The Isidora Sekulić Award (, sr-cyr, Награда Исидора Секулић) is a

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n, and former Yugoslav,

literary prize A literary award or literary prize is an award presented in recognition of a particularly lauded literary piece or body of work. It is normally presented to an author. Organizations Most literary awards come with a corresponding award ceremony. Man ...

established by the

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in 1967 and awarded annually since 1968 in honor of the writer and Belgrade native

Isidora Sekulić Isidora Sekulić ( sr-cyr, Исидора Секулић, 16 February 1877 – 5 April 1958) was a Serbian writer, novelist, essayist, polyglot and art critic. She was "the first woman academic in the history of Serbia" after she joined the Serb ...

. The award honors writers for the best work of modern

Serbian literature Serbian literature ( sr-Cyrl, Српска књижевност, ''Srpska književnost''), refers to literature written in Serbian language, Serbian and/or in Serbia and all other Serbian diaspora, lands where Serbs reside. The history of Serbia ...

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.Contact (КОНТАКТ)
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DECISION ON ESTABLISHMENT OF "ISIDORA SEKULIĆ" FUND
(PDF), Municipality of Savski venac, retrieved 2019-07-05.

List of laureates

References

{{Authority control Awards established in 1967 1967 establishments in Yugoslavia Yugoslav awards Serbian literary awards Serbian literature