NIN Prize
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The NIN Prize is a Serbia
n literary award
established in 1954 by NIN
magazine and is an given annually for the best newly published novel in Serbian literature
(previously Yugoslav literature
). The award is presented every year in January by a jury of writers. In addition to being a highly reputable award capable of transforming the writer's literary career, NIN Prize is also sought after because it virtually assures the recipient of the bestseller status for his/her novel.
Oskar Davičo
is the only author to win the award three times, and the only one to win it in two consecutive years. So far, four women were recipients of the award.
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeast Europe, covering the southern part of the Carpathian basin and the central part of the Balkans...
n literary award
Literary award
A literary award is an award presented to an author who has written a particularly lauded piece or body of work. There are awards for forms of writing ranging from poetry to novels. Many awards are also dedicated to a certain genre of fiction or non-fiction writing . There are also awards...
established in 1954 by NIN
NIN (magazine)
NIN is a weekly newsmagazine published in Belgrade, Serbia. Its name is an acronym for Nedeljne informativne novine which roughly translates into Weekly Informational Newspaper....
magazine and is an given annually for the best newly published novel in Serbian literature
Serbian literature
Serbian literature refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia.The history of Serbian literature begins with theological works from the 10th- and 11th centuries, developing in the 13th century by Saint Sava and his disciples...
(previously Yugoslav literature
Yugoslav literature
Yugoslav literature may refer to:*Croatian literature*Montenegrin literature*Slovene literature*Serbian literature...
). The award is presented every year in January by a jury of writers. In addition to being a highly reputable award capable of transforming the writer's literary career, NIN Prize is also sought after because it virtually assures the recipient of the bestseller status for his/her novel.
Oskar Davičo
Oskar Davico
Oskar Davičo was a distinguished Serbian novelist and poet of Jewish origin. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writer, and a revolutionary socialist activist.-External links:...
is the only author to win the award three times, and the only one to win it in two consecutive years. So far, four women were recipients of the award.
List of NIN Prize winners
- 2010 — Gordana Ćirjanić: Ono što oduvek želiš
- 2009 — Grozdana Olujić: Glasovi u vetru
- 2008 — Vladimir Pištalo: Tesla, portret među maskama
- 2007 — Dragan Velikić: Ruski prozor
- 2006 — Svetislav BasaraSvetislav BasaraSvetislav Basara is a contemporary Serbian author...
: Uspon i pad Parkinsonove bolesti - 2005 — Miro Vuksanović: Semolj zemlja
- 2004 — Vladimir Tasić: Kiša i hartija
- 2003 — Vladan Matijević: Pisac izdaleka
- 2002 — Mladen Markov: Ukop oca
- 2001 — Zoran ĆirićZoran CiricZoran Ćirić is a writer from Niš, Serbia. He writes poetry and prose. Nickname is Ćira MagičniĆirić received the NIN award in 2001 for his novel Hobo.- Novels :* Prisluškivanje...
: Hobo - 2000 — Goran PetrovićGoran PetrovicGoran Petrović is one of the most significant and most widely read among contemporary Serbian writers. He studied Yugoslav and Serbian literature at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology. He works as a librarian in a city library in Žiča, very close to Žiča Monastery...
: Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke" - 1999 — Maksimilijan Erenrajh-Ostojić: Karakteristika
- 1998 — Danilo NikolićDanilo NikolicDanilo Nikolić is a Serbian football player who currently plays for Karabükspor....
: Fajront u Grgetegu - 1997 — Milovan DanojlićMilovan DanojlicMilovan Danojlić , is a famous Serbian writer, who lives and works in France. He has been a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2000. In 1989 he was a member of the Founding Committee of the Democratic Party in Yugoslavia...
: Oslobodioci i izdajnici - 1996 — David AlbahariDavid AlbahariDavid Albahari is a Serbian writer of Jewish origin from Kosovo, residing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Albahari writes mainly novels and short stories. He is also an established translator from English into Serbian. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
: Mamac - 1995 — Svetlana Velmar-JankovićSvetlana Velmar-JankovicSvetlana Velmar-Janković is a Serbian novelist, essayist and chronicler of Belgrade. She was born in 1933 in Belgrade, Serbia, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, and educated in Belgrade where she continues to live today....
: Bezdno - 1994 — Vladimir ArsenijevićVladimir ArsenijevicVladimir Arsenijević is a Serbian writer, translator, editor, musician, and publicist.In his early youth, Arsenijević played with a punk band called Urbana Gerila as well as its post-punk offshoot Berliner Strasse.After graduating high school and completing the mandatory military service in 1985,...
: U potpalublju - 1993 — Radoslav Petković: Sudbina i komentari
- 1992 — Živojin PavlovićŽivojin PavlovicŽivojin "Žika" Pavlović was a Serbian film director and writer. In his films and novels, he depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society; he was one of leaders of Serbian the "Black wave" in film in 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker...
: Lapot - 1991 — Milisav Savić: Hleb i strah
- 1990 — Miroslav Josić VišnjićMiroslav Josic VišnjicMiroslav Josić Višnjić is Serbian writer and poet. He won numerous literary prizes, most notably NIN Prize 1990 for his novel Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba and Andrić Award in 1998.-Novels:...
: Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba - 1989 — Vojislav Lubarda: Vaznesenje
- 1988 — Dubravka UgrešićDubravka UgrešicDubravka Ugrešić is a Croatian writer who lives in the Netherlands.- Background and education:Ugrešić was born in 1949 in Kutina, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia., She studied Comparative Literature and Russian Language and Literature at the University of Zagreb, pursuing parallel careers as a...
: Forsiranje romana reke - 1987 — Voja Čolanović: Zebnja na rasklapanje
- 1986 — Vidosav StevanovićVidosav StevanovicVidosav Stevanović born June 27, 1942 in Cvetojevac village near Kragujevac, Serbia is a Serbian writer.- Biography :...
: Testament - 1985 — Živojin PavlovićŽivojin PavlovicŽivojin "Žika" Pavlović was a Serbian film director and writer. In his films and novels, he depicted the cruel reality of small, poor and abandoned people living in the corners of society; he was one of leaders of Serbian the "Black wave" in film in 1960s, a movement which portrayed the darker...
: Zid smrti - 1984 — Milorad PavićMilorad Pavic (writer)Milorad Pavić was a Serbian poet, prose writer, translator, and literary historian. He was also a candidate for Nobel Prize in Literature....
: Dictionary of the KhazarsDictionary of the KhazarsDictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel is the first novel by Serbian writer Milorad Pavić, published in 1984. Originally written in Serbian, the novel has been translated into many languages... - 1983 — Dragoslav MihailovićDragoslav MihailovićDragoslav Mihailović is a Serbian writer. He graduated in Yugoslav literature from the University of Belgrade in 1957 and is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 1981. In 1950 he was arrested and imprisoned during two years, most notably at Goli otok...
: Čizmaši - 1982 — Antonije IsakovićAntonije IsakovićAntonije Isaković was a Serbian writer and member of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts. He won NIN Prize in 1982 for his novel Tren 2. He was one of authors of Memorandum of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts...
: Tren 2 - 1981 — Pavao PavličićPavao PavlicicPavao Pavličić is a Croatian writer, literary historian and translator whose main focus are crime novels. He writes for both adults and children....
: Večernji akt - 1980 — Slobodan Selenić: Prijatelji
- 1979 — Pavle Ugrinov: Zadat život
- 1978 — Mirko KovačMirko KovacMirko Kovač may refer to:* Mirko Kovač * Mirko Kovač...
: Vrata od utrobe - 1977 — Petko Vojnić Purčar: Dom sve dalji
- 1976 — Aleksandar TišmaAleksandar TišmaAleksandar Tišma was a Serbian novelist.He completed the basic and middle school in Novi Sad and studied economy and French language and literature in Budapest during World War II, to finally graduate on Germanistics from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology...
: Upotreba čoveka - 1975 — Miodrag BulatovićMiodrag BulatovicMiodrag Bulatović was a Montenegrin Serb novelist and playwright...
: Ljudi sa četiri prsta - 1974 — Jure Franičević-Pločar: Vir
- 1973 — Mihailo LalićMihailo LalicMihailo Lalić was a famous novelist of Montenegrin and Serbian literature. He is considered by some to be among the greatest authors from Montenegro.-Overview:...
: Ratna sreća - 1972 — Danilo KišDanilo KišDanilo Kiš was a Yugoslavian novelist, short story writer and poet who wrote in Serbo-Croatian. Kiš was influenced by Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Jorge Luis Borges and Ivo Andrić, among other authors...
: Peščanik - 1971 — Miloš CrnjanskiMiloš CrnjanskiMiloš Crnjanski was a poet of the expressionist wing of Serbian modernism, author, and a diplomat...
: Roman o Londonu - 1970 — Borislav PekićBorislav PekicBorislav Pekić was a Serbian writer. He was born in 1930, to a prominent family in Montenegro, at that time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From 1945 until his immigration to London in 1971, he lived in Belgrade...
: Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana - 1969 — Bora Ćosić: Uloge moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji
- 1968 — Slobodan NovakSlobodan NovakSlobodan Novak is a Croatian prose writer, novelist and essayist.-Biography:Novak was born in Split on November 3, 1924, the son of father Duje and mother Marija . He was baptized in the local church as Ante Slobodan Novak. He finished elementary school in Rab, attended gymnasium in Split, then...
: Mirisi, zlato, tamjan - 1967 — Erih KošErih KošErih Koš was a Serbian writer and translator of Jewish origin. He was born in Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary....
: Mreža - 1966 — Meša SelimovićMeša SelimovicMehmed "Meša" Selimović was a Yugoslav writer. His novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-war Yugoslavia. Some of the main themes in his works are relations between individual and authority, life and death, and other existential problems...
: Derviš i smrt - 1965 — Ranko MarinkovićRanko MarinkovicRanko Marinković was a Croatian author born in Komiža on the island of Vis ....
: Kiklop - 1964 — Oskar DavičoOskar DavicoOskar Davičo was a distinguished Serbian novelist and poet of Jewish origin. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writer, and a revolutionary socialist activist.-External links:...
: Tajne - 1963 — Oskar DavičoOskar DavicoOskar Davičo was a distinguished Serbian novelist and poet of Jewish origin. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writer, and a revolutionary socialist activist.-External links:...
: Gladi - 1962 — Miroslav KrležaMiroslav KrležaMiroslav Krleža was a leading Croatian and Yugoslav writer and the dominant figure in cultural life of both Yugoslav states, the Kingdom and the Republic . He has often been proclaimed the greatest Croatian writer of the 20th century.-Biography:Miroslav Krleža was born in Zagreb, modern-day...
: Zastave - 1961 — Dobrica ĆosićDobrica CosicDobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
: Deobe - 1960 — Radomir Konstantinović: Izlazak
- 1959 — No award given
- 1958 — Branko ĆopićBranko CopicBranko Ćopić was Yugoslav writer. He was an ethnic Serb born in the village of Hašani near Bosanska Krupa. He attended schools in Bihać, Banja Luka, Sarajevo and Karlovac before moving to Belgrade to study philosophy at the University of Belgrade until his graduation in 1940.Upon the uprising in...
: Ne tuguj bronzana stražo - 1957 — Aleksandar Vučo: Mrtve javke
- 1956 — Oskar DavičoOskar DavicoOskar Davičo was a distinguished Serbian novelist and poet of Jewish origin. A leading literary figure of his generation, he was the most acclaimed Serbian surrealist writer, and a revolutionary socialist activist.-External links:...
: Beton i svici - 1955 — Mirko Božić: Neisplakani
- 1954 — Dobrica ĆosićDobrica CosicDobrica Ćosić is a Serbian writer, as well as a political and Serb nationalist theorist. He was the first president of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia from 1992 to 1993...
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