NIN Award (Award for Best Novel of the Year)
2 appearances
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Edition 52 (2006) Winner
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Edition 66 (2020) Winner
Svetislav Basara
スヴェティスラフ・バサラ
Svetislav Basara
Aliases:
Светислав Басара
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-12-21 （Bajina Bašta）
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Languages
- Serbian
- Residence History
- Užice → Beška → Cyprus
Career
- Occupations
- writer, columnist, editor
- Active Years
- 1982-2024
- Affiliations
- Democratic Party (Serbia), Editor of Književna reč (1983–86), Editor of Međaj (1989), Columnist for Danas (since 2009)
- Memberships
- Democratic Party (DS), Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS), Christian Democratic Party of Serbia (DHSS)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Užice Gymnasium | — | — | maturity diploma | — | Serbia |
| University of Belgrade | Faculty of Philology | — | — | 1976年まで2学期 | Serbia |
Užice Gymnasium
Degree:
maturity diploma
Country:
Serbia
Graduated with maturity diploma
University of Belgrade
Faculty of Philology
Period:
1976年まで2学期
Country:
Serbia
No degree, left after two semesters
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | NIN Award | The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Biljana Jovanović Award | Angel of Assassination | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Isidora Sekulić Award | Angel of Assassination | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2020 | NIN Award | Kontraendorfin | — | — | 受賞 |
NIN Award
2006
Work:
The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease
Result:
受賞
Biljana Jovanović Award
2015
Work:
Angel of Assassination
Result:
受賞
Isidora Sekulić Award
2015
Work:
Angel of Assassination
Result:
受賞
NIN Award
2020
Work:
Kontraendorfin
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Isidora Sekulić Award
1 appearances
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Edition 66 (2015) Winner
Works
Major Works
Chinese Letter
1985 novelPostmodern short fiction.
postmodernismidentity
Translations
- English edition (Dalkey Archive Press, 2004)
The Cyclist Conspiracy
1987 novelA satirical novel about a secret cyclist society rewriting history.
historical revisionismsatire
Translations
- English edition (Open Letter, 2012)
Mongolian Travel Guide
1992 novelSatirical novel in the form of a fictional travel guide.
satirereality vs fiction
Translations
- English edition (Dalkey Archive Press, 2018)
The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease
2006 novelAllegorical novel on illness and society. NIN Prize winner.
illnesssocial critique
Angel of Assassination
2015 novelHistorical satire with Archduke Franz Ferdinand as first-person narrator.
historyassassinationnationalism
Bibliography
- Priče u nestajanju
- Peking by Night
- Kinesko pismo (Chinese Letter)
- Napuklo ogledalo
- Na ivici
- Fama o biciklistima (The Cyclist Conspiracy)
- Fenomeni
- Na Gralovom tragu (In Search of the Grail)
- Mongolski bedeker (Mongolian Travel Guide)
- Tamna strana meseca
- Izabrane priče
- De bello civili
- Drvo istorije
- Ukleta zemlja
- Virtualna kabala
- Looney Tunes
- Sveta mast
- Vučji brlog
- Ideologija heliocentrizma
- Mašine iluzija
- Kratkodnevnica
- Džon B. Malkovič
- Bumerang
- Oksimoron
- Srce Zemlje
- Fantomski bol
- Uspon i pad Parkinsonove bolesti
- Izgubljen u samoposluzi
- Majmunopisanije
- Dnevnik Marte Koen
- Nova Stradija
- Fundamentalizam debiliteta
- Na gralovom tragu
- Eros, giros i Tanatos
- Početak bune protiv dahija
- Tajna istorija Bajine Bašte
- Mein Kampf
- Dugovečnost
- Gnusoba
- Tušta i tma
- Yugonostalghia
- Anđeo atentata
- Drugi krug
- Očaj od nane
- Andrićeva lestvica užasa
- Pušači crvenog bana
- Nova srpska trilogija
- Atlas pseudomitologije
- Bajakovo-Batrovci
- Kontraendorfin
Adaptations
- Boomerang (screenplay, 2001 film)
- Hamlet Remake (play, premiered 2001)
Translations of Works
- Chinese Letter (English)
- The Cyclist Conspiracy (English)
- In Search of the Grail (English)
- The Mongolian Travel Guide (English)
- Fata Morgana: a compendium of short fiction (English)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- postmodernsatiricalexperimental
- Recurring Motifs
- critique of political extremismYugoslav pastboundary between reality and fiction
Legacy
One of the most important writers of contemporary Serbian literature, author of over 40 works, translated into Bulgarian, German, English, French, Italian, etc., successful on international market.
In Popular Culture
- Cameo appearance as drug addict in film Munje!
Quotes
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It’s the same with people as with money, the more of something there is, the less valuable it is. Hyperinflation of humanity. Fatigue. The crisis of meaning…. nothing exists except for selling and buying.
Source: Interview -
When there is talk of theories, I always think of Baudrillard’s definition that - I paraphrase - theory might be a trap, in which the reality should blunder in. ... Great misfortune happens when a human being takes itself and the world in which it lives too seriously.
Source: Textfeld Suedost interview (2014)
Trivia
- Son-in-law of writer Branislav Crnčević.
- Father of daughter Tara and son Relja.
- Ambassador of FR Yugoslavia to Cyprus (2001-2005).
- Signatory of the Declaration on the Common Language.