Stevan Tontić Explained

Stevan Tontić
Birth Date:	1946 12, df=y
Birth Place:	Sanski Most, PR Bosnia and Herzegovina, FPR Yugoslavia
Nationality:	Serbian
Occupation:	Writer Translator

Stevan Tontić (30 December 1946 – 12 February 2022) was a Serbian writer and translator.^[1]

Biography

Tontić studied philosophy and sociology in Sarajevo, where he later lived and worked as an editor. After the Siege of Sarajevo in 1992, he stayed in exile in Germany until his return in 2001. In his works, he often wrote about the collapse of southern Slavic civilizations.^[2] He also dealt with his experiences of war and exile.^[3]

He died on 12 February 2022, at the age of 75.^[4]

Works

• Handschrift aus Sarajevo (1998)
• Sonntag in Berlin (2000)
• Im Auftrag des Wortes. Texte aus dem Exil (2004)
• Der tägliche Weltuntergang (2015)

His literary work is a part of common heritage of Serbs, Croats, Montenegrins and Bosniaks.^[5]

Awards

• Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry (2000)^[6]
• (2001)^[7]
• Heidelberg-Preis of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste (2012)^[8]
• (2019)^[9]

Notes and References

1. News: 12 February 2022. Preminuo Stevan Tontić!. Serbian. Republika. 15 February 2022.
2. News: 14 January 2011. У паклу се песме обично не пишу. Serbian. Politika. 15 February 2022.
3. News: 9 February 2001. Mein Feldzug ist meine Sprache. German. Der Freitag. 15 February 2022.
4. News: 12 February 2022. Preminuo književnik Stevan Tontić. Serbian. N1. 15 February 2022.
5. Book: S. Rančić, Dunja . Oblikovanje kanona srpske poezije u antologijama Bogdana Popovića, Zorana Mišića i Miodraga Pavlovića . University of Belgrade . 2022 . Belgrade . 134.
6. Web site: Horst-Bienek-Preis für Lyrik. Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste. German.
7. Web site: Hilde-Domin-Preis für Literatur im Exil. Heidelberg. German.
8. News: 26 October 2010. Poezija na dva jezika. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203004357/http://www.vesti-online.com/Dijaspora/drzava/Nemacka/Vesti/264695/Poezija-na-dva-jezika. 3 December 2013. Bosnian. Vesti online. 15 February 2022.
9. News: Zehrfeld. Cristina. 17 January 2019. Die Schüler und der Preisträger. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20190425164239/https://www.freiepresse.de//erzgebirge/stollberg/die-schueler-und-der-preistraeger-artikel10420831. 25 April 2019. German. Freie Presse. 15 February 2022.