The Meša Selimović Award, is the Bosnian literary award for the best novel published in the previous year from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. It has been awarded in Tuzla since 2002. It is named in honor of the Bosnian writer Meša Selimović.
The award was founded by the former Municipality of Tuzla in 2001 on the initiative of Jasmin Imamović, and is awarded within the framework of literary meetings "Cum grano salis" in Tuzla. The prize consists of the sculpture Mastionica i pero, which is the work of academic sculptor Pera Jelisić, and a cash prize.booksa.hr: Meša Kovaču, Diagram grčkim seoskim poštarima, accessed: 10 April 2011
It is the most important literary award in Southeast Europe.slobodnaevropa.org: Nagrada "Meša Selimović" Miloradu Popoviću, accessed: 9 November 2025
Winners + Meša Selimović Award winners Year AuthorTitleCountry 2002 Marinko Koščec"Netko drugi" Croatia2003 Irfan Horozović "Shakespeare u Dar es Salaamu" Bosnia and Herzegovina2004 Ivica Đikić "Cirkus Columbia" Croatia2005 Ognjen Spahić "Hansenova djeca" Montenegro2006 Sanja Domazet "Ko plače" Serbia2007 Miljenko Jergović "Ruta Tannenbaum"Croatia2008 Mirko Kovač "Grad u zrcalu" Croatia2009 Bekim Sejranović"Nigdje, niotkuda" Croatiatportal.hr: Bekim Sejranović dobitnik nagrade Meša Selimović accessed: 10 April 20112010 Mirjana Đurđević "Kaja, Beograd i dobri Amerikanac" Serbiatportal.hr: Mirjana Đurđević dobitnica nagrade Meša Selimović accessed: 10 April 20112011 Ludwig Bauer "Zavičaj, zaborav" CroatiaVjesnik: Razgovor: Dobitnik nagrade »Meša Selimović«. Ludwig Bauer: Uvijek se trudim iskopati iz sebe ono najbolje accessed: 16. December 20112012 Faruk Šehić"Knjiga o Uni" Bosnia and Herzegovina 2013 Milorad Popović "Karnera" MontenegroMilorad Popović dobitnik nagrade "Meša Selimović" , Vijesti.me, 7 September 2013, accessed: 21 September 20132014 Ivan Lovrenović "Nestali u stoljeću"Bosnia and Herzegovina2015 Filip David "Kuća sećanja i zaborava" Serbia2016 Slobodan Šnajder "Doba mjedi" Croatia2017 Andrej Nikolaidis "Mađarska rečenica" Bosnia and Herzegovina/ Montenegro 2018 Semezdin Mehmedinović "Me’med, crvena bandana i pahuljica" Bosnia and Herzegovina2019 Senka Marić "Kintsugi tijela" Bosnia and Herzegovina2020 Ivana Bodrožić "Sinovi, kćeri"Croatia2021 Damir Karakaš "Okretište" Croatia2022 Bora Ćosić "Bergotova udovica" Serbia2023 Kristian Novak "Slučaj vlastite pogibelji" Croatia2024 Jurica Pavičić "Žigice" Croatia
References
External links Cum Grano Salis - Grad Tuzla