NIN Award (Award for Best Novel of the Year)
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (1994) Winner
Vladimir Arsenijević
ヴラジミル・アルセニエヴィッチ
Vladimir Arsenijević
Aliases:
Vlajsa
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965 （Pula）
- Nationality
- Serbian
- Languages
- Serbian
- Residence History
- Pula, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia (birth) → Belgrade (young age) → London (1985-1989) → Belgrade (1989 onwards) → Mexico City (1999-2000)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer, columnist, translator, editor, musician, publisher
- Active Years
- 1994-
- Affiliations
- VBZ Beograd, Reflektor, KROKODIL Literary Festival
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | NIN Award | In the Hold | — | NIN | 受賞 |
NIN Award
1994
Work:
In the Hold
Organization:
NIN
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
In the Hold
1994 novel 128 pagesAn anti-war novel set during the Battle of Vukovar in 1991, discussing the violent disintegration of Yugoslavia from the perspective of those in Belgrade.
wardisintegration of Yugoslaviaanti-war
Adaptations
- [theater] / Nikita Milivojević
Translations
- translated into 20 languages
Bibliography
- U potpalublju (1994)
- Anđela (1997)
- Meksiko - ratni dnevnik (2000)
- Išmail (2004, with Aleksandar Zograf)
- Predator (2008)
- Jugolaboratorija (2009)
- Minut - Put oko sveta za 60 sekundi (2011, with Valentina Broštean)
- Let (2013)
- Ovo nije veselo mesto (2014)
- Ti i ja, Anđela (2016)
- Ka granici (2018)
Translations by Author
- Pat Califia - Macho Sluts
- Brad Fox - God's Boot
- Paul Bowles - The Sheltering Sky
- Richard Bach - Jonathan Livingston Seagull
- Flannery O'Connor - A Good Man Is Hard to Find
Translations of Works
- English by Celia Hawkesworth et al.
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realisticraw stylefragmented narrative
- Recurring Motifs
- Balkan warsexpatriatespolitical critique
Legacy
Known as the youngest recipient of the NIN Award, gained international attention for works on the Yugoslav Wars; translated into 20 languages.
Trivia
- Youngest ever recipient of the NIN Award at age 29
- First debut novel to win the NIN Award
- Played in punk band Urbana Gerila
- Co-founder of KROKODIL Literary Festival