Despite the strong competition, the Jury has unanimously decided to award the “Danko Popović” Literary Award for the year 2020 to Ivan Zlatković for his novel “And Alive and Dead.”
The National Museum congratulates the winner and thanks all participants in the competition.
Text of the Decision
In the justification of the decision, the Jury emphasizes that “…through a dynamic prose approach, nuanced literary characters and their original psychology, vivid imagery, lively dialogues, occasional humor, functional changes in narrative perspective, and other characteristics of a well-composed manuscript realized with modern literary means, Zlatković’s novel will attract significant attention from today’s readers and literary criticism due to its theme, approach, and evident artistic qualities.”
Ivan Zlatković’s novel “And Alive and Dead”
The award will be ceremoniously presented to the winner on August 26 at 7 PM in the National Museum.