Vesna Goldsworthy

Vesna Goldsworthy (née Bjelogrlić) is a Serbian writer and poet who lives in England. Her books include Chernobyl Strawberries, Inventing Ruritania, The Angel of Salonika (2011), a collection of her poems.^[1] Her novel Gorsky was published in 2015. In 2010, she presented a BBC radio 4 programme on finding one's voice in a foreign land. She won the Crashaw Prize in 2011 and is from Belgrade. She is a Professor of English Literature and Creative Writing at Kingston University. Previously she worked for the BBC Serbian Service as a journalist.

References

• http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2005/apr/09/biography.highereducation
• http://blog.saltpublishing.com/2011/02/08/crashawprize-the-shortlist-in-profile-vesna-goldsworthy/