Bora Ćosić

Ćosić worked across writer, essayist, translator and playwright. This article rests on 8 published texts and 12 scholarly references drawn from named institutional registers. Every statement below returns to a source shown in the evidence panel; where the record is silent or divided, the article says so instead of resolving it.

Bora Ćosić studied at University of Belgrade Faculty of Philosophy. The recorded working language is Serbian and Croatian. The field of work recorded is literature, essay and translation. Distinctions recorded are Stefan Heym International Award, NIN Prize, Straelen Translator’s Prize provided by Kunststiftung NRW and Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding.

• Name — Bora Ćosić • Born — 5 April 1932 • Birthplace — Zagreb, Kingdom of Yugoslavia • Language — Serbo-Croatian • Citizenship — German, Croatian • Education — University of Belgrade • Genre — Prose, essay • Awards — NIN Award • Notable Works — Price o zanatima Uloga moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji

Bora Ćosić, was born in 1932 in Zagreb, Croatia and moved to Belgrade with his family in 1937. There he finished high school at the First Men's Gymnasium, then studied at the Department of Philosophy at the University of Belgrade. In his youth, he translated Russian futuristic poets, edited the newspaper Mlada kultura in 1952, the magazine Danas in 1961–1963, and the magazine Rok in 1969–1970. He worked as a playwright and artistic advisor in the film companies "Slavija", 1958–1959, and "Avala", 1962–1963. He collaborated on documentaries, wrote dialogue for feature films. During his stay in Europe, in addition to complete books, he published hundreds of texts in newspapers and magazines in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, the Netherlands, Hungary, Romania, Russia, Poland and Albania. He has participated in more than two hundred readings in several European countries. He has given more than a hundred interviews for various media, press, radio and television. He has participated in literary conferences, festivals, symposia, international meetings and congresses. In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.

Incomplete list of works: • Kuća lopova, 1956. • Vidljivi i nevidljivi čovek, 1962. • Sodoma i Gomora, 1963. • Priče o zanatima, 1966. • Uloga moje porodice u svetskoj revoluciji, 1969. • Tutori, 1978. • Poslovi/sumnje/snovi Miroslava Krleže, 1983. • Doktor Krleža, 1988. • Dnevnik apatrida, 1993. • Dobra vladavina (i psihopatalogija njenog svakodnevlja), 1995. • Carinska deklaracija, 2000. • Pogled maloumnog, 2001. • Tkanje, 2001. • Nulta zemlja, 2002. • Irenina soba, (poezija), 2002. • Izgnanici, 2005. • Consul u Beogradu, 2007. • Put na Aljasku, 2008. • Zapadno od raja, 2009. • Kratko detinjstvo u Agramu, 2011. • Doručak kod Majestica, 2011. • Povest o Miškinu, 2019. • Bez, 2021. • Bergotova udovica, 2022.

Bora Ćosić is established in FAST under 135266. Recognition and collections. Ćosić received Stefan Heym International Award, NIN Prize, Straelen Translator’s Prize provided by Kunststiftung NRW, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding and Albatros Literaturpreis.