The Isidora Sekulić Award (Serbian: Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, Serbian Cyrillic: Награда Исидора Секулић) is one of most important Serbian respective former Yugoslavian Literature Awards, established by Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in Honor To Cosmopolitan Isidora Sekulić. It honors female and male writers of current literature for best work of modern Serbian literature from previous year. In its first decade, several authors had been awarded annually. Since 1979, only single winner received the award each year. A total of 75 persons (64 male and 11 female) received the award since its inception. Category Poetry had been awarded at last in 1979. In 1980, chairwoman Tanja Kragujević responded speech in front of Municipal Assembly before her newly election as Chairwoman of jury, reconfirmed with following words: it dilutes every prize, because it doesn't correspond to the work of that woman, whom I admire and revere! I can't even claim to be worthy of namesake, but men don't even come close to her Oeuvre... no more books should be awarded like called poetry literary prize... either that's my content-based demand, or I voluntarily resign as chairwoman. Isidora didn't write "poetry", she portrayed Truths In Art!
Sekulić Award Laureates had been presented anually in the Great Festival Hall of Savski venac Municipality building from 1968 until 2020, since 2021 is Villa Peace in The Summer Gardens Of Royal Residence by King Peter I. central Culture Event location.
Mrs. Sekulić gave a speech on INTERNATIONALISM OF YUGOSLAVIAN IDEA in the Great Festival Hall on last Birthday before death.
Royal Majesty also attempted Cosmopolitan policy for modern Serbia of peaceful Future. [1][2]
List of laureates
[edit]| 2024 | Aleksandar Jerkov | Istina o Svetom Savistina
A Truth About Holy Spirit (Novel) |
| 2023 | Aleksandar Jerkov | Istina Srpske književnosti
A Truth Of Serbian Literature (Literary Theory) |
| 2022 | Dragan Stojanović | Tripl Dablin |
| 2021 | Jovica Aćin | Banja i druge poslednje priče |
| 2020 | Slobodan Mandić | Panonski palimpsesti / Duh priče i druga imena
Pannonia Palimsests / Story Ghost And Other Names (Novellas) |
| 2019 | Nina Savčić | Vlasnik svega našeg
Owner Of Ours All (Novel) |
| 2018 | Aleksandar Gatalica | Poslednji argonaut
Last Argonaut (Epigonic Literature) |
| 2017 | Uglješa Šajtinac | Žena iz Huareza
Woman from Juarez : Emigration/Immigration (Story) |
| 2016 | Labud Dragić | Kukavičja pilad
Cuckoo Chicks (Montenegrin Saga) |
| 2015 | Svetislav Basara| | Anđeo atentata : tabloid |
| 2014 | David Albahari | Životinjsko carstvo
Animalistic World (Fable) |
| 2013 | Sonja Veselinović | Krosfejd
Crossfield (Historical Fiction) |
| 2012 | Žaneta Đukić-Perišić | Pisac i priča – Stvaralačka biografija Ive Andrića
Creative Biography (Edition Of Texts From Legacy) |
| 2011 | Slobodan Vladušić | Crnjanski, megalopolis
The Methaporic Polis Of Crnjanski (Literary studies) |
| 2010 | Vladan Matijević | Vrlo malo svetlosti
Very Little Light (Romance On Being Atmosphere) |
| 2009 | Đorđe Milosavljević | Đavo i mala gospođa |
| 2008 | Vladislav Bajac | Hamam Balkanija (Fictional Travelogue) |
| 2007 | Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov | Priče za dosadno popodne
Storues For The Boring Afternoon (Short Stories) |
| 2006 | Zoran Živković | Most (War novel) |
| 2005 | Ratomir Damjanović | Džonijev solo |
| 2004 | Ivana Hadži-Popović | Zamka
The Trap (Passion Tale On Hunter's Life And Death) |
| 2003 | Vladeta Jerotić | Putovanja, zapisi, sećanja
Voyages, Notes, Memoirs, (Analytic-self-critical Life Remembrance in Fragments) |
| 2002 | Boris Miljković | Čaj na Zameleku
Tea Time In Zamalek (Imaginary Monologues At Breakfast (Reflections) |
| 2001 | Milovan Stanković | Sve o porodici Fuler
All About The Fuller Family (Family Saga) |
| 2000 | Mirjana Novaković | Strah i njegov sluga
Dr. Fear Vansveta And His Servant (Vampire Shocker) |
| 1999 | Zoran Bognar | Novi čovek
The New Man (Kind Of Nietzsche Inspiration Lyrics: Homunculus) |
| 1998 | Marica Josimčević | Put kože |
| 1997 | Ratko Adamović | Besmrtni Kaleb |
| 1996 | Srba Mitrović | Snimci za panoramu
Panorama Shots (Experiences Of Recruited Soldier in Srpski Haiku) |
| 1995 | Milan Orlić | Iz polarne noći
From The Polar Night (A Poetic Dream) |
| 1994 | Đorđe Trifunović | Life Achievement Special Award For
Complete Science Work On Ancient Serbian literature (Literary Studies) |
| 1993 | Dobroslav Smiljanić | Vilin kamen |
| 1992 | Petar Pijanović | Proza Danila Kiša
(Editor Of Non-Published Texts) |
| 1991 | Miroslav Maksimović | 55 soneta o životnim radostima i teškoćama
Fiftyfive Sonnets About Life Joys and Difficulties |
| 1990 | Novica Petković | Ogledi iz srpske poetike
Essays From Serbian Poetics (Literary Theory) |
| 1989 | Dušan Ivanić | Modeli književnoga govora : iz istorije i poetike srpske književnosti
Examples of literarily speech: From History And Poetics Of Serbian Heritage |
| 1988 | Jovan Radulović | Dalje od oltara (Prose) |
| 1987 | Ljubiša Jeremić | Tragički vidovi starijeg srpskog romana : od Jakova Ignjatovića do Svetolika Rankovića (Literary studies) |
| 1986 | Hatidža Dizdarević-Krnjević | Lirski istočnici : iz istorije i poetike lirske narodne poezije (Literary studies) |
| 1985 | Slobodan Popović | Knjiga o Milutinu (Prose) |
| 1984 | Rajko Petrov Nogo | Zimomora (Poetry) |
| 1983 | Slobodan Zubanović | Domaći duh (Poetry) |
| 1982 | Lazar Trifunović | Od impresionizma do enformela (art history) |
| 1981 | Slobodan Rakitić | Žudnja za jugom (Poetry) |
| 1981 | Nikola Milošević | he did not accept the award |
| 1980 | Radoslav Bratić | Sumnja u biografiju (Prose) |
| 1979 | Milovan Danojlić | Zmijin svlak (Prose) |
| 1978 | No award given | |
| 1977 | No award given | |
| 1976 | Tanja Kragujević | Mitsko u Nastasijevićevom delu (Essay, Literary studies) |
| Dragomir Brajković | Krvava svadba u Brzavi (Poetry) | |
| Mirjana Pavlović | Zajednički imenitelj (Prose) | |
| 1975 | Mirko Magarašević | Senke besmrtnosti (Poetry) |
| Milenko Vučetić | Glasovi (Prose) | |
| Milan Komnenić | Eros i znak (Essay) | |
| 1974 | Đuro Damjanović | Magla u rukama (Prose); |
| Ibrahim Hadžić | Oformiti jedinstvenu životinju (Poetry) | |
| Čedomir Mirković | for his entire work (Essay, Review) | |
| 1973 | Milorad Blečić | Kako se rađala jugoslovenska revolucionarna poezia (Literary studies) |
| Miodrag Stanisavljević | Knjiga senki (Poetry) | |
| Mitko Madžunkov | Ubij govorljivog psa (Prose) | |
| 1972 | Marko Nedić | Magija poetske proze. Studija o Rastku Petroviću (Essay, Literary science) |
| Miladin Ćulafić | Nešto (Prose) | |
| 1971 | Svetozar Vlajković | Neko drugo leto (Prose) |
| Radomir Andrić | Šumska crkva (Poetry) | |
| Aleksandar Petrov | Poezija Crnjanskog i srpsko pesništvo | |
| 1970 | Božidar Milidragović | Umetnik Zolt (Prose) |
| Branislav Petrović | O prokleta da si ulico Rige od Fere (Poetry) | |
| Srba Ignjatović | Salomina činija (Essay) | |
| 1969 | Miroslav Josić Višnjić | Lepa Jelena (Prose) |
| Vito Marković | Pakao (Poetry) | |
| Bogdan A. Popović | for his complete work (Essay, Review) | |
| 1968 | Jovan Hristić | Oblici moderne književnosti (Essay) |
| Vidosav Stevanović | Refuz mrtvak (Prose) | |
| 1967 | Ljubomir Simović | Šlemovi (Poetry) |
| Svetlana Velmar Janković | Savremenici (Essay) | |
| Živojin Pavlović | Dve večeri u jesen (Prose) | |
Composition Of Jury
[edit]All members of the Municipal Assembly decide only by absolute majority 1 Chairwoman or Chairman and 7 Academic Professionals. These persons must be confirmed in their positions by the assembly every year, and all democratic votes are only valid if no member of assembly is absent from election.
Each Chairwoman or -man of Jury does not have the right to vote in election; he or she may only give intervention as neutral moderator regarding the communicationstyle of proceedings. Only an absolute majority is valid in election; there may be no abstentions, and all members are required to attend until the results are known. There may be several sessions, each of which must have four hours at least.
1* Svetlana VELMAR-JANKOVIĆ 1968-1973
2* Mitko MADŽUNKOV 1974-1978
3* Tanja KRAGUJEVAĆ 1979-2000
4* Milan ORLIĆ 2000-2002
5* Ratko ADAMOVIĆ 2003-2016
6* Petar ARBUTINA 2017-2021[3]
7* Aleksandar JERKOV 2022-
