Ana Berbakov

Ana Berbakov (alias Anee) is a Serbian writer of crime novels. She was born on the 18th of July 1985 in Kruševac. She begins her career with novels about Sofia Kovač, a wise detective who becomes Anna’s serial character and a seal.

In painting, she does almost as well as she does in writing. She loves bright colors, pop art, Cubism, Dadaism, Minimalism and all modern styles. She did a series of paintings of zodiac signs, landscapes, various elements in combined technique. From 2015 to 2017, she paints a series of cats in various colors, shapes and details, whose style is called “Cat Corner".

Publishing:
• In October 2013, the first edition of Operation Eros was published, which is sold in a very short period of time. After a very successful promotional activities, the audience nominated her Serbian Agatha Christie.

• After terminating the cooperation with first publisher, Ana turns to her own publishing house. That year, for the first time, she appeared independently at the International Book Fair in Belgrade under the name “A Stand of a Writer” (“Štand jednog pisca”). With the publication of the second edition of the novel “Operation Eros” and the bilingual (Serbian / English) collection of poems “The Light of Mind”(“Sv...

She has graduated e-commerce and PR at Industrial Management in Kruševac, and besides writing, she is engaged in painting and marketing. During her education, she worked in various fields, from printing and photography to tourism and PR management.

• At the International Competition in Austria Internationaler Kinder – und Jugendbuchwettbewerb “Auf Schmetterlings- und Schwanenflugeln” 2015, Anna Berbakov’s art works are among top 10 best works. The works called “7 Magnificent”(“7 Veličanstvenih”) represent miniatures of seven old timers, in technique – acrylic on impregnated canvas. This placement is also the first best placement of artists from the Balkans in this competition.

• The year 2016 will be remembered as an entrepreneurial year in which Ana, inspired by cats, also launches her brand called Cat Corner, that is an assortment of clothing and other objects with prints of the author’s paintings (cats / cat style). In 2016 and 2017, the entire Cat Corner range was exhibited in the Serbian Bookstore of the Official Gazette at the Nikola Tesla Airport in Belgrade – range: sweatshirts, T-shirts, badges, postcards, calendars, mugs. The idea of “Cat Corner” was ideated as a gift addition that Ana launches with her books.

• She launches the idea of ”Cat Corner” under the name “Fat Cat” at the Artzept International Design Contest 2016, hosted by Zepter International. Her work is included in the design catalog of all participants in this competition. “Fat cat” is a cat-shap...