Zoran Živković is a Serbian writer, university professor, essayist, researcher, publisher and translator. Žiković's works have been translated to 20 languages and he was awarded World Fantasy Award.

The Isidora Sekulić Award is a Serbian, and former Yugoslav, literary prize established by the Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of the writer and Belgrade native Isidora Sekulić. The award honors writers for the best work of modern Serbian literature of the previous year. In its first decade, several authors were awarded annually. Since 1979, only one author has received the award each year. A total of 71 authors have received the award since its inception.