Goran Vojnović

Author and director Goran Vojnović (1980) exploded onto the Slovenian literary scene in 2008 with his debut novel Southern Scum, Go Home! (Čefurji raus!). The novel became an instant bestseller, reaped all the major national literary awards, including the Kresnik Award and the Prešeren Fund Award, Slovenia’s highest award for artistic achievement, has been reprinted numerous times, made into a theatre play and a film (the latter was directed by the author himself) and translated into nine languages. His second novel, Yugoslavia, My Fatherland (Jugoslavija, moja dežela, 2012), also received the Kresnik Award, was made into a theatre play and translated into twenty languages. His third novel, The Fig Tree (Figa), was published in 2016 and once again received the Kresnik Award, was adapted into a stage play and translated into fifteen languages. Vojnović is only the third person ever to receive three Kresnik Awards. His fourth novel Đorđić Is Back (Đorđić se vrača) was published in 2021.

Awards

Prešeren Fund Award 2009
Kresnik Award for best novel of the year 2009, 2013, 2017
Latisana per il Nord Est Award 2018
Angelus Central European Literature Award 2020