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Magdalena Blažević

Born 1982 · Bosnia & Herzegovina

In English
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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    tportal 2024 · Shortlist

    Sezona berbe

    Title translated by AI:“Harvest Season”

    Magdalena Blažević · 41 when first published

    Novel · 147 pages · Love, Family

    AI-generated summary:After a short love affair ends, the photographer Una goes to her parents' house in a long-abandoned village and, with an analogue camera, uncovers the old story of her mother and a lover.

  • In English

    tportal 2023 · Winner

    In Late Summer

    U kasno ljeto

    Magdalena Blažević · 40 when first published

    Novel · 165 pages · War, Coming of age

    AI-generated summary:Fourteen-year-old Ivana, killed by an enemy unit, tells of the childhood she shared with her friend Dunja in a Bosnian village before the war swept their world away.