Radoš Kosović ( Serbian-Cyrillic: Радош Косовић; born 28 May 1984 in

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) is a

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writer and translator.

Biography

Radoš Kosović grew up in his native place and attended the prestigious philological gymnasium, where he was taught with a focus on

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and

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. After his graduation with

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, he began studying Scandinavian languages and literature with focus on Norwegian and Danish at the department of Germanic languages of the Philological Faculty of Belgrade’s University and continued

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at the

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. In 2010, he obtained his

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with thesis on ''The word in the wilderness:

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and nature of

Jon Fosse Jon Olav Fosse (; born 29 September 1959) is a Norwegian author, translator, and playwright. In 2023, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable." Fosse's work spans over se ...

, Tor Ulven and J.S. Welhaven''. The young academic taught Norwegian language and literature as a

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at the Philological Faculty in Belgrade from 2012 to 2014, and he is lecturer at KONTEXT foreign language center in his native town. He is translator of numerous Norwegian and Danish works by

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, K. O. Knausgård,

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, A. L. Kielland,

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, Lars Svendsen, Espen Hammer,

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, Dorthe Nors,

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, Kristian Bang Foss and

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. His extensive translation work is a noteworthy contribution to the Scandinavian-Serbian cultural exchange and he already received two renowned Serbian awards for literary translation therefore. Kosović said in an interview related to his work: ''Translating is the most intimate encounter with literary work''. Kosović is a member of the Association of Serbian Literary Translators and lives in

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. In addition to his translating activity, he has already drawn attention to himself in an artistic sense with two of his own literary works. The award-winning novel ''Carnival'' is a surreal narrative about one night in the lives of several characters, during a venetian-style and seemingly neverending carnival in an unnamed fictional city. The volume ''Eremites'' is a collection of short stories, for the most part inspired by the temptations of Saint Anthony. In 2021, Kosović has been named as ''Translator of the Month October'' by the organization NORLA (Norwegian Literature Abroad), which is financed by the

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Works

Novel *''Karneval'' (Carnival), Mali Nemo, Pančevo 2011, . *''Eremiti'' ( Eremites), Mali Nemo, Pančevo 2012, . Translation (selection) *

, ''

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'' (Ja sam vetar, book edition 2019),

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at Novi Tvrđava Teatar,

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2011.Production data
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'' (Moja Afrika), Geopoetika, Belgrade 2014, . *

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'' (Car i Galilejac), Akademska knjiga, Novi Sad 2019, .

Awards

* Mali Nemo Award 2011 for ''Karneval'' * Miloš N. Đurić Award 2015 for best translated

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* Aleksandar I. Spasić Award 2015 for best translation of non-fiction

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Kosović, Radoš 1984 births Living people University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni Writers from Belgrade Serbian novelists Serbian male short story writers Serbian short story writers Serbian translators Literary translators Translators to Serbian Translators from Norwegian Translators from Danish