Stevan Tontić

Stevan Tontić
Tontć in 2019
Born	(1946-12-30)30 December 1946 Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Died	12 February 2022(2022-02-12) (aged 75)
Nationality	Serbian
Occupation(s)	Writer Translator

Stevan Tontić (30 December 1946 – 12 February 2022) was a Serbian writer and translator.^[1]

Biography

Tontić studied philosophy and sociology in Sarajevo, where he later lived and worked as an editor. After the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992, he stayed in exile in Germany until his return in 2001. In his works, he often wrote about the collapse of southern Slavic civilizations.^[2] He also dealt with his experiences of war and exile.^[3]

He died on 12 February 2022, at the age of 75.^[4]

Works

• Handschrift aus Sarajevo (1998)
• Sonntag in Berlin (2000)
• Im Auftrag des Wortes. Texte aus dem Exil (2004)
• Der tägliche Weltuntergang (2015)

His literary work is a part of common heritage of Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins and Bosniaks.^[5]

Awards

• Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry (2000)^[6]
• Hilde-Domin-Preis für Literatur im Exil [de] (2001)^[7]
• Heidelberg-Preis of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (2012)^[8]
• Reiner Kunze Award [de] (2019)^[9]

References

1. "Preminuo Stevan Tontić!". Republika (in Serbian). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
2. "У паклу се песме обично не пишу". Politika (in Serbian). 14 January 2011. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
3. "Mein Feldzug ist meine Sprache". Der Freitag (in German). 9 February 2001. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
4. "Preminuo književnik Stevan Tontić". N1 (in Serbian). 12 February 2022. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
5. S. Rančić, Dunja (2022). Oblikovanje kanona srpske poezije u antologijama Bogdana Popovića, Zorana Mišića i Miodraga Pavlovića. Belgrade: University of Belgrade. p. 134.
6. "Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik". Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (in German).
7. "Hilde-Domin-Preis für Literatur im Exil". Heidelberg (in German).
8. "Poezija na dva jezika". Vesti online (in Bosnian). 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
9. Zehrfeld, Cristina (17 January 2019). "Die Schüler und der Preisträger". Freie Presse (in German). Archived from the original on 25 April 2019. Retrieved 15 February 2022.