To set the stage, the term “Balkan” references the geographical area that stretches from Slovenia to Greece in southeast Europe. It was formerly known as Yugoslavia, the country which was composed of present day Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, and Kosovo (still disputed). The passing of Josip Broz Tito, the former President of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, marked the … Continue reading Balkan Literature: Where brilliant writers flourished despite the dissolution of a nation