100 Slavic Novels
The 100 Slavic Novels series is an international literary programme promoting contemporary Slavic literature written after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The collection represents a highly successful example of literary exchange among the Slavic cultures, establishing close ties among Slavic writers, translators and readers. With a well thought-out selection of the twelve best novels from the participating countries – Belarus, Bulgaria, Croatia, North Macedonia, Montenegro, the Russian Federation Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia – it fills a literary gap in modern Slavic literature and breathes new life into the Slavic literary world.
100 Slavic Novels is much more than just a literary series, it is a project that brings together authors, translators and literary professionals, and is dedicated to their presentation and promotion.
“The initiators of the 100 Slavic Novels collection only hoped that it would not be another stillborn idea. We were aware that the Slavic world was fragmented enough, if not even split, that even the best of ideas could be shattered on the rocks of reality. We were driven by the belief that, despite all the differences, we belong to the same identity circle and that we therefore have something to say to each other. Among various literary expressions, we chose the novel. This literary genre at least in the traditional sense, articulates the totality of the world. We wanted to find out more about each other through the novels. We spent the years after the fall of communism in a kind of mutual ignorance as if ashamed of the poverty of our nephews and ourselves. Nowadays, Slavic novels have found their common home.”
Mitja Čander First Editor-in-Chief of 100 Slavic Novels
partners
108 Slavic Authors in 9 Slavic Languages
The 100 Slavic Novels series published under the auspices of the Forum of Slavic Cultures makes it possible for the best narrative voices of one Slavic country to find their place on the bookshelves of the other Slavic countries. The collection brings together
- 9 countries
- 108 authors
- 108 exciting novels
- 53 translators
- 7 publishing houses.
- So far 83 books have been published.
Montenegro
Sreten Asanović
Husein Bašić
Balša Brković
Zuvdija Hodžić
Pavle B. Jovanović
Mirko Kovač
Mihailo Lalić
Andrej Nikolaidis
Milorad Popović
Dragan Radulović
Ognjen Spahić
Čedo Vulević
Published by: Open Cultural Forum
2017
- Drago Jančar: Podsmješljiva želja; Translated by: Miroslav Mrković
2019
- Vlada Urošević: Divlja liga; Translated by: Nenad Vujadinović
North Macedonia
Venko Andonovski
Insubordinate
Petre M. Andreevski
Krste Chachanski
Dimitar Bashevski
Slavko Janevski
Ermis Lafazanovski
Slobodan Mickovic
Dragi Mihajlovski
Olivera Nikolova
Aleksandar Prokopiev
Goce Smilevski
with Spinoza
Vlada Uroshevic
Published by: Makavej, Makedonska reč, Slovo
2008
- Фери Лајншчек: Донесена од маглата; Translated by: Bistrica Mirkulovska
2009
- Драган Великиќ: Руски прозорец; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
2010
- Борис Акунин: Турски гамбит; Translated by: Sveto Serafimov
- Cветлана Велмар–Јанковиќ: Лагум; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
2011
- Драго Јанчар: Посакување за потсмев; Translated by: Lidija Arizankovska
2012
- Виктор Пелевин: Животот на инсектите; Translated by: Pavel Popov
2013
- Срѓан Валјаревиќ: Kомо; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
2014
- Владо Жабот: волчи ноќи; Translated by: Lidija Arizankovska
2015
- Владимир Тасиќ: Проштален подарок; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
2016
- Алексеј Слаповски: Првото второ доаѓање; Translated by: Pavel Popov
2017
- Ласло Блашковиќ: Накитот на мадона; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
2018
- Сретен Асановиђ: Патник; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
- Светослав Нахум: Raptus; Translated by: Paskal Gilevski
2019
- Бора Ќосиќ: Дневникот на еден апатрид; Translated by: Dimitar Bashevski
Russian Federation
Olga Slavnikova
Ludmila Ulitskaya
Alexey Ivanov
Tatyana Tolstaya
Aleksandr Kabakov
Roman Senchin
Alexei Slapovskiy
Marina Stepnova
Published by: Rudomino – All-Russia State Library for Foreign Literature
2013
- Оливера Николова: Этюды об ибн Пайко. Тройной роман; Translated by: Olga Pankina
- Ладислав Баллек: Помощник. Книга о Паланке; Translated by: Natalia Zamoshkina
2014
- Владо Жабот: Волчьи ночи; Translated by: Marianna Bershadska
2016
- Горан Петрович: Сеансы одновременного чтения; Translated by: Larisa Savelieva
- Венко Aндоновский: Азбука для непослушных; Translated by: Olga Pankina
- Марко Сосич: Балерина, Балерина; Translated by: Julia Sozina
- Ласло Блашкович: Ожерелье Мадонны. По следам реальных событий; Translated by: Elena Sagalovich and Vasily Sokolov
2017
- Душан Митана: Конец игры; Translated by: Nina Shulgina
2018
- Миленко Йергович: Gloria in excelsis; Translated by: Larisa Savelieva
2019
- Вида Огненович: Дом мертвых запахов; Translated by: Olga Saraykina
- Гоце Смилевски: Разговор со Спинозой; Translated by: Olga Pankina
- Винцент Шикула: Орнамент; Translated by: Ludmil Shirokovoy
Slovenia
Aleš Čar
Drago Jančar
Feri Lainšček
Florjan Lipuš
Katarina Marinčič
Marko Sosič
Marjan Tomšič
Suzana Tratnik
Jani Virk
Vlado Žabot
Published by: Slovene Writers’ Association, Forum of Slavic Cultures
2007
- Venko Andonovski: Azbuka za neposlušne; Translated by: Namita Subiotto
- Aleksej Ivanov: Geograf je zapil globus; Translated by: Lijana Dejak
- Aleksej Slapovski: Prvi drugi prihod; Translated by: Drago Bajt
2009
- Dušan Kužel: Luč; Translated by: Zuzana Govednik Kraskova
- Radoslav Petković: Usoda in komentarji; Translated by: Andrej Jaklič
- Vladimir Tasić: Poslovilno darilo Concerto; Translated by: Urban Vovk
- Vlada Urošević: Divja liga; Translated by: Namita Subiotto
2010
- Mihail Šiškin: Venerini laski; Translated by: Jelka Ciglenečki
2011
- Petre M. Andreevski: Poslednji vaščani; Translated by: Namita Subiotto
2013
- Ilja Stogoff: mASIAfucker; Translated by: Lijana Dejak
2014
- Dragi Mihajlovski: Pisarjeva smrt; Translated by: Namita Subiotto
- Dragan Velikić: Rusko okno; Translated by: Matej Krajnc
2016
- Tatjana Tolstoj: Mjausk; Translated by: Urša Zabukovec
- Laslo Blašković: Madonin nakit; Translated by: Varja Balžalorsky Antić in Urban Vovk
2017
- Olga Slavnikova: 2017; Translated by: Andreja Kalc
2018
- Aleksandar Gatalica: Vélika vojna; Translated by: Mateja Komel Snoj
- Marina Stepnova: Lazarjeve ženske; Translated by: Borut Kraševec
2019
- Dalibor Cvitan: Ervin in norci; Translated by: Bogdan Gradišnik
Slovakia
Balla
Anton Baláž
Ladislav Ballek
Peter Jaroš
Ján Johanides
the Pope of Hungary
Monika Kompaníková
Dušan Kužel
Dušan Mitana
Stanislav Rakús
Rudolf Slobod
Vincent Šikula
Pavel Vilikovský
Published by: The Centre for Information on Literature
2008
- Suzana Tratnik: Volám sa Damián; Translated by: Stanislava Repar
2009
- Vladimir Tasić: Dar na rozlúčku; Translated by: Katarína Petríková
2010
- Olga Slavnikova: 2017; Translated by: Zuzana Lorková, Igor Otčenáš
Serbia
Aleksandar Gatalica
Vida Ognjenović
Srđan Valjarević
David Albahari
Svetislav Basara
Laslo Blašković
Radoslav Petkovi
Goran Petrović
"Lucky Shot"
Vladimir Pištalo
Vladimir Tasić
Dragan Velikić
Svetlana Velmar-Janković
Published by: Arhipelag
2008
- Гоце Смилевски: Разговор са Спинозом; Translated by: Biljana Andonovska
2009
- Слободан Мицковић: Александар и смрт; Translated by: Slobodan Micković
- Олга Славникова: 2017; Translated by: Ljubinka Milinčić
- Алексеј Слаповски: Први други долазак; Translated by: Natalija Nenezić
- Душан Митана: Крај игре; Translated by: Zdenka Valent-Belić
2010
- Драго Јанчар: Подсмешљива пожуда; Translated by: Milan Đorđević
- Иља Стогофф: мАСИАфуцкер; Translated by: Natalija Nenezić
- Димитар Башевски: Бунар; Translated by: Biljana Andonovska
- Јани Вирк: Последње Сергијево искушење; Translated by: Ana Ristović
2011
- Антон Балаж: Логор посрнулих жена; Translated by: Zdenka Valent-Belić
- Дмитриј Биков: Евакуатор; Translated by: Ljubinka Milinčić
- Станислав Ракус: Ненаписани роман; Translated by: Zdenka Valent-Belić
- Драги Михајловски: Дијакова смрт; Translated by: Biljana Andonovska
2012
- Алеш Чар: Игра анђела и шишмиша; Translated by: Ana Ristović
- Марко Сосич: Балерина, балерина; Translated by: Ana Ristović
2013
- Павел Виликовски: Последњи коњ Помпеја; Translated by: Michal Harpan
- Винцент Шикула: Орнамент; Translated by: Zdenka Valent-Belić
- Сузана Тратник: Име ми је Дамјан; Translated by: Ana Ristović
2014
- Људмила Улицка: Случај Кукоцки; Translated by: Neda Nikolić Bobić
2015
- Владо Жабот: Вучје ноћи; Translated by: Ana Ristović
- Душан Кужел: Лампа; Translated by: Michal Harpan
2016
- Фери Лаиншчек: Коју је магла донела; Translated by: Ana Ristović
- Петре М. Андреевски: Последњи сељаци; Translated by: Risto Vasilevski
2017
- Роман Сенчин: Подручје за потапање; Translated by: Radmila Mečanin
- Венко Андоновски: Азбука за непослушне; Translated by: Miroslav Mrković
- Оливера Николова: Вежбе за ибн Пајка; Translated by: Miroslav Mrković
2018
- Александар Кабаков: Све ћемо да поправимо; Translated by: Maja Pavlović
2019
- Светослав Нахум: Raptus; Translated by: Elizabeta Georgiev
Croatia
Dalibor Cvitan
Robert Perišić
Miljenko Jergović
Nada Gašić
Renato Baretić
Bora Ćosić
Daša Drndić
Mirko Kovač
Josip Mlakić
Olja Savičević Ivančević
Goran Tribuson
Dubravka Ugrešić
Published by: Sandorf
2017
- Olga Slavnikova: 2017; Translated by: Ivo Alebić
2018
- Srđan Valjarević: Komo
Belarus
Nikolaj Čergine
Nikolaj Čergine
Georgij Marčuk
Oleg Ždan
Vladimir Korotkevič
Vladimir Solomaha
Aleksander Martinovič
Vladimir Gnilomiodov
Viktor Pravdin
Bulgaria
Angel Wagenstein
Anton Donchev
Banko P. Bankov
Georgi Chatalbashev
Zdravka Evtimova
Zlatimir Kolarov
Ilia Bogdano
Dimitar Tomov
Hristo Slavov
Simeon Yanev
Nikola Indjov
Svetoslav Nahum
FSK Editorial Board
Mladen Vesković
Dubravka Đurić Nemec
Gojko Božović
Yulia Sozina
Milorad Popović
Tomislav Osmanli
Miroslava Vallová
Anatoly Kreidich
Highlights
100 Slavic Novels exhibition at
UNESCO Headquarters in Paris
Slavic Literary Universe in St. Petersburg
10th Anniversary of 100 Slavic Novels
International meeting of
writers at Tolstoy’s estate
Slavic Garden
International PEN Meeting
ABOUT 100 SLAVIC NOVELS:
PUBLICATIONS
100 Slavic Novels catalogue
Hear the Word – Booklet at the 10th anniversary of 100 Slavic Novels
EVENTS
2020
Novi Sad/Serbia
Presentation of the 100 Slavic Novels at the book fair in the future cultural capital of Europe
2019
St. Petersbug/Russia
At the St. Petersburg Cultural Forum 100 Slavic Novels were presented with an exhbition, round-table discussion and a book corner
Pula Croatia
Slavic Garden at the Book Fair(y) in Istria
2018
Bratislava/Slovakia
100 Slavic Novels in the University Library
NEWS
Women Writers Route – the First Certified Cultural Route by the Council of Europe Based in Slovenia
The Women Writers Route has been certified by the European Institute for Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe. The Women Writers Route is the first of the 48 Council of Europe Cultural Routes to be based in Slovenia.
Zdravka Evtimova’s novel “Thursday” presented in Serbia
As part of the programme of the Centre of the Forum of Slavic Cultures in Belgrade, a literary evening dedicated to the Bulgarian writer Zdravka Evtimova and her novel “Thursday” took place at the National Library of Serbia. The work, translated into Serbian by Elizabeta Georgiev, was published in the 100 Slavic Novels collection.
100 Slavic Novels with Gabriela Babnik Mark the 15th Anniversary of the Project in the Russian State Library in Moscow
Before the end of the year, the 15th anniversary of the 100 Slavic Novels collection was celebrated at the Russian State Library, the largest library in Russia and one of the largest in the world. Slovenian writer Gabriela Babnik took part in the event. Her novel Intimno (Intimate) is included in the Slovenian list of the collection.
STORY
The idea for a project that would promote Slavic literatures came about at the beginning of a new millennium. In 2006, the 100 Slavic Novels collection was born. Its first aim was to promote and popularize contemporary Slavic literatures in other Slavic languages since the cultural ties were broken after the tectonic historical changes at the end of the 20th century.
At the initial meetings of international working group, the novel was chosen as one of most popular and all-encompassing literary genres and a period was selected – the time after the fall of the Berlin Wall. The collection soon got its well-thought out minimalist and unifying design and a number of partners – publishing houses in individual countries that took care of publication and promotion.
In 2016, the 100 Slavic Novels project celebrated its 10th anniversary with a high-profile literary event in Ljubljana featuring 8 Slavic writers from 8 different countries and 6 publishers and an exhibition that was first on display at the UNESCO palace in Paris.
