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Uglješa Šajtinac

Born 1971 · Serbia

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Books on prize lists

  • No English yet

    NIN 2022 · Shortlist

    Кољка и Сашењка

    Koljka i Sašenjka

    Uglješa Šajtinac · 51 when first published

    Novel · 158 pages · Family, Autofiction

    AI-generated summary:In the family house during the coronavirus pandemic, the narrator finds a list of chores written by his late uncle Konstantin, called Koljka, for a week in September that has already passed, and begins to remember him.

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    NIN 2011 · Shortlist

    Сасвим скромни дарови

    Sasvim skromni darovi

    Title translated by AI:“Quite Modest Gifts”

    Uglješa Šajtinac · 40 when first published

    Novel · 113 pages · Family, Migration

    AI-generated summary:Two brothers, one in New York and one at home in the Banat, exchange emails about their American and Serbian everyday lives, their ageing parents and the family past that still shapes them.