NIN Award (Award for Best Novel of the Year)
1 appearances
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Edition 42 (1996) Winner
David Albahari
ダヴィド・アルバハリ
Dabido Arubahari
Aliases:
Давид Албахари
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1948-03-15 （Peć）
- Died
- 2023-07-30 （Belgrade） age 75
- Nationality
- Serbian, Canadian
- Languages
- Serbian
- Religion
- Judaism (Sephardic)
- Residence History
- Peć, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia → Calgary, Alberta, Canada (1994-2012) → Belgrade, Serbia (2012- )
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Novelist, Translator
- Active Years
- 1973-2023
- Affiliations
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Memberships
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Nominations
- NIN Award finalist (seven other occasions)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology | Faculty of Philology | Philology | — | — | Serbia |
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
Faculty of Philology
/ Philology
Country:
Serbia
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | NIN Award | Mamac (Bait) | — | NIN | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Vilenica Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Andrić Prize | Opis smrti | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Stanislav Vinaver Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | National Library of Serbia Award for bestseller | — | — | National Library of Serbia | 受賞 |
| 1996 | International Balkanika Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Bridge Berlin Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | City of Belgrade Award | — | — | City of Belgrade | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Isidora Sekulić Award | — | — | — | 受賞 |
NIN Award
1996
Work:
Mamac (Bait)
Organization:
NIN
Result:
受賞
Vilenica Prize
2012
Result:
受賞
Andrić Prize
1982
Work:
Opis smrti
Result:
受賞
Stanislav Vinaver Award
1993
Result:
受賞
National Library of Serbia Award for bestseller
1996
Organization:
National Library of Serbia
Result:
受賞
International Balkanika Award
1996
Result:
受賞
Bridge Berlin Award
1998
Result:
受賞
City of Belgrade Award
2005
Organization:
City of Belgrade
Result:
受賞
Isidora Sekulić Award
2014
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Vilenica International Literary Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 27 (2012) Winner
Isidora Sekulić Award
1 appearances
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Edition 65 (2014) Winner
Works
Major Works
Mamac (Bait)
1996 NovelWinner of the NIN Award for the best novel of 1996.
Jewish identityHolocaust
Translations
- trans. Peter Agnone (Northwestern University Press, 2001)
Gec i Majer (Götz and Meyer)
1998 NovelNovel about the Holocaust.
HolocaustHistory
Translations
- trans. Ellen Elias-Bursać (Harvill, 2004; etc.)
Kontrolni punkt (Checkpoint)
2011 NovelTranslations
- trans. Ellen Elias-Bursać (Restless Books, 2018)
Bibliography
- Porodično vreme (1973)
- Opis smrti (1982)
- Cink (1988)
- Snežni čovek (1995)
- Mamac (1996)
- Gec i Majer (1998)
- Svetski putnik (2001)
- Pijavice (2005)
- Kontrolni punkt (2011)
- Životinjsko carstvo (2014)
- Danas je sreda (2017)
- Pogovor (2021)
Translations of Works
- Words Are Something Else (1996)
- Learning Cyrillic: Stories (2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- MinimalistPostmodern
- Recurring Motifs
- Jewish identityHolocaustFamily
Health
-
Long illness晩年Died on July 30, 2023
Legacy
Serbian novelist, member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. Works translated into several languages.
Academic Societies
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
In Popular Culture
- Son Natan Albahari is an actor
- Daughter Rebeka Albahari
Quotes
-
Four children had to die so that I, and my sister, would be born.
Source: Interview
Trivia
- Initiated the first formal petition to legalize marijuana in Yugoslavia in the late 1980s
- Continued to write in Serbian after emigrating
- Chair of the Federation of Jewish Communes of Yugoslavia in 1991
- Worked on evacuation of Jewish population from besieged Sarajevo