Saša Ilić (; born 9 October 1972) is a
Serbia
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n writer.
Works
Most of Ilić's early works were published in the magazine Reč, where he debuted in January 1995. In 1998, he co-authored a book titled Odyssey with Dragan Bošković. In 2000, he published the prose book ''Premonition of a Civil War'', the first book in the Reč edition.
His novel ''Berlin Window'', for which he received a scholarship from the
Borislav Pekić
Borislav Pekić ( sr-Cyrl, Борислав Пекић, ; 4 February 1930 – 2 July 1992) was a Serbian writer and political activist.
He was born in 1930, to a prominent family in Montenegro, at that time part of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia. From ...
Foundation, was shortlisted for the
NIN Award in 2005.
In 2015, he published two collections of stories, ''Dušanovac Stop'', which won a special recognition for its graphic design at the
Belgrade Book Fair, and ''Urchin Hunt''. In 2017, he signed the
Declaration on the Common Language of the
Croats
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,
Serbs
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,
Bosniaks
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and
Montenegrins
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. In 2019 his novel ''The Dog and the Double Bass'' won the
NIN Award.
Novels
* ''Берлинско окно'', (Berlin Window, 2005).
* ''Пад Колумбије'' (The Fall of Columbia, 2010).
* ''Пас и контрабас'' (The Dog and the Double Bass, 2019).
Short stories
* ''Предосећање грађанског рата'' (Premonition of a Civil War, 2005).
* ''Душановац. Пошта'' (Dušanovac Stop, 2015).
* ''Лов на јежеве'' (Urchin Hunt, 2015).
References
External links
Ein Blick durchs Berliner Fenster Ein Interview mit Saša Ilić
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1972 births
Living people
Serbian male writers
21st-century Serbian writers
21st-century Serbian novelists
Serbian short story writers
Male novelists
Male short story writers
University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology alumni
Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language