“To transform a grimace into a sound sounds impossible, yet it is possible to transform a vision into music, to go outside an enslaved personality, to become impersonal by transforming into sand, into water, into light.”

Serbian American poet and writer

Dejan Stojanovic is a Serbian American poet, writer, essayist, philosopher, businessman, and former journalist. His work is marked by a distinct way of thinking and a reflective tone that often touches on philosophy. His poetry is described as built around a recognizable system of thought, with literary techniques that approach philosophical reflection. Critic Petar V. Arbutina placed him among the small circle of poets who have been a leading creative force in Serbian poetry in recent decades.