Marko Sosič

Marko Sosič (1958-2021) was a theatre and film director as well as a novelist and short story writer, born in Trieste, Italy. He worked for various Slovenian and Italian theatres and television stations and started publishing fiction in the late 1980s. He wrote four novels and two short story collections. His work has been honoured with a string of literary and theatre awards, and he has been translated into several languages.

Awards and nominations

Vstajenje Award 1998
Shortlisted for the Kresnik Award for best novel of the year 1998, 2006, 2013, 2015
Premio di Poesia e Narrativa Città di Salò 2005
Premio Umberto Saba 2005
Shortlisted for the Premio Strega Europeo 2007
Shortlisted for the Kritiško sito Award for best book of the year 2012, 2013

Books by Marko Sosič

You Who Come To Me From Afar

Ki od daleč prihajaš v mojo bližino