The Guests of Vilenica 2009

Based on the consultants’ proposals, the Vilenica jury have selected the prize winner and the guests of the 24th Vilenica. The selection criteria remain the same: literary excellence and plurality in geographic, generational and generic sense.

Vilenica Prize Winner 2009
Claudio Magris

Slovene autor in focus
Boris Pahor, a writer from Trieste

Vilenica Almanac
Jana Benová, Slovakia
Ines Cergol, Slovenia
Kalin Donkov, Bolgarija
Umberto Galimberti, Italy
Forrest Gander, USA
Andrea Grill, Austria
Miljenko Jergović, BiH
Štefan Kardoš, Slovenia
Yasmina Khadra, Algeria / France
Herkus Kunčius, Lithuania
Alejandra Laurencich, Argentina
Luljeta Lleshanaku, Albania
Dan Lungu, Rumania
Tone Partljič, Slovenia
Jana Putrle Srdić, Slovenia
Peter Rezman, Slovenia
Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Cuba
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