NIN Award

The NIN Award (Serbian: Ninova nagrada, Нинова награда; officially Award for Best Novel of the Year) is a prestigious Serbian (and previously Yugoslavian) literary award established in 1954 by the NIN weekly and is given annually for the best newly published novel written in Serbian language (previously in Serbo-Croatian language).[1] The award is presented every year in January by a panel of writers and critics. In addition to being a highly acclaimed award capable of transforming writers' literary careers, the award is also sought after because it virtually assures bestseller status for the winning novel.[2] The literary website complete review called it the "leading Serbian literary prize" in 2012.[3] At first, the award was given to the best novel published in Yugoslavia, regardless of the language, but starting in 1958, only novels written in Serbo-Croatian were eligible.[4]

NIN Award
Awarded for	Best new Serbian novel
Sponsored by	NIN magazine
Location	Belgrade
Country	Yugoslavia (1954–1991) Serbia and Montenegro (1992–2006) Serbia (2007–present)
First awarded	1954
2020 winner	Svetislav Basara
Most awards	Oskar Davičo (3)

Since its inception, the award was not awarded only once, in 1959.[1] Oskar Davičo is the only author to win the award three times (in 1956, 1963 and 1964), and the only one to win it in two consecutive years. The other authors to win multiple (2) awards are Dobrica Ćosić, Živojin Pavlović and most recently Svetislav Basara. So far, five women were recipients of the award.[5]

Winners

Year	Author(s)	Novel	Finalists	Ref
2020	Svetislav Basara (2)	Kontraendorfin	Vladan Matijević, Sloboda govora Darko Cvijetić, Što na podu spavaš Enes Halilović, Ljudi bez grobova Savo Stijepović, Prekrasne ruševine Bojan Savić Ostojić, Ništa nije ničije Ognjen Spahić, Pod oba sunca	[6][7]
2019	Saša Ilić	Pas i kontrabas	Milenko Bodirogić, Po šumama i gorama Stevo Grabovac, Mulat Albino Komarac Slobodan Tišma, Grozota ili… Ana Vučković, Yugoslav	[8]
2018	Vladimir Tabašević	Zabluda Svetog Sebastijana	Branka Krilović, Prekasno Jelena Lengold, Odustajanje Lana Bastašić, Uhvati zeca Saša Savanović, Deseti život Goran Marković. Beogradski trio	[9][10]
2017	Dejan Atanacković	Luzitanija	Jovica Aćin, Srodnici Mira Otašević, Gorgone David Albahari, Danas je sreda Srđan Srdić, Srebrna magla pada	[11]
2016	Ivana Dimić	Arzamas	Vladislav Bajac, Hronika sumnje Vladan Matijević, Susret pod neobičnim okolnostima Vladimir Tabašević, Pa kao	[12]
2015	Dragan Velikić	Islednik	Milisav Savić, La Sans Pareille Svetislav Basara, Anđeo atentata Dana Todorović, Park Logovskoj Vule Žurić, Republika Ćopić Ljubica Arsić, Rajska vrata	[13]
2014	Filip David	Kuća sećanja i zaborava (The House of Memory and Oblivion[14])	Oto Horvat, Sabo je stao David Albahari, Životinjsko carstvo	[15]
2013	Goran Gocić	Tai (Thai[16])	Slobodan Vladušić, Mi, izbrisani Silvana Hadži-Đokić, Zlatno doba Sonja Atanasijević, Vazdušni ljudi Mileta Prodanović, Arkadija	[17]
2012	Aleksandar Gatalica	Veliki rat (The Great War[18])	Mira Otašević, Zoja Drago Kekanović, Veprovo srce Katarina Brajović, Štampar i Veronika Ivančica Đerić, Nesreća i stvarne potrebe Laslo Blašković, Posmrtna maska	[19]
2011	Slobodan Tišma	Bernardijeva soba	Franja Petrinović, Almaški kružoci lečenih mesečara David Albahari, Kontrolni punkt Svetislav Basara, Mein Kampf Voja Čolanović, Oda manjem zlu Uglješa Šajtinac, Sasvim skromni darovi	[20][21]
2010	Gordana Ćirjanić	Ono što oduvek želiš	Radovan Beli Marković, Gospođa Olga Veselin Marković, Mi različiti Vladan Matijević, Vrlo malo svetlosti Goran Petrović, Ispod tavanice koja se ljuspa Zoran Petrović, Kamen blizanac	[22][23][24]
2009	Grozdana Olujić	Glasovi u vetru	Rajko Vasić, Prsti ludih očiju Zvonko Karanović, Tri slike pobede Žarko Komanin, Ljetopis vječnosti Sandra Petrušić, Taoci Đorđe Pisarev, A ako umre pre nego što se probudi Dejan Stojiljković, Konstantinovo raskršće Mirjana Urošević, PARK carmen Machado	[1][25]
2008	Vladimir Pištalo	Tesla, portret među maskama (Tesla, a Portrait with Masks[26])	Radoslav Petković, Savršeno sećanje na smrt Vladislav Bajac, Hamam Balkanija Laura Barna, Moja poslednja glavobolja Aleksandar Gatalica, Nevidljivi Svetislav Basara, Dnevnik Marte Koen	[5]
2007	Dragan Velikić	Ruski prozor (The Russian Window[27])	Gordana Ćirjanić, Poljubac Draško Miletić, pH roman Vladimir Kecmanović, Feliks	[5][28]
2006	Svetislav Basara	Uspon i pad Parkinsonove bolesti (The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease)	Srđan Valjarević, Komo Zoran Živković, Most Zvonko Karanović, Četiri zida i grad Mirjana Mitrović, Emilija Leta	[29]
2005	Miro Vuksanović	Semolj zemlja	David Albahari, Pijavice Sanja Domazet, Ko plače Saša Ilić, Berlinsko okno Milica Mićić Dimovska, Utočošte Goran Milašinović, Apsint Mirjana Novaković, Johann's 501	[5][30]
2004	Vladimir Tasić	Kiša i hartija	Svetislav Basara, Srce zemlje Radovan Beli Marković, Orkestar na pedale	[31]
2003	Vladan Matijević	Pisac izdaleka	Dragan Velikić, Dosije Domaševski Goran Milašinović, Camera obscura Ana Vučković, Epohalipsa juče Branko Brđanin, Mihail Gordana Ćirjanić, Kuća u Puertu Radovan Beli Marković, Devet belih oblaka	[5][32]
2002	Mladen Markov	Ukop oca	Daniel Kovač Logika reke, pruge i otpada Radovan Beli Marković, Knez Miškin u belom Valjevu Dobrilo Nenadić, Sablja grofa Vronskog Nenad Teofilović, Klopka	[33]
2001	Zoran Ćirić	Hobo	Radovan Beli Marković, Poslednja ruža Kolubare Dragan Velikić, Slučaj Bremen Veselin Marković, Izranjanje David Albahari, Svetski putnik Danilo Nikolić, Jesenja svila Vladimir Tasić, Oproštajni dar Milorad Grujić, Bog Vadraca i Madžara Eliezer Papo, Sarajevska megila Đorđe Pisarev, Pod senkom zmaja	[34]
2000	Goran Petrović	Sitničarnica "Kod srećne ruke" (At the "Lucky Hand" aka the Sixty-nine Drawers[35])		[5]
1999	Maksimilijan Erenrajh-Ostojić	Karakteristika	Ratomir Damjanović, Sančova verzija Milovan Danojlić, Balada o siromaštvu Vojislav Despotov, Drvodelja iz Nabisala Momo Kapor, Lep dan za umiranje Nikola Milošević, Nit miholjskog leta Milorad Pavić, Kutija za pisanje Zoran Ćirić, Prisluškivanje	[36]
1998	Danilo Nikolić	Fajront u Grgetegu		[5]
1997	Milovan Danojlić	Oslobodioci i izdajnici		[5]
1996	David Albahari	Mamac (Bait[37])		[5]
1995	Svetlana Velmar-Janković	Bezdno		[5]
1994	Vladimir Arsenijević	U potpalublju (In the Hold[38])	Milovan Đilas, Izgubljene bitke Vuk Drašković, Noć đenerala Dragoslav Mihailović, Gori Morava Ivan Ivanović, Vojvoda od Leskovca	[5][39]
1993	Radoslav Petković	Sudbina i komentari (Destiny, Annotated[40])	Vidosav Stevanović, Ostrvo Balkan Goran Petrović, Atlas opisan nebom Slobodan Selenić, Ubistvo s predumišljajem Pavle Ugrinov, Sapun od cveća Milomir Đukanović, Američki eksperiment	[5][41]
1992	Živojin Pavlović (2)	Lapot	Miroslav Josić Višnjić, Pristup u kap i seme Antonije Isaković, Miran zločin Danko Popović, Udovice Miroslav Savićević, Kraj stoleća Kasiopeje Svetislav Basara, Mongolski bedeker	[5][42]
1991	Milisav Savić	Hleb i strah	Žarko Radaković, Tibingen Boba Blagojević, Skerletna luda Milorad Pavić, Unutrašnja strana vetra Dragan Velikić, Astragan Berislav Kosijer, Bezbožnici I-II Momčilo Selić, Izgon	[5][43]
1990	Miroslav Josić Višnjić	Odbrana i propast Bodroga u sedam burnih godišnjih doba	Svetlana Velmar Janković, Lagum Svetislav Basara, Na Gralovom tragu Milisav Savić, Ćup komitskog vojvode Mirjana Mitrović, Autoportret sa Milenom Đorđe Pisarev, Gotska priča	[5][44]
1989	Vojislav Lubarda	Vaznesenje	Vladislav Bajac, Knjiga o bambusu Dževad Karahasan, Istočni divan Miroslav Toholj, Stid Nedeljko Fabrio, Berenikina kosa	[5][45]
1988	Dubravka Ugrešić	Forsiranje romana reke (Fording the Stream of Consciousness[46])	Ivan Aralica, Asmodejev šal Dragan Velikić, Via Pula Milenko Vučetić, Bežanje od sreće Zvonimir Majdak, Starac Borislav Pekić, Atlantida Miroslav Savićević, Priča o kosovskom boju	[5]
1987	Voja Čolanović	Zebnja na rasklapanje	Ivan Aralica, Okvir za mržnju Slavenka Drakulić, Hologrami straha Branko Letić, Povratak u tuđinu Judita Šalgo, Trag kočenja	[5]
1986	Vidosav Stevanović	Testament		[5]
1985	Živojin Pavlović	Zid smrti	Zvonimir Majdak, Kćerka Radoslav Petković, Senke na zidu Milisav Savić, Topola na terasi Slobodan Selenić, Očevi i oci Nedeljko Fabrio, Vježbanje života	[5]
1984	Milorad Pavić	Hazarski rečnik (Dictionary of the Khazars[47])	Miroslav Popović, Sudbine Ivan Aralica, Duše robova Mladen Markov, Isterivanje boga Biljana Jovanović, Duša, jedinica moja Momo Kapor, Knjiga žalbi	[5]
1983	Dragoslav Mihailović	Čizmaši		[5]
1982	Antonije Isaković	Tren 2		[5]
1981	Pavao Pavličić	Večernji akt	Milan Oklopčić, Kalifornija bluz Vojin Jelić, Doživotni grešnik Voja Čolanović, Levi dlan, desni dlan Dubravka Ugrešić, Štefica Cvek u raljama života Milorad Pavić, Mali noćni roman	[5]
1980	Slobodan Selenić	Prijatelji		[5]
1979	Pavle Ugrinov	Zadat život		[5]
1978	Mirko Kovač	Vrata od utrobe		[5]
1977	Petko Vojnić Purčar	Dom sve dalji		[5]
1976	Aleksandar Tišma	Upotreba čoveka (The Use of Man[48])	Žarko Komanin, Kolijevka Ćamil Sijarić, Carska vojska Vukašin Mićunović, Bolovanja Pavle Ugrinov, Fascinacije Sveta Lukić, Vodeni cvetovi Mirko Kovač, Ruganje s dušom Mladen Markov, Smutnoe vreme	[5]
1975	Miodrag Bulatović	Ljudi sa četiri prsta	Vojin Jelić, Pobožni đavo Niko Jovićević, Modra oka Dragoslav Mihailović, Petrijin venac Radomir Smiljanić, U Andima Hegelovo telo	[5]
1974	Jure Franičević-Pločar	Vir	Branimir Šćepanović, Usta puna zemlje Momo Kapor, Foliranti	[5]
1973	Mihailo Lalić	Ratna sreća		[5]
1972	Danilo Kiš	Peščanik (Hourglass[49])	Aleksandar Tišma, Knjiga o Blamu	[5]
1971	Miloš Crnjanski	Roman o Londonu (A Novel of London[50])		[5]
1970	Borislav Pekić	Hodočašće Arsenija Njegovana	Mihailo Lalić, Pramen tame Boško Petrović, Dolazak na kraj leta	[5]
1969	Bora Ćosić	Uloge moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji (My Family's Role in the World Revolution[51])	Voja Čolanović, Pustolovina po meri Jara Ribnikar, Jan Nepomucki	[5]
1968	Slobodan Novak	Mirisi, zlato i tamjan (Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh[52])	Slobodan Selenić, Memoari Pere Bogalja Dragoslav Mihailović, Kad su cvetale tikve	[53]
1967	Erih Koš	Mreže		[54]
1966	Meša Selimović	Derviš i smrt (Death and the Dervish[55])		[5]
1965	Ranko Marinković	Kiklop (Cyclops[56])		[5]
1964	Oskar Davičo (3)	Tajne		[5]
1963	Oskar Davičo (2)	Gladi		[5]
1962	Miroslav Krleža	Zastave		[5]
1961	Dobrica Ćosić (2)	Deobe		[5]
1960	Radomir Konstantinović	Izlazak (Exitus[57])	Mihailo Lalić, Hajka Jozo Laušić, Kostolomi Vlado Maleski, Ono što beše nebo	[5]
1959	No award given			[5]
1958	Branko Ćopić	Ne tuguj bronzana stražo	Miodrag Bulatović, Vuk i zvono Ivanka Vujičić-Lašovska, Čahure Radomir Konstantinović, Čisti i prljavi Erih Koš, Il tifo Momčilo Milankov, Jesenji događaji Bora Ćosić, Svi smrtni	[5][4]
1957	Aleksandar Vučo	Mrtve javke	Vladan Desnica, Proljeća Ivana Galeba Mihailo Lalić, Lelejska gora Dušan Matić, Kocka je bačena Mića Popović, Izlet	[5][58]
1956	Oskar Davičo	Beton i svici	Svetlana Velmar Janković, Ožiljak Radomir Konstantinović, Mišolovka	[5][59]
1955	Mirko Božić	Neisplakani	Vjekoslav Kaleb, Bijeli kamen Novak Simić, Braća i kumiri	[5][60]
1954	Dobrica Ćosić	Koreni (The Roots)	Aleksadar Vučo, Raspust Radomir Konstantinović, Daj nam danas Ivan Potrč, Na kmetih Jara Ribnikar, Nedovršeni krug Ervin Šinko, Optimisti	[5][61]

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