Nenad Veličković: What language do we speak?

Can a conversation about language and literature be interesting, witty and entertaining at the same time?

You will get the answer to this question at a meeting with Nenad Veličković, which will be held on Friday, October 16, 2026 at 6 pm, in the Pula City Library and Reading Room.
Nenad Veličković is an associate professor at the Faculty of Philosophy of the University of Sarajevo, a writer, novelist, essayist and humorist. He deals with issues of didactics and pedagogy, especially the teaching of the mother tongue and its three official variants.
The conversation will discuss Veličković's literary work, his relationship to language and literature, and various language issues that often occupy, confuse or entertain us.
The experience of working in multilingual and multicultural Bosnia and Herzegovina makes Veličković's insights particularly interesting for Istria, a space where different languages, speeches and cultural traditions meet.
As a writer, Veličković is known for his sharp satire, irony and exceptional sense of linguistic nuances. His works, translated and awarded in the region and abroad, show that language and literature are not only serious topics for experts, but also an inexhaustible source of humor, paradoxes and unexpected insights. Veličković is a witty and insightful interlocutor who knows how to open up even seemingly complicated questions in an accessible, direct and entertaining way.
That is why this will not only be a conversation about books and language, but also an opportunity to laugh, recognize our own language habits and discover what we miss in everyday speech.

The conversation with the writer will be led and moderated by Andrea Matošević.
The program is held as part of the Days of Serbian Culture, and is organized by SKD "Prosvjeta" - Subcommittee Pula, in co-organization with the City Library and Reading Room Pula.
The program is financed by the City of Pula and the state budget of the Republic of Croatia through the Council for National Minorities.