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International Award for Literature "Aleksandar Tišma" was presented to writer David Albahari

In Novi Sad (Serbia), on June 24, 2022, the International Award for Literature "Aleksandar Tišma" was presented to writer David Albahari. The recipient of the award was decided upon by an international jury: Ilma Rakusa (president), Peter Handke, Mathias Enard, Laszlo Marton and Vladislava Gordić Petković.

David Albahari wins Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize

This year's winner of the Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize is David Albahari for the novel Heute ist Mittwoch (Schoffling & Co, 2022), translated into German by Mirjana and Klaus Wittmann. Five famous European writers were shortlisted for the Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize: David Albahari, Cécile Wajsbrot, Slobodan Šnajder, Serhiy Zhadan, and Miljenko Jergović. By a majority of votes, the jury for the Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize, Peter Handke, Ilma Rakusa, László Márton, Vladislava Gordić Petković, and Mathias Énard, decided on the novel  Heute ist Mittwoch by David Albahari.

In the shortlist for the Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize, five famous European writers

In the shortlist for the Aleksandar Tišma International Literary Prize, five famous European writers were chosen: David Albahari, Cécile Wajsbrot, Slobodan Šnajder, Serhiy Zhadan and Miljenko Jergović.

"Aleksandar Tišma" Award delivered to László Darvasi

At Matica Srpska in Novi Sad on June 24, 2019, the International Award for Literature "Alexandar Tišma" was delivered  to  László Darvasi, a Hungarian writer.

The first winner of the International Literary Prize ‘Aleksandar Tišma’ – the Hungarian writer László Darvasi

The first winner of the International Literary Prize ‘Aleksandar Tišma’ is the Hungarian writer László Darvasi for his book of short stories Wintermorgen (Gott. Heimat. Familie) which was published in German (Suhrkamp Verlag, Berlin 2016). The jury consisting of Ilma Rakusa (President of the Jury), György Konrád, Peter Handke, Vladislava Gordić Petković and Mathias Énard chose Darvasi with the following justification:

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