# Isidora Sekulić Award

The Isidora Sekulić Award (Serbian: Nagrada Isidora Sekulić, Serbian Cyrillic: Награда Исидора Секулић) is a Serbian, and former Yugoslav, literary prize established by the Belgrade municipality of Savski venac in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of the writer and Belgrade native Isidora Sekulić. The award honors writers for the best work of modern Serbian literature of the previous year. In its first decade, several authors were awarded annually. Since 1979, only one author has received the award each year. A total of 74 authors (63 male and 11 female) have received the award since its inception.

## List of laureates

| 2023 | Aleksandar Jerkov | Istina (srpske) književnosti |
| 2022 | Dragan Stojanović | Tripl Dablin (Prose) |
| 2021 | Jovica Aćin | Banja i druge poslednje priče (Prose) |
| 2020 | Slobodan Mandić | Panonski palimpsesti and Duh priče i druga imena (Prose) |
| 2019 | Nina Savčić | Vlasnik svega našeg (Prose) |
| 2018 | Aleksandar Gatalica | Poslednji argonaut (Prose) |
| 2017 | Uglješa Šajtinac | Žena iz Huareza (Prose) |
| 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 | Danko 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 | No award given |
| 1977 | No award given | No award given |
| 1976 | Tanja Kragujević | Mitsko u Nastasijevićevom delu (Essay, Literary studies) |
| 1976 | Dragomir Brajković | Krvava svadba u Brzavi (Poetry) |
| 1976 | Mirjana Pavlović | Zajednički imenitelj (Prose) |
| 1975 | Mirko Magarašević | Senke besmrtnosti (Poetry) |
| 1975 | Milenko Vučetić | Glasovi (Prose) |
| 1975 | Milan Komnenić | Eros i znak (Essay) |
| 1974 | Đuro Damjanović | Magla u rukama (Prose); |
| 1974 | Ibrahim Hadžić | Oformiti jedinstvenu životinju (Poetry) |
| 1974 | Čedomir Mirković | for his entire work (Essay, Review) |
| 1973 | Milorad Blečić | Kako se rađala jugoslovenska revolucionarna poezia (Literary studies) |
| 1973 | Miodrag Stanisavljević | Knjiga senki (Poetry) |
| 1973 | Mitko Madžunkov | Ubij govorljivog psa (Prose) |
| 1972 | Marko Nedić | Magija poetske proze. Studija o Rastku Petroviću (Essay, Literary science) |
| 1972 | Miladin Ćulafić | Nešto (Prose) |
| 1971 | Svetozar Vlajković | Neko drugo leto (Prose) |
| 1971 | Radomir Andrić | Šumska crkva (Poetry) |
| 1971 | Aleksandar Petrov | Poezija Crnjanskog i srpsko pesništvo |
| 1970 | Božidar Milidragović | Umetnik Zolt (Prose) |
| 1970 | Branislav Petrović | O prokleta da si ulico Rige od Fere (Poetry) |
| 1970 | Srba Ignjatović | Salomina činija (Essay) |
| 1969 | Miroslav Josić Višnjić | Lepa Jelena (Prose) |
| 1969 | Vito Marković | Pakao (Poetry) |
| 1969 | Bogdan A. Popović | for his complete work (Essay, Review) |
| 1968 | Jovan Hristić | Oblici moderne književnosti (Essay) |
| 1968 | Vidosav Stevanović | Refuz mrtvak (Prose) |
| 1967 | Ljubomir Simović | Šlemovi (Poetry) |
| 1967 | Svetlana Velmar Janković | Savremenici (Essay) |
| 1967 | Živojin Pavlović | Dve večeri u jesen (Prose) |