Marija Dejanović was born in Prijedor, Bosnia and Herzegovina, in 1992. She grew up in Croatia, Sisak, and currently lives in Zagreb, Croatia and Larissa, Greece. In year 2018 her manuscript Ethics of Bread and Horses (Etika kruha i konja) won “Goran” award for young poets and “Kvirin” award for young poets. Manuscript Heartwood (Središnji god) won “Zdravko Pucak” award. Both books were published in the same year and well received by critics, readers and media. Her poems and literary reviews were published in magazines, anthologies and internet portals in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Serbia. Translated poems by the author were published in France, Hungary, Greece, Italy, Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania and Germany. She presented her poetry at festivals and readings in Croatia, Serbia, Slovenia, Macedonia, Austria, Bulgaria, Italy and Greece. She is currently finishing graduate studies in literature theory and pedagogy. She is a member of Croatian Writers’ Society and international poets’ and festivals’ platform Versopolis. She’s one of the editors of “Tema” magazine. She is the assistant director of Thessalian Poetry Festival (Πανθεσσαλικό Φεστιβάλ Ποίησης).