Meša Selimović Award

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. It is the most important literary award in Southeast Europe.

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