Isidora Sekulić Award

The Isidora Sekulić Award (Serbian: Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, Serbian Cyrillic: Награда Исидора Секулић) is one of most important Serbian respective former Yugoslavian Literature Awards, established by Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in Honor To Cosmopolitan Isidora Sekulić. It honors female and male writers of current literature for best work of modern Serbian literature from previous year. In its first decade, several authors had been awarded annually. Since 1979, only single winner received the award each year. A total of 75 persons (64 male and 11 female) received the award since its inception. Category Poetry had been awarded at last in 1979. In 1980, chairwoman Tanja Kragujević responded speech in front of Municipal Assembly before her newly election as Chairwoman of jury, reconfirmed with following words: it dilutes every prize, because it doesn't correspond to the work of that woman, whom I admire and revere! I can't even claim to be worthy of namesake, but men don't even come close to her Oeuvre... no more books should be awarded like called poetry literary prize... either that's my content-based demand, or I voluntarily resign as chairwoman. Isidora didn't write "poetry", she portrayed Truths In Art!

Sekulić Award Laureates had been presented anually in the Great Festival Hall of Savski venac Municipality building from 1968 until 2020, since 2021 is Villa Peace in The Summer Gardens Of Royal Residence by King Peter I. central Culture Event location.

Mrs. Sekulić gave a speech on INTERNATIONALISM OF YUGOSLAVIAN IDEA in the Great Festival Hall on last Birthday before death.

Royal Majesty also attempted Cosmopolitan policy for modern Serbia of peaceful Future. ^[1][2]

List of laureates

2024	Aleksandar Jerkov	Istina o Svetom Savistina (Novel: A Truth About Holy Spirit)
2023	Aleksandar Jerkov	Istina Srpske književnosti Literary Theory: A Truth Of Serbian Literature
2022	Dragan Stojanović	Tripl Dablin l (Political Farce Grotesque: Triple Dublin)
2021	Jovica Aćin	Banja i druge poslednje priče Spa And Other Latest Stories (Novellas)
2020	Slobodan Mandić	Panonski palimpsesti / Duh priče i druga imena Pannonia Palimsests / Story Ghost And Other Names (Novellas)
2019	Nina Savčić	Vlasnik svega našeg Owner Of Ours All (Novel)
2018	Aleksandar Gatalica	Poslednji argonaut Last Argonaut (Prose)
2017	Uglješa Šajtinac	Žena iz Huareza Woman from Juarez (Short Stories About Emigration/Immigration)
2016	Labud Dragić	Kukavičja pilad (Prose)
2015	Svetislav Basara	Anđeo atentata: tabloid (Prose)
2014	David Albahari	Životinjsko carstvo (Prose)
2013	Sonja Veselinović	Krosfejd (Prose)
2012	Žaneta Đukić-Perišić	Pisac i priča – Stvaralačka biografija Ive Andrića (Biography, Literary studies)
2011	Slobodan Vladušić	Crnjanski, megalopolis (Literary studies)
2010	Vladan Matijević	Vrlo malo svetlosti (Prose)
2009	Đorđe Milosavljević	Đavo i mala gospođa (Prose)
2008	Vladislav Bajac	Hamam Balkanija (Prose)
2007	Mirjana Bjelogrlić-Nikolov	Priče za dosadno popodne (Prose)
2006	Zoran Živković	Most (Prose)
2005	Ratomir Damjanović	Džonijev solo (Prose)
2004	Ivana Hadži-Popović	Zamka (Prose)
2003	Vladeta Jerotić	Putovanja, zapisi, sećanja (Autobiography)
2002	Boris Miljković	Čaj na Zameleku (Prose)
2001	Milovan Stanković	Sve o porodici Fuler (Prose)
2000	Mirjana Novaković	Strah i njegov sluga (Prose)
1999	Zoran Bognar	Novi čovek (Poetry)
1998	Marica Josimčević	Put kože (Prose)
1997	Ratko Adamović	Besmrtni Kaleb (Prose)
1996	Srba Mitrović	Snimci za panoramu (Poetry)
1995	Milan Orlić	Iz polarne noći (Poetry)
1994	Đorđe Trifunović	for his complete work on ancient Serbian literature (Literary studies)
1993	Dobroslav Smiljanić	Vilin kamen (Poetry)
1992	Petar Pijanović	Proza Danila Kiša (Literary studies)
1991	Miroslav Maksimović	55 soneta o životnim radostima i teškoćama (Poetry)
1990	Novica Petković	Ogledi iz srpske poetike (Literary studies)
1989	Dušan Ivanić	Modeli književnoga govora : iz istorije i poetike srpske književnosti (Literary studies)
1988	Jovan Radulović	Dalje od oltara (Prose)
1987	Ljubiša Jeremić	Tragički vidovi starijeg srpskog romana : od Jakova Ignjatovića do Svetolika Rankovića (Literary studies)
1986	Hatidža Dizdarević-Krnjević	Lirski istočnici : iz istorije i poetike lirske narodne poezije (Literary studies)
1985	Slobodan Popović	Knjiga o Milutinu (Prose)
1984	Rajko Petrov Nogo	Zimomora (Poetry)
1983	Slobodan Zubanović	Domaći duh (Poetry)
1982	Lazar Trifunović	Od impresionizma do enformela (art history)
1981	Slobodan Rakitić	Žudnja za jugom (Poetry)
1981	Nikola Milošević	he did not accept the award
1980	Radoslav Bratić	Sumnja u biografiju (Prose)
1979	Milovan Danojlić	Zmijin svlak (Prose)
1978	No award given
1977	No award given
1976	Tanja Kragujević	Mitsko u Nastasijevićevom delu (Essay, Literary studies)
	Dragomir Brajković	Krvava svadba u Brzavi (Poetry)
	Mirjana Pavlović	Zajednički imenitelj (Prose)
1975	Mirko Magarašević	Senke besmrtnosti (Poetry)
	Milenko Vučetić	Glasovi (Prose)
	Milan Komnenić	Eros i znak (Essay)
1974	Đuro Damjanović	Magla u rukama (Prose);
	Ibrahim Hadžić	Oformiti jedinstvenu životinju (Poetry)
	Čedomir Mirković	for his entire work (Essay, Review)
1973	Milorad Blečić	Kako se rađala jugoslovenska revolucionarna poezia (Literary studies)
	Miodrag Stanisavljević	Knjiga senki (Poetry)
	Mitko Madžunkov	Ubij govorljivog psa (Prose)
1972	Marko Nedić	Magija poetske proze. Studija o Rastku Petroviću (Essay, Literary science)
	Miladin Ćulafić	Nešto (Prose)
1971	Svetozar Vlajković	Neko drugo leto (Prose)
	Radomir Andrić	Šumska crkva (Poetry)
	Aleksandar Petrov	Poezija Crnjanskog i srpsko pesništvo
1970	Božidar Milidragović	Umetnik Zolt (Prose)
	Branislav Petrović	O prokleta da si ulico Rige od Fere (Poetry)
	Srba Ignjatović	Salomina činija (Essay)
1969	Miroslav Josić Višnjić	Lepa Jelena (Prose)
	Vito Marković	Pakao (Poetry)
	Bogdan A. Popović	for his complete work (Essay, Review)
1968	Jovan Hristić	Oblici moderne književnosti (Essay)
	Vidosav Stevanović	Refuz mrtvak (Prose)
1967	Ljubomir Simović	Šlemovi (Poetry)
	Svetlana Velmar Janković	Savremenici (Essay)
	Živojin Pavlović	Dve večeri u jesen (Prose)

Composition Of Jury

All members of the Municipal Assembly decide only by absolute majority 1 Chairwoman or Chairman and 7 Academic Professionals. These persons must be confirmed in their positions by the assembly every year, and all democratic votes are only valid if no member of assembly is absent from election.

Each Chairwoman or -man of Jury does not have the right to vote in election; he or she may only give intervention as neutral moderator regarding the communicationstyle of proceedings. Only an absolute majority is valid in election; there may be no abstentions, and all members are required to attend until the results are known. There may be several sessions, each of which must have four hours at least.

1* Svetlana VELMAR-JANKOVIĆ 1968-1973

2* Mitko MADŽUNKOV 1974-1978

3* Tanja KRAGUJEVAĆ 1979-2000

4* Milan ORLIĆ 2000-2002

5* Ratko ADAMOVIĆ 2003-2016

6* Petar ARBUTINA 2017-2021^[3]

7* Aleksandar JERKOV 2022-