Jelena aka Helen the Bashful Dragon

BIO:

Jelena first started writing poetry and short stories in her native Serbo-Croatian language, and she published her work in several anthologies. She is the winner of the 1991 Yugoslav poetry competition, “Chegar Fires.” Jelena moved to the United States in 1992, and began writing in English. She is a 2002 Los Angeles Slam semi-finalist, and she performs throughout the Los Angeles area, where she has been featured at several poetry venues. Jelena published two chapbooks of poetry and is currently working on her first spoken word CD. She writes for LitRave, a spoken word website, where she reviews Los Angeles poetry readings and reports on local slam competitions. Both her life and work underscore themes of multi-culturalism, humanitarianism, and peaceful co-existence.

PUBLICATIONS:

Dream Gatherers, Kosmos Press, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1988
Listening to Silence, Vrhunci Civilizacije, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1989
Hourglass Ticking, AIZ Dosije, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1990
Happy Mothers Day, Test Tube! AIZ Dosije, Belgrade, Yugoslavia 1991
Chegar Fires, Glas Korena, Nis, Yugoslavia, 1991
Stories of Creation, Angel DiZZign, Los Angeles, California, 2001
Word & Peace, Angel DiZZign, Los Angeles, California, 2002
Vox Populi, Eleventh Hour Productions, Seattle, Washington, 2002
Sound Exposure–Take 1, Stranger&Stranger Music Productions, Los Angeles, California, 2002
Underground Net, www.getunderground.com, Los Angeles, California, 2002

PERFORMANCES:

* 2001 Los Angeles Poetry Festival
* 2001 The Edge of The World Theatre Festival
* 2002 Pan African Film Festival
* 2002 United Nations Dialog Among Nations Through Poetry
* 2002 Seattle Poetry Festival
* Tha Zone TV
* Altar-Native Lounge, Adrenaline Radio

Da Poetry Lounge, Hollywood, CA * Co-Lab:Oration, Hollywood, CA * Chromosome X, Hollywood, CA * Poetic License, Los Angeles, CA * Poetix, Hollywood, CA * Beyond Baroque, Venice, CA * Rapp Saloon, Santa Monica, CA * Green, Culver City, CA * A Mic and Dim Lights, Pomona, CA * Big Damn Poetry Slam, Long Beach, CA * Zoe's, Ventura, CA * Java Zone, Pasadena, CA * Red Sky Poetry Theatre, Seattle, WA * Sit-n-Spin, Seattle, WA, etc.


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