Tanja Stupar-Trifunović

Tanja Stupar-Trifunović studied at University of Banja Luka. The recorded working language is Serbian and Croatian. The field of work recorded is literature. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are prose and poetry. Distinctions recorded are European Union Prize for Literature.

• Name — Tanja Stupar-Trifunović • Born — 1977 • Birthplace — Zadar, Croatia • Occupation — Poet • Language — Serbian • Education — University of Banja Luka • Awards — European Union Prize for Literature (2016) Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977) is an author from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Stupar-Trifunović was born in 1977 in Zadar, Croatia. She left Zadar with her family at the beginning of the Yugoslav wars. She attended Serbian language and literature at the University of Banja Luka and currently lives in Banja Luka.

Stupar-Trifunović's writing often explores loss and the lives of women, specifically in the context of the Yugoslav wars. Primarily a poet, Stupar-Trifunović has also published a novel, as well as short stories, columns and literary reviews. Her first novel, Satovi u majčinoj sobi (Clocks in my mother’s room), was published in 2014. Poetry and short story collections published by Stupar-Trifunović include: • Kuća od slova (1999, Zadužbina, “Petar Kočić” Banja Luka) • Uspostavljanje ravnoteže (2002, KOV) • Adornova svraka (2007, Zalihica) • O čemu misle varvari dok doručkuju (2008, Zoro), poetry, title translates to What Barbarians Are Thinking about While Having Breakfast • Glavni junak je čovjek koji se zaljubljuje u nesreću (2010, Zaklada Fra Grgo Martić), poetry, title translates to The Hero is the Man Who Falls in Love with Calamity Poetry by Stupar-Trifunović has been translated into several languages including English, German, Polish, French, Macedonian, Romanian, Slovene and Danish. In 2017, she signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins. Stupar-Trifunović currently works as Editor for the literary magazine Putevi and is developing her second novel.

In January 2017, Stupar-Trifunović began an artists-in-residence programme at the Q21 in Vienna.