Miljenko Jergović

Miljenko Jergović (born 1966 in Sarajevo, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Bosnian prose writer. Jergović currently lives and works in Zagreb, Croatia, having moved there in 1993.

Jergović has established himself as a writer in ex Yugoslavia, particularly in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia, and his stories and novels have been translated into more than 20 languages. Critics have acclaimed his capability to turn every topic into a story without changing it at all, hence preserving its internal logic.

His more acclaimed works include his debut Opservatorija Varšava (Warsaw Observatory, 1988); Hauzmajstor Šulc (Schultz the Repairman, 2000), both collections of poetry; a collection of short stories Sarajevski marlboro (Sarajevo Marlboro, 1994); the novels Mama Leone and Dvori od oraha ("The Mansion in Walnut," 2003; and the drama Kažeš, anđeo (You Say It's an Angel, 2000).

His debut "Opservatorij Varšava" won him the Ivan Goran Kovačić Award (by Vjesnik) and the Mak Dizdar Award. Jergović's 1994 book Sarajevski Marlboro was awarded the Erich-Maria Remarque Peace Prize, and the Ksaver Šandor Gjalski Award.

Jergović is also a journalist and has published a collection of his articles in the acclaimed Historijska čitanka (A Reader in History, 1996).

Jergović writes a column in the Serbian daily Politika, for Vreme magazine and a regulat column in the Croatian daily Jutarnji list entitled Sumnjivo lice (trans. "suspicious character", lit. "suspicious face").^[1] Jergović has espoused various liberal stances in his columns, including a criticism of chauvinism among what is usually considered the liberal left^[2] and an unusually open support for a liberal political candidate.^[3]

His novel Buick Riviera was made into a movie in 2008 by filmmaker Goran Rušinović, and the two were in turn awarded the Golden Arena for Best Screenplay.

Works

• Opservatorija Varšava, poem collection, 1988
• Uči li noćas neko u ovom gradu japanski?, poem collection, 1992
• Himmel Comando, 1992
• Sarajevski Marlboro, short stories, 1994
• Karivani, short stories, 1995
• Preko zaleđenog mosta, 1996
• Naci bonton, 1998
• Mama Leone, short stories, 1999, Zoro Sarajevo ISBN 978-995-858-943-0
• Sarajevski Marlboro, Karivani i druge priče, short stories, 1999, Durieux Zagreb, ISBN 978-953-188-104-9
• Historijska čitanka, short stories, 2000, ISBN 978-953-201-602-4
• Kažeš anđeo, 2000
• Hauzmajstor Šulc, short stories, 2001
• Buick Riviera, novel, 2002, ISBN 978-868-389-749-0
• Dvori od oraha, novel, 2003, ISBN 978-995-871-764-2
• Rabija i sedam meleka, short stories, 2004, ISBN 978-995-871-711-6
• Historijska čitanka 2, 2004, ISBN 978-953-201-892-9
• Inšallah Madona, inšallah, novel, 2004, ISBN 978-995-871-733-8
• Glorija in excelsis, novel, 2005, Durieux Zagreb, ISBN 978-953-188-244-6
• Žrtve sanjaju veliku ratnu pobjedu, newspaper chronicles, 2006, Durieux Zagreb, ISBN 978-953-188-233-0
• Ruta Tannenbaum, novel, 2006, Durieux Zagreb, ISBN 978-953-188-237-8
• Drugi poljubac Gite Danon, selected stories, 2007, V.B.Z., Zagreb, ISBN 978-953-201-662-8
• Freelander, novel, 2007, Ajfelov most, Sarajevo/Zagreb ISBN 978-995-857-101-3
• Srda pjeva, u sumrak, na Duhove, novel, 2009, Rende, Beograd, ISBN 978-868-389-771-1
• Krađa, 2009
• Transantlantic mail, mail exchange with Semezdin Mehmedinović 2008-09, V.B.Z., Zagreb, 2009 ISBN 978-953-304-078-3
• Volga, Volga, novel, 2009, Naklada Ljevak, Zagreb ISBN 978-953-303-086-9

References

External links

• Miljenko Jergović books at Superknjizara.hr
• Miljenko Jergović books at Profil.hr