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The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize Presented to Writer Miljenko Jergović

The fourth Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize was ceremonially presented to Bosnian-Herzegovinian and Croatian writer and journalist Miljenko Jergović on 24 June 2026 at the Matica Srpska in Novi Sad, Serbia. The jury, composed of distinguished European writers and critics: Chair Ilma Rakusa, László Márton, Karl-Markus Gauß, Vladislava Gordić Petković, and Mathias Énard, selected Miljenko Jergović as the recipient of this year’s prize. The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize was awarded to him in recognition of his outstanding lifetime contribution to literature and his overall literary oeuvre.

Miljenko Jergović Receives The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize

The Jury of The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize, composed of Ilma Rakusa (Switzerland, Chair), Karl-Markus Gauß (Austria), Vladislava Gordić Petković (Serbia), Mathias Énard (France), and László Márton (Hungary), has decided to award this year’s Prize to Miljenko Jergović.

Shortlist for The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize

Novi Sad, May 2026. We are pleased to inform you that the following writers have been shortlisted for The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize: Georgi Gospodinov (Bulgaria), Miljenko Jergović (Croatia), Juan Gabriel Vásquez (Colombia), Slobodan Šnajder (Croatia), Lea Ypi (Albania).

Call for submissions

Aleksandar Tišma Foundation Novi Sad, Serbia, is announcing a Call for Submissions for The Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize which will be awarded this year for the book written or translated and published in the years 2024 and 2025 in any of these three languages: French, English or German, or for the writer’s entire body of work. The title submitted can be in any literary genre and by authors from any country in the world. The prize comprises a certificate and a cash award (10000 euros). Guidelines for the submission can be found on the Aleksandar Tišma Foundation web page http://www.tisma-foundation.com/index.php/en/prize/prize-rules-and-regulations

The International "Aleksandar Tišma" Literary Award ceremoniously presented to French writer Cécile Wajsbrot

The third International "Aleksandar Tišma” Literary Award was ceremoniously presented to French writer Cécile Wajsbrot on June 24, 2024, at Matica Srpska in Novi Sad. The jury, composed of prestigious European writers and critics, including Chairwoman Ilma Rakusa, László Márton, Karl-Markus Gauß, Vladislava Gordić Petković, and Mathias Énard, decided that this year's award recipient is Cécile Wajsbrot, a writer, translator, and journalist from France. She received the International "Aleksandar Tišma" Literary Award for her entire literary oeuvre.

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