Vojislav Deric was born in Zaplanik, Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1938. He graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a Bachelors degree in Architecture and Urbanism. His work was published in many magazines and newspapers including: Culture, Stig Belgrade, The Seventh Quarry, Swansea PoetryMagazine (U.K), Literary newspaper, Europe newspaper, The News Sidney ...etc. He is the recipient of several awards in dedication to his work. He has organised many independent literacy evenings in Ex Yugoslavia and Australia and has published many collections of poetry. This includes: The Boomerang does not forgive (2002), It was summertime (2003), Distance Harvester (2004), Sun and Gate (2004), Spasm of Dawn (2006), On the Swirl of Tears (2006), Splinter of Times (2010) and The plastic color of light (2010). Alongside writing poetry, he also enjoys painting and draving (oil, acrylic, ink, water colour). His first exhibition was in 2001 in The Art & Soul Gallery Exhibition in Melbourne-Australia.