Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
The cries will scare the birds,
and they will be heard
across the entire planet,
in the sky and on the earth.
The cries of a woman,
the cries of women
to save the future for children,
for nature, for animals, for survival.
The cries will scare the birds,
of which there are fewer
and fewer in the world,
as there are with animals,
fish, and insects.
The world is falling apart.
The women of the earth will defend
the downfall of the planet.
Because there is no one else.
Everyone else has failed.
Biography of Tanja Ajtic, Serbia/Canada
Tanja Ajtic was born in Belgrade, Serbia. She lived and studied in Belgrade, Serbia.
Graduated from two schools: Law Bureau Technical School, Belgrade, and Program Organizer and Cultural Arts School in Belgrade. She studied at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade, Department of Serbo-Croatian Language and Literature.
Until 2002, she worked at the Federal Court of Yugoslavia as secretary for Civil Law. Since 2002, she lives and creates in Canada, Vancouver. Moved to Belgrade, Serbia in summer 2023. She is a member of many groups and associations, as well as the Society of Belgrade Writers. Her poems and stories have been published more than two hundred collections (books), anthologies, electronic books and magazines. Her poems have been published in English, Serbian, Chinese, Croatian, Iraqi, Bengali, Indian, Bulgarian, Tunisian, Arabic, Ukrainian, Russian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian and French.
She is a participant in many recitals in the world where she promotes her poetry.
In the spring of 2018, at the “Pegasus” competition of the Literary Youth of Serbia, Belgrade, she won the award for printing the first book of poetry “Outlines of Love”. Her book was exhibited at the Book Fair in 2018 in Belgrade, as well as at the Book Salon in Toronto in 2019. She is represented in the Anthology among the 30 best writers for 2020 by the Association of Writers of Australia. She won first place, the award of authors from abroad in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla Canton
(2020) and the second prize in Great Britain from the Serbian Library in London (2020). Participated in book fairs with her book “Outlines of Love” and with other authors in collections and anthologies with other authors.
– She won first prize the I International Award of Excellence “Cita Del Glateo” Antonio De Ferrariis, IX edition 2022-Rome, a prestigious award in the group of poets for the English language (IX edition of the award for foreign poetry in English) in 2022.
– She won III World Prize for Excellence “Cesar Vallejo” 2021 in the category of artistic excellence Lima, Peru, by the World Spanish Union of Writers and International Award of Excellence; from the World Spanish Union of Writers, UHE Mexico.
– Winners of Foundation Naji Naaman literary prize from 2023; (21st Edition), from the Republic of Lebanon, Honor Prize (for complete work) for Literary prizes 2023. Poetry for the competition was submitted in three languages: English, French and Arabic and I become an honorary member of Maison Naaman pour la Culture MNAC.
– Winning the 2023 “Zheng Nian Cup” Literary Award – Third Prize, organized by the Beijing Mindfulness Literature Museum, in Chine.
She is the winner of many awards, diplomas and certificate u country and abroad.
She is currently writing poetry, short stories, haiku, gogyoshi poetry as well as graphics artist as a freelance artist. Hers art graphic were published in books and magazines.
In the summer of 2024, the famous poet Sourav Sarkar from India (Post graduate from St. Joseph`s collage Darjeelin in English Literature. He is a teacher by profession. Fore mostly hi is a poet), and I, Tanja Ajtic – the book of our two poets – Poems – was published by Common Literatures Period, on Amazon as a printed book.
Awarded as 50 Memorable women for Northamerican, Volume 2, Author: Jeanette E. Tiburcio Marquez, from Mexico, declared Announces the world figure. Stories that inspire, examples of life and dedication of 50 memorable North American women 2024, Women in contemporary history.
She is the winner of many awards, diplomas and certificate. She is currently writing poetry, short stories, haiku, Gogyoshi poetry as well as graphics artist as a freelance artist.
Her graphic art has been published in many books and magazines, and she was the illustrator of the entire book “Living for Love” by the famous publisher “Zlatno pero” from Knjaževac, Serbia, Sanja D. Radovanović. She has had joint exhibitions with artists in Vancouver, Canada and Serbia, as well as international exhibitions. Many of her graphic art has been published as illustrations in world books and international magazines and journals. She has also had several exhibitions on the internet.
In December 2022, she had two exhibitions in downtown Vancouver: at the “Outsiders and Others” gallery. The second exhibition is the PEBCelebrates Live 2022 Art show, a live performance at “Roundhouse Mews”, Vancouver. She has been interviewed about her art on radio shows and magazines in Canada, Greece and Serbia. In September 2024, her graphic art was exhibited with other authors at the XXII International Exhibition “Women Painters” in Majdanpek, Serbia. She loves to learn new art techniques and improve her skills.
