O Vilenici
Vilenica Prize
Based on the consultants’ proposals, the Vilenica jury selects the prize winner and the guests of the festival. The selection criteria is literary excellence and plurality in geographic, generational and generic sense.
Previous winners
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Georgi Gospodinov
2025 -
Miljenko Jergović
2024 -
Ottó Tolnai
2023 -
Amanda Aizpuriete
2022 -
Josef Winkler
2021 -
Mila Haugová
2020 -
Dragan Velikić
2019 -
Yuri Andrukhovych
2017 -
Dubravka Ugrešić
2016 -
Jáchym Topol
2015 -
Ilija Trojanow
2015 -
László Krasznahorkai
2014 -
Olga Tokarczuk
2013 -
David Albahari
2012 -
Mircea Cărtărescu
2011 -
Dževad Karahasan
2010 -
Claudio Magris
2009 -
Andrzej Stasiuk
2008 -
Goran Stefanovski
2007 -
Miodrag Pavlović
2006 -
Ilma Rakusa
2005 -
Karl-Markus Gauß
2005 -
Brigitte Kronauer
2004 -
Mirko Kovač
2003 -
Ana Blandiana
2002 -
Jaan Kaplinski
2001 -
Slavko Mihalić
2000 -
Erica Pedretti
1999 -
Péter Nádas
1998 -
Pavel Vilikovský
1997 -
Adam Zagajewski
1996 -
Adolf Muschg
1995 -
Josip Osti
1994 -
Libuše Moníková
1993 -
Milan Kundera
1992 -
Zbigniew Herbert
1991 -
Tomas Venclova
1990 -
Jan Skácel
1989 -
Péter Eszterházy
1988 -
Peter Handke
1987 -
Fulvio Tomizza
1986
Crystal Vilenica
The Crystal Vilenica award is presented to an author featured in the Vilenica Almanac and who appears at one of the literary readings within the festival. The winner is selected by an international jury, comprised of the guests of the festival. The presentation takes place within the literary matinée at the Štanjel castle.
Previous winners
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Dominik Srienc
2024 -
Shpëtim Selmani
2023 -
Gail McConnell
2022 -
Jazra Khaleed
2021 -
Sibila Petlevski
2020 -
Manjola Nasi
2019 -
Shota Iatashvili
2018 -
Antonella Bukovaz
2017 -
Kateryna Kalytko
2016 -
Polona Glavan
2015 -
Blerina Rogova Gaxha
2015 -
Liliana Corobca
2014 -
Tania Malyarchuk
2013 -
Rumen Leonidov
2012 -
Dan Coman
2011 -
Goran Vojnović
2010 -
Luljeta Lleshanaku
2009 -
Andrej Khadanovich
2008 -
Piotr Sommer
2007 -
Mojca Kumerdej
2006 -
Vladas Braziūnas
2005 -
Valžyna Mort
2004 -
Pál Závada
2002 -
Natalka Bilocerkivec
2001 -
Vörös István
2000 -
Angelo Cherchi
1999 -
Peter Semolič
1998 -
Nicole Müller
1997 -
Kaća Čelan
1996 -
Marzanna Bogumia Kielar
1995 -
Slavko Mihalić
1994 -
Francesco Micieli
1993 -
Endre Kukorelly
1992 -
Lajos Grendel
1991 -
Aleš Debeljak
1990 -
Dubravka Ugrešić
1989 -
Ewa Lipska
1988 -
Gregor Strniša
1987
CEI Award for Young Writers
The CEI Award for Young Writers is promoted by the Central European Initiative (CEI) and the Slovene Writers’ Association (SWA) within the Vilenica International Literary Festival. In the context of the extraordinary challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the CEI and the SWA have decided to revise the long-standing CEI Fellowship for Writes in Residence and provide in 2021 a new concept to the initiative, launching the CEI Award for Young Writers. The Award aims at promoting the young generation of writers and supporting the circulation of their literary works through the translation in the languages of the CEI countries. The Award envisages the translation of one of the awardee’s works into Slovenian and the translation into another CEI language of the candidate’s choice.
Previous winners
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Ana Svetel
2025 -
Monika Herceg
2024 -
Tijana Rakočević
2023 -
Luiza Bouharaoua
2022 -
Stefan Bošković
2020 -
Ivan Shopov
2019 -
Yasen Vasilev
2019 -
Maria-Paula Erizanu
2018 -
Andriy Lyubka
2017 -
Tanja Bakić
2016 -
Kateryna Kalytko
2015 -
Mirko Božić
2014 -
Artem Chapeye
2013 -
Alja Terzić
2012 -
Ognjen Spahić
2011 -
Maja Hrgović
2010 -
Dragan Radovančević
2009 -
Ivana Sajko
2008 -
Marianna Kiyanovska
2007 -
Goce Smilevski
2006