Jelena Lengold

Jelena Lengold
Born1959
Kruševac
OccupationPoet, novelist, journalist
Notable worksVašarski Mađioničar (Fairground Magician)
Notable awardsEU Prize for Literature

Jelena Lengold (born in 1959 in Kruševac) is a Serbian poet, novelist and journalist. A longtime cultural reporter for Radio Belgrade, Lengold has published a number of books, including poetry, novels, and short stories. Her short story collection Vašarski Mađioničar or "Fairground Magician" as it translates in English,[1] was published by Istros Books in 2013. "Fairground Magician" won the EU Prize for Literature.[2]

Works

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Poetry collections

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  • Raspad botanike (1982)
  • Vreteno (1984)
  • Podneblje maka (1986)
  • Prolazak anđela (1989)
  • Sličice iz života kapelmajstora (1991)
  • Bunar teških reči (2011)
  • Izaberi jedno mesto (2016)

Short story collections

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  • Pokisli lavovi (1994)
  • Lift (1999)
  • Vašarski mađioničar (2008, 2009, 2012)
  • Prestraši me (2009)
  • U tri kod Kandinskog (2013)
  • Raščarani svet (2016)

Novels

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  • Baltimor (2003, 2011)
  • Odustajanje (2018)

References

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  1. ^ "Jelena Lengold | EU Prize for Literature". www.euprizeliterature.eu. Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2019-12-20.
  2. ^ "EU Prize for Literature - Jelena Lengold".[permanent dead link]