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The International Novi Sad Literature Festival (Serbian: Međunarodni književni festival) is a literary festival held annually in the city of Novi Sad, Serbia. It was founded by the Association of Writers of Vojvodina ( Serbian: Društvo književnika Vojvodine) in 2006.[1] It is held еvery year in August and September.
The festival features contemporary poets, novelist and critics, who represent and promote contemporary literature from various countries.[2] The Festival includes readings, performances, exhibitions and music. More than 900 writers from Serbia and abroad participated in the first thirteen festivals.[2] The works of participants of the Festival are published in literary journal Zlatna greda. The winning author of the International Novi Sad Literature festival is awarded by having their winning book published in Serbian.
The programme of the Festival includes afternoon and evening readings and discussions in various venues throughout the city (libraries, clubs, cafès, squares), as well as other towns in Serbia.[2] The readings represent national literatures, groups of authors or single authors.
Main events are:
Author | Country |
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Ben Okri | Nigeria |
John Hartley Williams | England |
Matthew Sweeney | Ireland |
Andrey Kurkov | Ukraine |
Tone Hødnebø | Norway |
Dieter M. Gräf | Germany |
Christian Teissl | Austria |
Philip Tew | England |
Matt Thorne | England |
Tibor Fischer | England |
Maja Dlgačeva | Bulgaria |
Søren Ulrik Thomsen | Denmark |
Jens-Martin Eriksen | Denmark |
Tatjana Ščerbina | Russia |
Robert Minhinnick | Wales |
Stephen Rodefer | USA |
Elena Fanailova | Russia |
Vicent Berenguer | Spain |
Milan Richter | Slovakia |
Vsevolod Emelin | Russia |
Peter Racz | Hungary |
Dan Coman | Romania |
Gabor G Gyukics | Hungary |
W. N. Herbert | England |
Ide Hintze | Austria |
Øyvind Berg | Norway |
Claudiu Komartin | Romania |
Nicholas Blincoe | England |
Ayten Mutlu | Turkey |
Grisha Trifonov | Bulgaria |
Jean Portante | France |
* Vladimir Tasić | * Marko Vidojković | * Vićazoslav Hronjec |
* Miro Vuksanović | * Dragan Jovanović Danilov | * Oto Tolnai |
* Goran Petrović | * Nina Živančević | * Slavko Almažan |
* Zivlak Jovan | * Đorđo Sladoje | * Kornelija Farago |
* Vida Ognjenović | * Milan Nenadić | * Janoš Banjai |
* Danilo Nikolić | * Dragan Dragojlović | * Alpar Lošonc |
* Mileta Prodanović | * Zoran Đerić | * Dušan Pajin |
* Jovica Aćin | * Ivan Negrišorac | * Aleksandar Jerkov |
* Igor Marojević | * Zlatko Krasni | * Mladen Vesković |
* Milica Mićić Dimovska | * Ranko Risojević | * Vladimir Gvozden |
* Franja Petrinović | * Radomir D. Mitrić | * Novica Milić |
During the Festival, a ceremony of awarding "Branko’s Award" (Serbian: Brankova nagrada) to the Young Serbian poet of the Year is held in Sremski Karlovci.
Every year, The International Literary Award of Novi Sad is given to a world-renowned living poet for his poetic oeuvre or life achievement in the field of poetry.
Previous laureates include: