Skopje, 21 April 2026 (MIA) — Croatian writer Boris Postnikov will speak at a literary event Tuesday at the Jadro Cultural Center in Skopje, after recently giving a lecture at Ss. Cyril and Methodius University to mark the 80th anniversary of the Faculty of Philology and the 45th anniversary of its General and Comparative Literature Department.

In his talk, he discussed "the literary republic of Yugoslavia," describing how writers across the former Yugoslavian countries still share a connected literary scene today, similar to Pascale Casanova's "the world republic of letters" concept used by modern scholars.

Postnikov is in Skopje for a monthlong residency hosted by Goten Publishing with the support of the Traduki network. During his stay, he will attend the Skopje Book Fair and meet with local publishers, writers and readers.

Boris Postnikov (b. 1979, Split) is an essayist, literary critic and the author of "Post-Yugoslav Literature?" (2012) and "And Now a Word from Our Sponsors" (2013).

He was editor-in-chief of the Croatian cultural biweekly Zarez and the public radio broadcast "The Glossary of Post-Yugoslav Literature." He has also worked as an advertising copywriter and a media policy specialist for the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

Since 2016, he has written a column on cultural matters, titled "The Enemy Propaganda," for the Croatian weekly Novosti. He also serves on the editorial board of Kritika-HDP, a literary review site run by the Croatian Writers Association.

His most recent book, "The Literary Republic of Yugoslavia" (2025), is based on his doctoral research at the University of Zagreb. He resides in Zagreb, having previously lived in Sarajevo, Split, Novi Sad and Drvenik near Makarska. mr/