Goran Vojnović (born 11 June 1980) is a Slovenian writer, screenwriter and film director. He is best known for his 2008 novel ''Southern Scum Go Home'' () which won him numerous awards as well as a

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filed by the

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that was withdrawn a day later after media attention and public outrage at police filing charges for a work of fiction brought embarrassment to the Slovenian Ministry of Interior. Vojnović was born in

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. He studied at the Academy for Theatre, Radio, Film and Television. He published his first collection of poetry ''Lep je ta svet'' in 1998. His novel ''Čefurji raus!'' started out as an unfinished film script. It describes life of immigrant youth in the Fužine estate in Ljubljana, their everyday problems and cultural differences between locals and immigrants from the

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. For it he won the Prešeren Foundation Award and the

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in 2009. It has been translated and published in many languages. His novel ''Jugoslavija, moja dežela'' (Yugoslavia, My Fatherland) was published in 2011 by Beletrina. The English translation was published in 2015 by

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in the UK. His third novel ''Figa'' (The Fig Tree) was translated into English by Istros Books in 2020.

Published works

* ''Čefurji raus!'' (Southern Scum Go Home!), novel (2008) * ''Jugoslavija, moja dežela'' (Yugoslavia, My Fatherland), novel (2013) * ''Figa'' (The Fig Tree ), novel (2016)Publisher's site, Beletrina
/ref> * ''Đorđić se vrača'', novel (2021) * ''Zbiralec strahov'', essays (2022)

Works Translated into English

*
Yugoslavia, My Fatherland
' (Istros Books, London, 2015) * ''The Fig Tree'' (Istros Books, London, 2020)

References

External links

Author's page
on Istros Books' website (UK publisher)

at

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Author's page
on Belatrina's website (Slovenian publisher) {{DEFAULTSORT:Vojnovic, Goran Writers from Ljubljana Living people Slovenian film directors Film people from Ljubljana 1980 births Kresnik Award laureates University of Ljubljana alumni Slovenian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Slovenian people of Croatian descent