Stefan Bošković

Stefan Bošković is a Montenegrin writer. He was born in 1983 in Podgorica.

His books include the novel “Minister“ – laureat of the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature, and Central European Intitute - CEI award for young writters 2021 – as well as the book of short stories “Transparentne životinje“ (Transparent Animals). His short story “Transparent Animals“ has been published in the anthology “Best European fiction 2019“ (Dalkey Archive Press).

In 2016, he won the second prize of the Festival of European Short Stories (CROATIA) for “Fashion and Friends“. His short stories “Fashion and Friends“ have been published in the online magazine “Body Literature“ (UK, 2019) and, “Search Porn – Word without Borders“ (USA, 2019). He has written a novel, “Šamaranje“ (Slap in the Face), which was awarded the Prize for the Best Manuscript Novel in Montenegro in 2014, and published in three editions.

He has written the scripts for a feature-length film “Lowdown“. Short movies “Peloid“ (2019), “Traquility of Blood“ (2015, Grand Prix for Best Film at the Short Film Festival in Drama – Greece) were screened so far in more than 50 international festivals (Palm Springs Film Festival, Tampere Film Festival, Odense Short Film Festival, Busan). The project “The Otter Written“ has won the Eurimages Co-Production Development Award at the CineLink Co-Production Market, which forms part of the “CineLink Industry Days“ industry programme at the Sarajevo Film Festival, and has been selected for L'atelier Cinefondation 2021 – Cannes Film Festival 2021.

My next book, the third novel I have started to write earlier this year is half written. It is a short novel with working title “Lovers“. Time spent in the residency will allow me to finish this novel. Residencies like this one help me very much since that is the way to find time and peace away from the daily routine and obligations. In all my previous residences I have been working on books as well.