children birth_place nationality birth_date period spouse article_title name occupation
ivor sarajevo , sfr yugoslavia croatian 17 september 1977 2000 & ndash ; present dr. jelena vasiljevic igor Štiks
 igor Štiks novelist
igor Štiks

igor Štiks -lrb- born 17 september 1977 in sarajevo -rrb- is a writer and scholar presently living in edinburgh , uk .
he has published two novels -lrb- `` dvorac u romagni '' , -lrb- a castle in romagna -rrb- in 2000 and `` elijahova stolica '' -lrb- elijah 's chair -rrb- in 2006 -rrb- .
a castla in romanie has been translated into english -lrb- autumn hill books , 2005 -rrb- , german and spanish and won the award for best first novel in croatia in 2000 .
the english translation was nominated for the international impac dublin literary award for 2006 .
igor Štiks spend his childhood in sarajevo , but lived in zagreb , croatia since the bosnian war started in 1992 .
he studied comparative literature and philosophy at the university of zagreb .
he later moved to paris , where he received a master degree in philosophy at the university of paris .
since 1996 he published articles , essays , literary works and translations in the croatian media -lrb- in `` vijenac '' , `` zarez '' , `` quorum '' , `` europski glasnik '' , `` libra '' , `` fantom slobode '' , `` tvrdja '' -rrb- , as well as in bosnia and herzegovina -lrb- `` lica '' -rrb- , slovenia -lrb- `` ampak '' -rrb- , serbia -lrb- `` reč '' -rrb- , montenegro -lrb- `` art '' -rrb- , and macedonia -lrb- `` lettre internationale '' , `` blesok '' -rrb- .
from 1997 to 2001 he worked at `` zarez '' , first as a member of the editorial staff of the cultural pages -lrb- from 1997 to 1999 -rrb- , and then as a reporter on cultural and social issues -lrb- from 1999 to 2001 -rrb- .
he is a member of the advisory board of `` novi plamen '' , a journal for politics and culture .
his first novel , `` a castle in romagna '' won the slavić prize for best first novel in croatia in 2001 .
an austrian translation by klaus detlef olof appeared in 2002 -lrb- folio verlag , vienna -rrb- , and in 2005 , an american edition in the translation of tomislav kuzmanović and russell scott valentino -lrb- autumn hill books , iowa city -rrb- .
french and spanish translations are currently being prepared .
his second novel , ` elijahova stolica ' -lrb- fraktura , 2006 -rrb- , called elijahs chair in english , has been rewarded as the best croatian book of 2006 .
