BIOGRAPHY
Olivera Sestakov was born in Serbia, in Pancevo on September 19, 1963.
Graduated at the Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Belgrade, at the hydrotechnical section. Lives in Belgrade and works as a civil engineer.
She has published, so far, five collections of poems: “IN MY GLANCE”, 2014, “MY SOUL OF RHYME”, 2015, ” ON THE TRAIL OF LIGHT”, 2016, “I’M FLOWING AS A RIVER”, 2017, and ” UP TO UNTOLD, ” in 2019. The books feature poetry of wide diapason, from the love and thought songs, which prevail, to descriptive, patriotic and spiritual songs.
Member of the Association of Writers in the Fatherland and the Diaspora, the Literary Union of Yugoslavia, the Society of Writers of Belgrade and the Creative Workshop Balkan from Belgrade.
Her poems have been published in over 90 international and domestic poetry collections, anthologies and lexicons of contemporary poets, many of whom have been praised and awarded at literary competitions. They are translated into: Russian, English, Arabic, German and Italian.
Collection of poems I’M FLOWING AS A RIVER was proclaimed for The book of the year 2017 in the selection of the Literary Union of Yugoslavia.
THREE ROSES
Give me three roses
White, with the smell of innocence
and early youth,
which, in the unblown bud
carries a seized longing.
Yellow, warm as Sun’s air
in the zenith
and Sunflowers in the field
with the smell of mimosa
from the coast of the Mediterranean sea.
Give me a red rose
to inhale craving and passion
from her silk petals
with my thirsty lungs.
The flowers will smell
emerged from the center
of my chest,
rocked with heartbeats,
inebriated with tears
like a dew.
All three roses
will let go the root in me,
wrapped around a veins
like a creeping plants,
mixed fragrances
drown in my hair,
pain under the heart heals,
they return me to essence,
like the blessing of prayer.
Olivera Sestakov
SERBIA, Belgrade
TRI RUŽE
Pokloni mi tri ruže.
Belu, sa mirisom nevinosti
i mladosti rane,
što u nerascvetalom pupolјku
nosi čežnju zatočenu.
Žutu, toplu kao zrak
Sunca u zenitu
i suncokreti u polјu,
sa mirisom mimoza
sa obala Mediterana.
Crvenu ružu mi pokloni,
da udahnem žudnju i strast
sa njenih svilenih latica
plućima žednim.
Zamirisaće cvetovi
iznikli iz središta
mojih grudi,
ulјulјkani damarima
srca,
opijeni suzama
kao rosom.
Sve tri ruže
pustiće koren u meni,
obmotane oko vena
kao puzavice,
pomešanih mirisa,
utonulih u moju kosu,
bol ispod srca vidaju,
vraćaju me Suštini,
kao blagoslov molitve.
Olivera Šestakov
Srbija, Beograd
BIOGRAFIJA
Olivera Šestakov je rođena u Srbiji, u Pančevu 19.septembra 1963. godine.
Diplomirala je na Građevinskom fakultetu Univerziteta u Beogradu, na hidrotehničkom odseku. Živi u Beogradu i radi kao građevinski inženjer.
Objavila je do sada pet zbirki pesama: „U MOM POGLEDU“, 2014. godine, „MOJE DUŠE RIME“, 2015. godine, „NA TRAGU SVETLOSTI“, 2016. godine, „TEČEM KAO REKA“, 2017. godine i „DO NEKAZANOG“, 2019. godine. U knjigama je zastuplјena poezija širokog dijapazona, od lјubavnih i misaonih pesama, koje preovlađuju, do deskriptivnih, rodolјubivih i duhovnih pesama.
Član je Saveza književnika u otadžbini i rasejanju, Književne zajednice Jugoslavije, Društva književnika Beograda i Kreativne radionice Balkan iz Beograda.
Pesme su joj objavlјene u preko 90 međunarodnih i domaćih zbornika poezije, antologija i leksikona savremenih pesnika, od kojih su mnoge pohvalјene i nagrađivane na književnim konkursima. Prevođene su na: ruski, engleski, nemački, italijanski i arapski jezik.
Zbirka pesama TEČEM KAO REKA proglašena je za najbolju knjigu objavljenu 2017. godine u izboru Književne zajednice Jugoslavije.
