At the Frankfurt Book Fair, the "Leipzig publishing house" was awarded for its exceptional contribution to the preservation and promotion of literature in the post-Yugoslav area, mainly from Serbia
"Leipziger Literaturverlag" and its platform "Sisyphus" are winners of this year's "Deutscher Verlagspreis 2026" German Publishers Award for small and independent publishing houses.
This news is interesting to our readership because a large number of editions of the "Leipzig publishing house" are translated or bilingual literature, especially by authors from the former Yugoslavia, mainly Serbia.
The award worth 18.000 euros was presented to them at the recently concluded Frankfurt Book Fair.
As stated, the award recognized an exceptional contribution to the preservation and promotion of literature from the "edge of Europe", with a special focus on the post-Yugoslav space. Milorad Živojnov, expert associate of the house and co-publisher of the bilingual collection "Boy from the Water" by Milan Mladenović and "At the Hyperboreans" by Miloš Crnjanski, explains that the project was created in cooperation between the owner Viktor Kalinke and the poet Stevan Todić and Kornija Marks, who is perhaps the most important interpreter of Crnjanski's work outside our speaking areas.
It started with Crnjanski
In 2008, they published Ithaca Miloš Crnjanski, and two years later she began intensive discussions with the Slavologist and translator Robert Hodel.
Among the published works are: 100 grams of soul. Anthology of Serbian poetry, which features 28 local poets of the 20th and 21st centuries, followed by a bilingual collection by Momčilo Nastasijević The wings are…, and Dragoslav Mihailović with a collection of short stories What a mark you leave behind, Bora Stanković with a book Stories from the Balkans, and the book by Rastko Petrović was published at the beginning of this year Day six, selected and translated by Robert Hodel, in which the author's famous novel and his poetry are combined.
Desanka Maksimović's collection was also published as a bilingual edition I'm asking for a pardon, translated by Wolfgang Ecker, and the owner Viktor Kalinka, otherwise a fan of Crnjanski, has so far printed Among the Hyperboreans, A drop of Spanish blood, Iris Berlin (Crnjanski's travelogues from Germany during 1928 and 1929), Shaggy horses from Iceland (travelogue from 1937, excerpted from Hyperboreans), but also his book of literary dialogues with the author Migration, under the name Autumn in SumatraA new translation is also in preparation. A novel about London, signed by Kornelija Mat, along with expert texts that will bring readers closer to the importance of Crnjanski for European spaces.
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Among contemporary authors, "Leipziger Literaturverlag" published, among others, Bernardi's room Slobodan Tišma, poetry by Radmila Lazić, novel The tragic fate of Moric Toto Dane Todorovic…
In preparation
A hybrid book by Zoran Ćirić, compiled from the novel, is also being prepared Chain of freedom and collections Secret poems for Kathy (this year's winner of the "Vasko Popa" award) i Last songs of love. A bilingual version will soon be published The Seventh Republic Zadar journalist and critic Ante Perković on pop culture in the Yugoslav disintegration.
"On June 1, we promoted the second edition of Mladenović's book The boy from the water, followed by a musical performance of his songs, because the German audience perceived him as the last Yugoslav avant-garde poet, and not as the frontman of EKV. It is so far the best-selling poetry collection of someone who wrote in Yugoslav languages," says Živojnov, himself a journalist and musician.
Apart from the "Leipzig publishing house", translations from Serbian to German are published only by the Austrian publisher - "Wizer Ferlag".
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