Saša Stanišić
Illustration — Stanišić in 2019 Saša Stanišić (Саша Станишић; born 7 March 1978) is a Bosnian-German writer.
Saša Stanišić

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- Born
- 1978 · Višegrad.
- Nationality
- Germany · Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Occupation
- writer · novelist · screenwriter
- Fields
- prose
- Education
- Heidelberg University · German Institute for Literature · Internationale Gesamtschule Heidelberg
- Known for
- Before the Feast
- Honours
- Alfred Döblin Prize · Adelbert von Chamisso Prize · Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen · Graz resident writer · Feuergriffel · Leipzig Book Fair Prize/Fiction
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Stanišić in 2019 Saša Stanišić (Саша Станишић; born 7 March 1978) is a Bosnian-German writer.
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Biography
Saša Stanišić studied at Heidelberg University, German Institute for Literature and Internationale Gesamtschule Heidelberg. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose. Places of work recorded in the authority are Heidelberg and Hamburg. Works named in the authority record are Before the Feast. Distinctions recorded are Alfred Döblin Prize, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, Förderpreis zum Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen and Graz resident writer.
He was born in Višegrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina as the son of a Bosniak mother and a Serb father. In the spring of 1992, he fled alongside his family to Germany as a refugee of the Bosnian War. Stanišić spent the remainder of his youth in Heidelberg, where his teachers encouraged his passion for writing. After graduating from high school, he enrolled in the University of Heidelberg, graduating with degrees in Slavic studies and German as a second language. In 2006, Stanišić released his debut novel, published in English as How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone. The book won multiple awards both in Germany and abroad and has been translated into 31 languages as of 2019. The English translation by Anthea Bell was awarded the Oxford-Weidenfeld Translation Prize. It was also adapted for the stage by the Stadtschauspielhaus Graz, where Stanišić was the city's writer-in-residence in 2006–2007. In 2019 he won the German Book Prize for his novel Herkunft (English title: Where You Come From). In his acceptance speech Stanišić expressed his discontent with the decision of the Nobel Committee to award the 2019 Literature Nobel Prize to the Austrian author Peter Handke. Stanišić criticized Handke for his support of Slobodan Milošević, saying, "I had the fortune to escape that which Peter Handke does not describe in his texts."
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Life and career
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1978
Saša Stanišić born at Višegrad.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q77319: Saša Stanišić
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- “Saša Stanišić”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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scholarly publication
- Zur literarischen Topografie Heidelbergs in Saša Stanišićs Herkunft, Saša Stanišić: Poetologie und Werkpolitik, 2023
Scholarly · Crossref registry · 2023
Awards and honors (selection)
• 2013 Alfred Döblin Prize • 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Vor dem Fest (Before the feast) • 2019 German Book Prize for Herkunft (Where you come from) • 2021 Schiller Prize of the City of Marbach • 2023 Nelly Sachs Prize • 2023 Angelus Award • 2024 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize

Author Saša Stanišić at the Frankfurt Book Fair 2019
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- 1.Stuart Evers. Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić review – memory in the wake of war. theguardian.com. 2021-11-09.
- 2.Jennifer Wilton: Das Lächeln des Landes. In: Die Welt vom 25. November 2006, Heft 276/2006, Literarische Welt, S. 2.
- 3.Saša Stanišić. In: Internationales Biographisches Archiv 30/2019 vom 23. Juli 2019 (abgerufen via Munzinger Online).
- 4.Tina Gerhäusser. Deutschsprachig, ungebunden, jung … sucht Herausgeber. Deutschlandfunk. 2005-11-10.
- 5.Artikel Die IGH gratuliert Saša Stanišić zur Nominierung für den Deutschen Buchpreis bei igh.hd.bw.schule.de. 20140322013421.
- 6.„Blockaden kenne ich nicht, nur langes Nachdenken“, abgerufen am 7. August 2015
- 7.Michael Schwarz. Oi Lin Lian und Sasa Stanisic ausgezeichnet. Informationsdienst Wissenschaft. 2004-06-24.
- 8.„Lehrauftrag“ für Saša Stanišic. Wiesbaden lebt. 2019-09-03.
- 9.21. Saša Stanišić – Hochschule RheinMain.
- 10.Erster Lesetag, auf archiv.bachmannpreis.orf.at
- 11.Robert Bosch Stiftung, Grenzgänger Europa und seine Nachbarn. 20180116194504.
- 12.Wie der Soldat das Grammofon repariert.
- 13.Pressemitteilung der Robert Bosch-Stiftung, 12. Oktober 2007. 20080616214643.
- 14.Stadt Mannheim Pressemeldung vom 16. Januar 2013, abgerufen am 17. Januar 2013.
- 15.Alfred-Döblin-Preis 2013 an Sasa Stanisic. Börsenblatt. 2013-05-06.
- 16., abgerufen am 13. März 2014.
- 17.Stadt Aalen. Schubart-Literaturpreis 2017 wird an Saša Stanišić verliehen. 2017-02-24.
- 18.. In: deutscher-buchpreis.de (PDF-Datei; abgerufen am 14. Oktober 2019).
- 19.Schwedische Akademie verteidigt Nobelpreis für Handke. Tagesspiegel. 2019-10-17.
- 20.Stanišić erhält Deutschen Buchpreis. In: tagesschau.de, 14. Oktober 2019 (abgerufen am 14. Oktober 2019).
- 21.Sasa Stanisic zu Handke: „Erschüttert, dass sowas prämiert wird“. Dankesrede des neuen Trägers des Deutschen Buchpreises, Sasa Stanisic, im Wortlaut. orf.at. 2019-10-14.
- 22.AKJ- www.akj.de. Wolf.
- 23.Akademie der Künste Hamburg/Mitglieder Abgerufen am 2. Juni 2016.
- 24.Schillerpreis für Saša Stanišić.
- 25.PEN Deutschland – Mitglieder. pen-deutschland.de.
- 26.PEN Deutschland – Mitglieder. pen-deutschland.de.
- 27.Volker Müller. Deutscher Bundestag – Von den Landesparlamenten entsandte Mitglieder der Bundesversammlung,.
- 28.Drehstart von HERKUNFT. ufa.de. 2026-05-21.
- 29.Süddeutsche Zeitung. Blinzelich! Elasnesk!.
- 30.Saša Stanišić ist der neue Stadtschreiber Mannheim.de.
- 31.Gymnasium Weilheim i. OB: Literaturpreis.
- 32.Schillerpreis für Saša Stanišić. In: Börsenblatt. 6. Mai 2021, abgerufen am 6. Mai 2021.
- 33.Winnaar Europese Literatuurprijs 2021. Europese Literatuurprijs. 2021.
- 34.Schriftsteller Saša Stanišić erhält Nelly-Sachs-Preis der Stadt Dortmund. 2023-09-05.
- 35.Marcelina P. Saša Stanišić Wins Angelus Central European Literature Award. Poland Daily 24. 2023-10-15.
- 36.Hamburger Literaturpreise gehen an zwölf Autorinnen, Autoren, Übersetzerinnen und Übersetzer. Pressemitteilung der Behörde für Kultur und Medien. 2023-11-10.
- 37.Verdienstorden des Landes an 22 verdiente Persönlichkeiten. 2024-04-19.
- 38.deutschlandfunk.de. Braunschweig - Schriftsteller Saša Stanišić erhält Wilhelm Raabe-Literaturpreis 2024. 2024-09-10.
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Zur literarischen Topografie Heidelbergs in Saša Stanišićs Herkunft, Saša Stanišić: Poetologie und Werkpolitik, 2023Crossref registry
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