The Croatian-Bosnian writer Miljenko Jergović will receive the Leipzig Book Prize for European Understanding 2026. He will be honored for his short story "The Crazy Heart. Sarajevo Marlboro Remastered', published this year, the Leipzig Book Fair announced. The author "unflinchingly explores the fault lines in the history of the Western Balkans", said the jury, explaining its decision.
The book prize is endowed with 20,000 euros. It will be awarded on March 18 at the opening of the Leipzig Book Fair. Miljenko Jergović was born in Sarajevo in 1966 and has lived in Zagreb since 1993.
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