Tanja Stupar-Trifunović (born 1977) is an author from Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Background

Stupar-Trifunović was born in 1977 in Zadar, Croatia. ^[1] She left Zadar with her family at the beginning of the Yugoslav wars. ^[2] She attended Serbian language and literature ^[3] at the University of Banja Luka and currently lives in Banja Luka. ^[1]

Works

Stupar-Trifunović's writing often explores loss and the lives of women, specifically in the context of the Yugoslav wars. ^[4]

Primarily a poet, Stupar-Trifunović has also published a novel, as well as short stories, columns and literary reviews. ^[1] Her first novel, Satovi u majčinoj sobi (Clocks in my mother’s room), was published in 2014. ^[5]

Poetry and short story collections published by Stupar-Trifunović include:

• Kuća od slova (1999, Zadužbina, “Petar Kočić” Banja Luka)
• Uspostavljanje ravnoteže (2002, KOV)
• Adornova svraka (2007, Zalihica)
• O čemu misle varvari dok doručkuju (2008, Zoro), poetry, title translates to What Barbarians Are Thinking about While Having Breakfast ^[6]
• Glavni junak je čovjek koji se zaljubljuje u nesreću (2010, Zaklada Fra Grgo Martić), poetry, title translates to The Hero is the Man Who Falls in Love with Calamity ^[6]

Poetry by Stupar-Trifunović has been translated into several languages including English, German, Polish, French, Macedonian, Romanian, Slovene and Danish. ^{[1] [6]}

Stupar-Trifunović currently works as Editor for the literary magazine Putevi ^[1] and is developing her second novel. ^[6]

Awards

In 2016, Stupar-Trifunović won the European Union Prize for Literature for her novel Satovi u majčinoj sobi (Clocks in my mother’s room). ^[7] The novel was also short listed for the 2014 NIN Award (considered the leading Serbian literary prize). ^[8] In 2013 it won the Zlatna sova third-place award for the best novel manuscript in Serbian language. ^[6]

In 2008, Stupar-Trifunović was shortlisted in the poetry category of the CEE Literature Award. ^[1]

Her poetry collection, O čemu misle varvari dok doručkuju, was shortlisted for the ProCredit Bank Literature Award for East and Southeast Europe. ^{[6] [9]}

In 2009 Glavni junak je čovjek koji se zaljubljuje u nesreću won the Fra Grgo Martić Literary Award. ^{[6] [10]}

Residencies

In January 2017, Stupar-Trifunović began an artists-in-residence programme at the Q21 in Vienna. ^[6]

References