Biljana Jovanovi?

Biljana Jovanovi? (1953-1996) was a Serbian intellectual who wrote in almost all major genres; she published poetry, three novels, four plays, and a number of nonfiction pieces, mostly connected to her time in the anti-Miloševi? opposition of the 1990s. After studying philosophy at the University of Belgrade, Jovanovi? was an early and active member of a number of important human rights groups in Yugoslavia, beginning in 1982. Jovanovi? died in Ljubljana at the frighteningly young age of 43. Widely known among intellectuals and activists for her feminist and anti-war work, she was also a talented and courageous writer of fiction and drama.