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, 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.
Goethe-Preis 2020 (Germany)
Jeanette Schocken Preis 2019 (Germany)
Franz-Nabl-Preis 2017 (Austria)
Honorary doctorate, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Basel 2014
Goethe Medal of the Goethe-Institut 2012 (Germany)
Ehrengabe of the Heinrich Heine Society 2012 (Germany)
Vilenica International Literary Prize of the Slovene Writers’ Association 2010...
Goethe-Preis 2020 (Germany)
Jeanette Schocken Preis 2019 (Germany)
Franz-Nabl-Preis 2017 (Austria)
Honorary doctorate, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Basel 2014
Goethe Medal of the Goethe-Institut 2012 (Germany)
Ehrengabe of the Heinrich Heine Society 2012 (Germany)
Vilenica International Literary Prize of the Slovene Writers’ Association 2010 (Slovenia)
Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding 2004 (Germany)
Herder-Preis 1999 (Germany)
Bruno-Kreisky-Preis for Political Writing for Dnevnik selidbe 1995 (Austria)
Prix européen de l’essai Charles Veillon 1994 (Switzerland)
Literary Prize of the Franciscan Province of Bosna Srebrena 1991 (Yugoslavia)
Yugoslavian Novel Prize 1990 (Yugoslavia)
Veselin Masleša Prize 1981 (Yugoslavia)
»His books are absolutely contemporary and cunningly ageless at the same time.« Deutschlandradio Kultur
»His books are absolutely contemporary and cunningly ageless at the same time.« Deutschlandradio Kultur
PUBLICATIONS
Introduction to Floating
Peter Hurd, classical philologist and mythologist, comes to Sarajevo for a reading – just a few days before the war begins. When his translator and admirer Rajko takes him to the bus station to...
Italy (Keller Editore)
Diary of an Exodus
»White with fear and sleeplessness we set out to see what was left of Marijin Dvor.« Once more they have been spared: a piece of shrapnel missed the author and his wife and hit the books instead:...
Italy (ADV)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: USA & Canada (Kodansha America), Spanish world rights (Circulo de Lectores / Galaxia Gutenberg), France (Calmann-Lévy), Netherlands (Van Gennep), Czech Republic (Mlada Fronta), Slovenia (Wieser)
A House for the Wearied
Sarajevo, September 1914. In a newspaper editorial office, at the national bank and in other official locations, letters arrive with considerable delay, often years later. Yet it is not the war...
Italy (Keller Editore), Turkey (Ketebe)
The Solace of the Night Sky
In Isfahan, capital of the Seljuq Empire, a highly respected man dies unexpectedly. The son of the deceased demands an investigation into the circumstances of his father’s death. Court...
Chinese simplex rights (Shanghai Translation Publishing House), Bulgaria (Paradox), Slovenia (Beletrina), Turkey (Iletisim), Part 1: Macedonia (Templum)
The Shadows of Cities
The great Bosnian writer and essayist Dževad Karahasan, rooted in the literary traditions of antiquity and of the Islamic and Christian world, has an understanding of the craft...
Reports from a Dark World
Poland (Borderland), Bulgaria (Paradox)
Night Council
English world rights (Anubih), Bulgaria (Paradox), Slovenia (Cankarjeva Založba), Turkey (Apollon)
The Book of Gardens
Sara and Serafina
A young couple is supposed to be smuggled out of the besieged city of Sarajevo with forged baptism documents. The plan fails. The participating rescuers are tormented by guilt. Serafina,...
Arabic world rights (Alaan)
Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Galaxia Gutenberg), France (Laffont), Italy (Il Saggiatore), Sweden (Bosnisk-Hercegovinska Riksförbundet i Sverige), Slovenia (Cankarjeva Založba), Turkey (Ketebe)