Leila Samarrai Biography

Leila Samarrai was born on October 19th,1976 in Kragujevac, Serbia. She writes poetry, short stories, and plays, her work largely containing the motives of fantasy and humour. Her debut collection of poetry „The Darkness Will Understand" won the First Prize of the competition organized by the Student cultural centre of Kragujevac in 2002. She has had her work published in numerous local magazines, both in print and electronic form. Some of her notable works include the collection of short stories „The Adventures of Boris K." by Everest Media. Her works were published in Serbian, Spanish, Hungarian and English. She has won numerous awards for her written works, including the third place as a representative of Serbia for the aphorism „Stars and Us" of the „Beleg" competition and three separate awards in the „3-5-7 - A Story in a Moment" story competition, as part of the „Helly Cherry" competition, both in 2011. Her poems have been published in many journals, internationally...She currently lives in Belgrade with her five cats.