The Isidora Sekulić Award ( sr, Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, italics=yes, sr-cyr, Награда Исидора Секулић) is a

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n, and former Yugoslav,

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Ma ...

established by the Belgrade

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in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of the writer and Belgrade native

Isidora Sekulić Isidora Sekulić ( sr-cyr, Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic. She was "the first woman academic in the history of Serbia". Biography Sekulić was b ...

. The award honors writers for the best work of modern

Serbian literature Serbian literature ( sr-Cyrl, Српска књижевност), refers to literature written in Serbian and/or in Serbia and all other lands where Serbs reside. The history of Serbian literature begins with the independent works from the Nema ...

of the previous year. In the first decade of its history, several authors were awarded annually. Since 1979, only one author has received the award each year. A total of 71 authors (60 male and 11 female) have received the award since its inception.Contact (КОНТАКТ)
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DECISION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF "ISIDORA SEKULIĆ" FUND
(PDF), Municipality of Savski venac, retrieved 2019-07-05.

List of laureates

References

{{Authority control Awards established in 1967 1967 establishments in Yugoslavia Yugoslav awards Serbian literary awards Serbian literature