European Union Prize for Literature
2 appearances
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Edition 3 (2011) Winner
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Edition 10 (2018) Winner
Jelena Lengold
イェレナ・レングォルド
Jelena Lengold
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1959 （Kruševac, Serbia）
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Languages
- Serbian
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Novelist, Journalist
- Active Years
- 1982-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | EU Prize for Literature | Vašarski mađioničar (short story collection) / Fairground Magician | — | EU Prize for Literature | winner |
| 2016 | Andrić Prize | — | — | Andrić Prize | winner |
EU Prize for Literature
2013
Work:
Vašarski mađioničar (short story collection) / Fairground Magician
Organization:
EU Prize for Literature
Result:
winner
Andrić Prize
2016
Organization:
Andrić Prize
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Vašarski mađioničar (Fairground Magician)
2008 Short story collectionA collection of short stories that intertwine provincial life, memory and elements of the uncanny, depicting human solitude and connections through close observations of everyday details.
small-town lifememoryfantasy vs. reality
Translations
- English: Fairground Magician (Istros Books, 2013)
Baltimor
2003 NovelA novel exploring relationships between city and individual, intertwining urban landscapes with interior explorations.
urban lifehuman relationships
Odustajanje
2018 NovelA recent novel; the title means 'Giving Up' and it reportedly deals with personal decisions and loss.
lossdecision
Bibliography
- Raspad botanike (1982)
- Vreteno (1984)
- Podneblje maka (1986)
- Prolazak anđela (1989)
- Sličice iz života kapelmajstora (1991)
- Pokisli lavovi (1994)
- Lift (1999)
- Baltimor (2003)
- Vašarski mađioničar (2008, 2009, 2012)
- Prestraši me (2009)
- Bunar teških reči (2011)
- U tri kod Kandinskog (2013)
- Raščarani svet (2016)
- Izaberi jedno mesto (2016)
- Odustajanje (2018)
Translations of Works
- Vašarski mađioničar — English: Fairground Magician (Istros Books, 2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, observation-based proseconcise and poetic expressiondepiction that blurs fantasy and reality
- Recurring Motifs
- provincial lifememory and lossstrangeness within the everyday
Legacy
One of contemporary Serbia's notable writers. Known for short stories exploring provincial life, memory and the uncanny; has received international recognition including the EU Prize for Literature and had works translated into English and other languages.
Trivia
- She was a longtime cultural reporter for Radio Belgrade.
- Her short story collection Vašarski mađioničar was translated into English and published by Istros Books in 2013, and won the EU Prize for Literature.
- Listed as winner of the Andrić Prize in 2016.