Ognjen Spahić (born 1977 in

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), is a Montenegrin novelist. Spahić has published two collections of short stories: ''Sve to'' (All That, 2001) and ''Zimska potraga'' (Winter Search, 2007). His novel ''Hansenova djeca'' (Hansen's Children, 2004) won him the 2005 Meša Selimović Prize for the best new novel from Croatia, Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia-Herzegovina. To date, ''Hansenova djeca'' has been published in French, Italian, Slovenian, Romanian, Hungarian, Macedonian, Arabic and English (by the UK publishe
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. His short story “Raymond is No Longer with Us—Carver is Dead” was included in the anthology Best European Fiction 2011 published by

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in the USA. In 2007, he was a writing resident at the

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. In 2011, he was the recipient of Romania's Ovid Festival Prize, awarded to a prominent young talent.

Awards and honours

*2014

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, Montenegro, ''Puna glava radosti''

Bibliography

* "Hansen’s Children" London
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2011. * ''Zimska potraga'' ��Winter Search’ Zagreb: Durieux, 2007. * ''Hansenova djeca'' ansen's Children’ Zagreb: Durieux, 2004. * ''Sve to'' ��All That’ Ulcinj: Plima, 2001.

References

Ognjen Spahic's novel, 'Hansen's Children' published in English, 2012 http://istrosbooks.com/products/books/hansens-children-2/

External links

Ognjen Spahic's novel, 'Hansen's Children' published in English
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