Sasa Stanisic

Saša Stanišić was born in 1978 in Višegrad, in what was then Yugoslavia. He writes novels, short stories and children’s books. His debut novel, “How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone,” was translated into 31 languages. His novel “Before the Feast” received, among other honors, the Alfred Döblin Prize and the 2014 Leipzig Book Fair Prize. In 2019, he was awarded the German Book Prize for “Where You Come From.” His works have been translated into more than 30 languages and have received numerous awards.