Dževad Karahasan receives the Jeanette Schocken Prize 2019

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23.01.2019

We are delighted to announce that Bosnian writer Dževad Karahasan receives the Jeanette Schocken Prize 2019.

The jury states: »Dzevad Karahasan's books are absolutely contemporary, but timeless in a sophisticated way. They show the seductiveness of the people and describe state systems and their moral decay. It is an organic narrative, beyond all formal and linguistic effects.«

The prize includes a 7.500 Euro grant, the award ceremony will take place on May 12, 2019.

For more information please visit the author's Foreign Rights Website or contact the respective Rights Manager.

Dževad Karahasan

Dževad Karahasan, born in Duvno/Yugoslavia in 1953, was an author, playwright and essayist. The Siege of Sarajevo is the subject of Dnevnik selidbe (1993), translated into ten languages, of the essay collection entitled Knjiga vrtova (2004) as well as of his novels Šahrijarov prsten (1997) and Sara i Serafina (2000). His works also include the novel Noćno vijeće (2006), Izvjestaji iz tamnog vilajeta (2007), a collection of stories, and Die Schatten der Städte (2010), a collection of essays. Karahasan has received numerous awards, including the Goethe Prize 2020. Dževad Karahasan died on May 19, 2023, in Graz, Austria.

Dževad Karahasan

Dževad Karahasan, born in Duvno/Yugoslavia in 1953, was an author, playwright and essayist. The Siege of Sarajevo is the subject of Dnevnik...