Miroslav Josić Višnjić (15 December 1946 – 8 September 2015) was a

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n writer and poet. He won numerous literary prizes, most notably

NIN Prize The ''NIN'' Award (, 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 (magazine), ''NIN'' weekly and is given annua ...

1990 for his novel ''Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba'' and the

Andrić Prize The Andrić Prize () is a Serbian and formerly Yugoslav annual literary award for short stories and short story collections written in Serbian, granted by the ''Zadužbina Ive Andrića'' ("Ivo Andrić Foundation") since 1975. History The prize ...

in 1998. He died at the age of 69.

Selected works

Novels

* ''Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba'' * ''Pristup u počinak'' * ''Roman bez romana'' * ''Svetovno trojstvo'' * ''Roman o smrti galerije''

Short stories collections

* ''Kvartet'' * ''Dvanaest godova''

Poems

* ''Azbuka smeha''

Essays

* ''Azbučnik prideva u srpskoj prozi 20. veka''

Notes

External links

"Reči i deca", Skica za portret Miroslava Josića Višnjića

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, 9–10 April 2005 1946 births 2015 deaths Serbian male poets Serbian male essayists Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian novelists Writers from Sombor University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Yugoslav dissidents {{serbia-writer-stub