Serbian Poetry of the 20th and 21st Centuries (2019), Toys of Destiny: Essays on Serbian Literature: 19th-21st Century (2020), Biographies and Scars: Kiš, Pekić, Tišma (2022) and Genesis of the Poem (2023).
Anthologies: Anthology of Contemporary Serbian Poetry (2005), Place We Love. An Anthology of Contemporary Serbian Poetry (2006, 2011) and The World Around Us: European Cities in New Serbian Short Stories (2009, 2018).
Poetry awards: "Matić's Scarf," "Brana Cvetković," "Đura Jakšić," "Branko Ćopić," "Europa Giovani International Poetry Prize," "Kočić's Quill," "Kočić's Book," and "Gračanica Charter."
Essay award: "Borislav Pekić."
He received the "Vitez Poziva" award (2019) for his work in culture, literature, and publishing.
Poems and essays by Gojko Božović have been translated into multiple languages.
Selected volumes of Gojko Božović's poems have been published in Macedonia, Bulgaria, Russia, Croatia, Ukraine, and Romania.
He is the founder and editor-in-chief of the Archipelago Publishing House and the Belgrade Festival of European Literature..
He lives in Belgrade.