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Saša Stanišić

Portrait of author Saša Stanišić

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Saša Stanišić

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Saša Stanišić is the author of six books, including Where You Come From (Tin House), which won the 2019 German Book Prize. His works have been translated into more than thirty languages.

Articles by Saša Stanišić

Little Check Marks on Our Names

By Saša Stanišić

Winner of the German Book Prize, Saša Stanišić's Where You Come From will be out from Tin House next week. Translated by Damion Searls, this autofictional work explores…

Translated by Damion Searls

Three Myths of Immigrant Writing: A View from Germany

By Saša Stanišić

An immigrant background has become a symptom of today's world, a world suffering from ADHD and a persistent pattern of hyperactivity, as well as from impulsiveness and anger.

Translated from German by the author

From “How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone”

By Saša Stanišić

I didn't understand him, he didn't understand me.

Translated from German by Anthea Bell

A Classical Education

By Saša Stanišić

And Mister Mozart didn't fasten his seatbelt either, the little monster tattled.

Translated from German by Saša Stanišić & Janet Hendrickson