NIN Award (Award for Best Novel of the Year)
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Edition 15 (1969) Winner
Bora Ćosić
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Bora Ćosić
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-04-05 （Zagreb）
- Nationality
- German, Croatian
- Languages
- Serbo-Croatian
- Residence History
- Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1932-1937) → Belgrade (1937-1992) → Berlin (1992-present)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, essayist, translator, playwright, public intellectual, dissident, editor, screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1956-2022
- Affiliations
- Atelje 212
- Influenced By
- Miroslav Krleža
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Belgrade | Faculty of Philosophy | Department of Philosophy | — | — | Serbia |
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philosophy
/ Department of Philosophy
Country:
Serbia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | NIN Award | The Role of My Family in the World Revolution | 年間最優秀小説 | NIN | winner |
| 2001 | International Stefan Heym Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 2002 | Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding | Carinska deklaracija | — | — | winner |
| 2008 | Albatros Literaturpreis | Priče o zanatima | — | — | winner |
NIN Award
1969
Work:
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution
Category:
年間最優秀小説
Organization:
NIN
Result:
winner
International Stefan Heym Prize
2001
Result:
winner
Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding
2002
Work:
Carinska deklaracija
Result:
winner
Albatros Literaturpreis
2008
Work:
Priče o zanatima
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Role of My Family in the World Revolution
1969 novelA cult novel of recent Serbian prose set in wartime and post-war Belgrade.
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Adaptations
- [film] Film of the same name
Priče o zanatima
1966 proseStories about crafts.
craftsmeneveryday life
Carinska deklaracija
2000 essaySemi-autobiographical text soaked in reflections on Yugoslavia.
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Bibliography
- Kuća lopova
- Vidljivi i nevidljivi čovek
- Sodoma i Gomora
- Priče o zanatima
- Uloga moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji
- Tutori
- Poslovi/sumnje/snovi Miroslava Krleže
- Doktor Krleža
- Dnevnik apatrida
- Dobra vladavina
- Carinska deklaracija
- Pogled maloumnog
- Tkanje
- Nulta zemlja
- Irenina soba
- Izgnanici
- Consul u Beogradu
- Put na Aljasku
- Zapadno od raja
- Kratko detinjstvo u Agramu
- Doručak kod Majestica
- Povest o Miškinu
- Bez
- Bergotova udovica
Translations by Author
- Russian Futurist Poets
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Central European prose tradition of intellectual essayism
- Recurring Motifs
- disintegration of Yugoslaviaexilecritique of nationalismidentity exploration
Legacy
Bora Ćosić is a key figure in Serbian-Croatian literature, author of about 50 books. Known as a dissident intellectual who strongly denounced Serbian nationalism and Slobodan Milošević's politics, focusing on the ideal and disintegration of Yugoslavia.
In Popular Culture
- Has a page on IMDb
Trivia
- Signed the Declaration on the Common Language.
- Wrote about 50 books.
- His theater plays were successfully performed at Atelje 212 in Belgrade.