Danilo Kiš was a writer, translator, and one of the most celebrated literary figures of the 20th century in the region. Born in Subotica, he survived the Holocaust and completed his secondary education in Cetinje, Montenegro. He graduated from the University of Belgrade with a...
Judita Šalgo was a writer, essayist, and translator from Hungarian and English. She was born in Novi Sad into a Jewish family, a background that deeply shaped both her personal life and her literary sensibility. During World War II, her parents were taken to concentration camps—her...
Mirko Kovač was a celebrated novelist, playwright, and essayist, widely regarded as one of the most important voices in South Slavic literature. Born in Montenegro, he studied dramaturgy at the Academy for Theatre, Film, and Television in Belgrade but left before graduating to publish his...
Dubravka Ugrešić was an acclaimed novelist, essayist, and playwright, known for her sharp intellect, irony, and fearless critique of nationalism and cultural conformity. She graduated in Comparative and Russian Literature from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb, where she later worked for...
Aleksandar Tišma was a novelist, poet, short story writer, playwright, editor, and academic. He studied English language and literature at the Faculty of Philosophy in Belgrade. In 1944, he joined the National Liberation Movement and later worked as a journalist in Novi Sad. Tišma spent much...
The KROKODIL Association won the "Hrabri glas" (Brave Voice) award for 2022 which CRTA (Center for Research, Transparency and Accountability) awards to individuals and groups that with special courage fight for the common good. Solidarity with the citizens of Ukraine and the material support provided and...
Fifty years after the organisation of a photographic prize with Sebastião Salgado, CCFD-Terre Solidaire is launching the Terre Solidaire (Earth of Solidarity) photo prize, this demonstrating its renewed commitment to supporting photographers, who are great witnesses to the state of the world and to our...