About the book: 2003 / In the collection of stories by the outstanding Serbian prose writer M. Pavic "The Iron Curtain" (published for the first time in Russian; translation by L. Savelyeva) a bridge is built from everyday life to the mysterious, magical, transcendental side of reality, which is usually reliably hidden in the shadows of things. Serbian prose writer and poet - Milorad Pavic was born on October 15, 1929. He is a specialist in the history of Serbian literature of the 17th-19th centuries, Serbian Baroque and Symbolist poetry. Translated Byron and Pushkin into Serbian. He taught at a number of European universities (in Paris, Vienna, Freiburg, Regensburg, Belgrade). Does not belong to any political party. M. Pavic writes so-called “non-linear prose”. He has written six novels—including The Khazar Dictionary, A Landscape Drawn by Tea, and The Other Side of the Wind—an interactive play, and several collections of short stories, which have been distributed online and on CD. His prose is widely published in various countries around the world.