NIN Award

NIN Award
Awarded for	Best new Serbian novel
Sponsored by	NIN magazine
Location	Belgrade
Country	Yugoslavia (1954–1991) Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) Serbia (2007–present)
First awarded	1954
2021 winner
Most awards	Oskar Davičo (3)

The NIN Award (Serbian: Ninova nagrada, Нинова награда), officially the Award for Best Novel of the Year, is a prestigious Serbian (and previously Yugoslavian) literary award established in 1954 by the NIN weekly and is given annually for the best newly published novel written in Serbian (previously in Serbo-Croatian).^[1] The award is presented every year in January by a panel of writers and critics. In addition to being a highly acclaimed award capable of transforming writers' literary careers, the award is also sought after because it virtually assures bestseller status for the winning novel.^[2] The literary website complete review called it the "leading Serbian literary prize" in 2012.^[3]

Between 1954 and 1957, the award was given to the best novel published in Yugoslavia, regardless of the language, but all the novels awarded in this period were written in Serbo-Croatian language. Starting in 1958, only novels written in Serbo-Croatian were eligible.^[4] Starting in 2012, only novels written in Serbian were eligible, regardless of the place of publication.^[5]

Winners[]

Since its inception, the award was not awarded only once, in 1959. In that year, jury decided that there is no candidate good enough to be awarded.^[6] Oskar Davičo is the only author to win the award three times (in 1956, 1963 and 1964), and the only one to win it in two consecutive years. The other authors to win multiple (two) awards are Dobrica Ćosić, Živojin Pavlović, Dragan Velikić and most recently Svetislav Basara. So far, six women were recipients of the award.^[7]

One of the most notable non-recipients is Ivo Andrić, the only Yugoslavian Nobel prize in Literature laureate. Andrić was candidate for the NIN award once, in 1954, with , but jury disqualified the book as they classified it a novellete, and not a novel.^[8][9]

Year	Photo	Author(s)	Novel	Finalists	Ref
2021			Deca	, Sampas , Ono o čemu se ne može govoriti , Španska čizma Srđan V. Tešin, Mokrinske hronike David Albahari, Pogovor	[10][11]
2020		Svetislav Basara (2)	Kontraendorfin	Vladan Matijević, Sloboda govora , Što na podu spavaš , Ljudi bez grobova , Prekrasne ruševine , Ništa nije ničije Ognjen Spahić, Pod oba sunca	[12][13]
2019			Pas i kontrabas	, Po šumama i gorama , Mulat Albino Komarac , Grozota ili… Ana Vučković, Yugoslav	[14]
2018			Zabluda Svetog Sebastijana	, Prekasno Jelena Lengold, Odustajanje Lana Bastašić, Uhvati zeca , Deseti život Goran Marković. Beogradski trio	[15]
2017			Luzitanija	, Srodnici , Gorgone David Albahari, Danas je sreda Srđan Srdić, Srebrna magla pada	[16][17]
2016			Arzamas	Vladislav Bajac, Hronika sumnje Vladan Matijević, Susret pod neobičnim okolnostima , Pa kao	[18][19]
2015		Dragan Velikić (2)	Islednik	Milisav Savić, La Sans Pareille Svetislav Basara, Anđeo atentata Dana Todorović, Park Logovskoj , Republika Ćopić , Rajska vrata	[20][21]
2014		Filip David	Kuća sećanja i zaborava (The House of Memory and Oblivion[22])	Oto Horvat, Sabo je stao David Albahari, Životinjsko carstvo	[23]
2013		Goran Gocić	Tai (Thai[24])	Slobodan Vladušić, Mi, izbrisani , Zlatno doba Sonja Atanasijević, Vazdušni ljudi , Arkadija	[25]
2012		Aleksandar Gatalica	Veliki rat (The Great War[26])	, Zoja , Veprovo srce , Štampar i Veronika , Nesreća i stvarne potrebe Laslo Blašković, Posmrtna maska	[27][28]
2011			Bernardijeva soba	, Almaški kružoci lečenih mesečara David Albahari, Kontrolni punkt Svetislav Basara, Mein Kampf , Oda manjem zlu Uglješa Šajtinac, Sasvim skromni darovi	[29]
2010			Ono što oduvek želiš	, Gospođa Olga , Mi različiti Vladan Matijević, Vrlo malo svetlosti Goran Petrović, Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa Zoran Petrović, Kamen blizanac	[30]
2009		Grozdana Olujić	Glasovi u vetru	, Prsti ludih očiju , Tri slike pobede , Ljetopis vječnosti , Taoci , A ako umre pre nego što se probudi , Konstantinovo raskršće , PARK carmen Machado	[1][31]
2008		Vladimir Pištalo	Tesla, portret među maskama (Tesla, a Portrait with Masks[32])	, Savršeno sećanje na smrt Vladislav Bajac, Hamam Balkanija , Moja poslednja glavobolja Aleksandar Gatalica, Nevidljivi Svetislav Basara, Dnevnik Marte Koen	[33]
2007		Dragan Velikić	Ruski prozor (The Russian Window[34])	, Poljubac , pH roman , Feliks	[35][36]
2006		Svetislav Basara	Uspon i pad Parkinsonove bolesti (The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease)	, Komo Zoran Živković, Most , Četiri zida i grad , Emilija Leta	[37]
2005			Semolj zemlja	David Albahari, Pijavice , Ko plače , Berlinsko okno Milica Mićić Dimovska, Utočošte , Apsint Mirjana Novaković, Johann's 501	[33][38]
2004			Kiša i hartija	Svetislav Basara, Srce zemlje , Orkestar na pedale	[39]
2003		Vladan Matijević	Pisac izdaleka	Dragan Velikić, Dosije Domaševski , Camera obscura Ana Vučković, Epoha lipsa juče , Mihail , Kuća u Puertu , Devet belih oblaka	[33][40]
2002			Ukop oca	, Logika reke, pruge i otpada , Knez Miškin u Belom Valjevu , Sablja grofa Vronskog , Klopka	[41]
2001		Zoran Ćirić	Hobo	, Poslednja ruža Kolubare Dragan Velikić, Slučaj Bremen , Izranjanje David Albahari, Svetski putnik , Jesenja svila , Oproštajni dar , Bog Vadraca i Madžara Eliezer Papo, Sarajevska megila , Pod senkom zmaja	[42]
2000		Goran Petrović	Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke" (At the "Lucky Hand" aka the Sixty-nine Drawers[43])	Svetislav Basara, Kratkodnevica , Limunacija u Ćelijama , Semolj gora , Klen na vrbovom prutu Mirjana Novaković, Strah i njegov sluga Vladimir Pištalo, Milenijum u Beogradu	[33][44]
1999			Karakteristika	Ratomir Damjanović, Sančova verzija Milovan Danojlić, Balada o siromaštvu , Drvodelja iz Nabisala Momo Kapor, Lep dan za umiranje Nikola Milošević, Nit miholjskog leta Milorad Pavić, Kutija za pisanje Zoran Ćirić, Prisluškivanje	[45]
1998			Fajront u Grgetegu	Vladislav Bajac, Druid iz Sindiduna , Golf , Despot i žrtva , Kao zlato u vatri Ivana Hadži-Popović, Sezona trešanja	[46]
1997		Milovan Danojlić	Oslobodioci i izdajnici	Svetislav Basara, Looney Tunes	[47]
1996		David Albahari	Mamac (Bait[48])		[33]
1995		Svetlana Velmar-Janković	Bezdno		[33]
1994		Vladimir Arsenijević	U potpalublju (In the Hold[49])	Milovan Đilas, Izgubljene bitke Vuk Drašković, Noć đenerala Dragoslav Mihailović, Gori Morava , Vojvoda od Leskovca	[33][50]
1993			Sudbina i komentari (Destiny, Annotated[51])	Vidosav Stevanović, Ostrvo Balkan Goran Petrović, Atlas opisan nebom Slobodan Selenić, Ubistvo s predumišljajem Pavle Ugrinov, Sapun od cveća , Američki eksperiment	[33][52]
1992		Živojin Pavlović (2)	Lapot	Miroslav Josić Višnjić, Pristup u kap i seme Antonije Isaković, Miran zločin Danko Popović, Udovice , Kraj stoleća Kasiopeje Svetislav Basara, Mongolski bedeker	[33][53]
1991		Milisav Savić	Hleb i strah	, Tibingen , Skerletna luda Milorad Pavić, Unutrašnja strana vetra Dragan Velikić, Astragan , Bezbožnici I-II , Izgon	[33][54]
1990		Miroslav Josić Višnjić	Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba	Svetlana Velmar Janković, Lagum Svetislav Basara, Na Gralovom tragu Milisav Savić, Ćup komitskog vojvode , Autoportret sa Milenom , Gotska priča	[33][55]
1989			Vaznesenje	Vladislav Bajac, Knjiga o bambusu Dževad Karahasan, Istočni divan , Stid , Berenikina kosa	[33][56]
1988		Dubravka Ugrešić	Forsiranje romana reke (Fording the Stream of Consciousness[57])	Ivan Aralica, Asmodejev šal Dragan Velikić, Via Pula , Bežanje od sreće , Starac Borislav Pekić, Atlantida , Priča o kosovskom boju	[33]
1987			Zebnja na rasklapanje	Ivan Aralica, Okvir za mržnju Slavenka Drakulić, Hologrami straha , Povratak u tuđinu , Trag kočenja	[33]
1986		Vidosav Stevanović	Testament		[33]
1985		Živojin Pavlović	Zid smrti	, Kćerka , Senke na zidu Milisav Savić, Topola na terasi Slobodan Selenić, Očevi i oci , Vježbanje života	[33]
1984		Milorad Pavić	Hazarski rečnik (Dictionary of the Khazars[58])	, Sudbine Ivan Aralica, Duše robova , Isterivanje boga Biljana Jovanović, Duša, jedinica moja Momo Kapor, Knjiga žalbi	[33]
1983		Dragoslav Mihailović	Čizmaši		[33]
1982		Antonije Isaković	Tren 2		[33]
1981		Pavao Pavličić	Večernji akt	, Kalifornija bluz Vojin Jelić, Doživotni grešnik , Levi dlan, desni dlan Dubravka Ugrešić, Štefica Cvek u raljama života Milorad Pavić, Mali noćni roman	[59]
1980		Slobodan Selenić	Prijatelji		[33]
1979		Pavle Ugrinov	Zadat život		[33]
1978		Mirko Kovač	Vrata od utrobe		[33]
1977			Dom, sve dalji		[33]
1976		Aleksandar Tišma	Upotreba čoveka (The Use of Man[60])	, Kolijevka Ćamil Sijarić, Carska vojska , Bolovanja Pavle Ugrinov, Fascinacije , Vodeni cvetovi Mirko Kovač, Ruganje s dušom , Smutnoe vreme	[61]
1975		Miodrag Bulatović	Ljudi sa četiri prsta	Vojin Jelić, Pobožni đavo , Modra oka Dragoslav Mihailović, Petrijin venac , U Andima Hegelovo telo	[33]
1974			Vir	Branimir Šćepanović, Usta puna zemlje Momo Kapor, Foliranti	[33]
1973		Mihailo Lalić	Ratna sreća		[33]
1972		Danilo Kiš	Peščanik (Hourglass[62])	Aleksandar Tišma, Knjiga o Blamu	[33]
1971		Miloš Crnjanski	Roman o Londonu (A Novel of London[63])		[33]
1970		Borislav Pekić	Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana	Mihailo Lalić, Pramen tame Boško Petrović, Dolazak na kraj leta	[33]
1969		Bora Ćosić	Uloge moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji (My Family's Role in the World Revolution[64])	, Pustolovina po meri , Jan Nepomucki	[33]
1968		Slobodan Novak	Mirisi, zlato i tamjan (Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh[65])	Slobodan Selenić, Memoari Pere Bogalja Dragoslav Mihailović, Kad su cvetale tikve	[66]
1967		Erih Koš	Mreže		[67]
1966		Meša Selimović	Derviš i smrt (Death and the Dervish[68])		[33]
1965		Ranko Marinković	Kiklop (Cyclops[69])		[33]
1964		Oskar Davičo (3)	Tajne		[33]
1963		Oskar Davičo (2)	Gladi		[33]
1962		Miroslav Krleža	Zastave (vol. 1)		[70]
1961		Dobrica Ćosić (2)	Deobe		[33]
1960		Radomir Konstantinović	Izlazak (Exitus[71])	Mihailo Lalić, Hajka , Kostolomi Vlado Maleski, Ono što beše nebo	[72]
1959		No award given			[6]
1958		Branko Ćopić	Ne tuguj bronzana stražo	Miodrag Bulatović, Vuk i zvono , Čahure Radomir Konstantinović, Čisti i prljavi Erih Koš, Il tifo , Jesenji događaji Bora Ćosić, Svi smrtni	[33][4]
1957			Mrtve javke	Vladan Desnica, Proljeća Ivana Galeba Mihailo Lalić, Lelejska gora Dušan Matić, Kocka je bačena Mića Popović, Izlet	[33][73]
1956		Oskar Davičo	Beton i svici	Svetlana Velmar Janković, Ožiljak Radomir Konstantinović, Mišolovka	[33][74]
1955			Neisplakani	Vjekoslav Kaleb, Bijeli kamen , Braća i kumiri	[33][75]
1954		Dobrica Ćosić	Koreni (The Roots)	, Raspust Radomir Konstantinović, Daj nam danas Ivan Potrč, Na kmetih , Nedovršeni krug Ervin Šinko, Optimisti	[33][76]

See also[]

• Isidora Sekulić Award

References[]