created and maintained by Ena Selimović
Here you'll find a running list of literary translations published from BCMS into English. In the rare case I have included authors writing in, say, German (as with Saša Stanišić), but who remain central in the archive of literature from the former Yugoslavia. I'm omitting self-translations for the time being (may create a separate list). Please feel free to contact me and help correct any oversight.
As the list reflects, there would be very few translations from BCMS into English without small publishers. This is in part an ode to them.
2025
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš, tr. Duška Mikić-Mitchell, Dalkey Archive
The Rise and Fall of Parkinson's Disease by Svetislav Basara, tr. Randall A. Major, Dalkey Archive
Underground Barbie by Maša Kolanović, tr. Ena Selimović, Sandorf Passage
2024
A Muzzle for Witches by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter Books
Anomaly by Andrej Nikolaidis, tr. Will Firth, Peirene Press
August After Midnight by Luka Bekavac, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Fraktura
Celebration by Damir Karakaš, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Two Lines Press
Cloud the Color of Skin by Nebojša Lujanović, tr. Ena Selimović, Fraktura
Last Night by Sven Popović, tr. Vinko Zgaga, Dalkey Archive
Since I Bought A Swan by Tanja Stupar-Trifunović, tr. Petar Penda, Rare Swan Press
Sons, Daughters by Ivana Bodrožić, tr Ellen Elias-Bursać, Seven Stories Press
The Brass Age by Slobodan Šnajder, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Headline
The Culture of Lies by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, 2nd edition, Open Letter Books
Theory of Sorrow by Slavenka Drakulić, tr. Vladislav Beronja, Fraktura
Water, Spiderweb by Nada Gašić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Sandorf Passage
2023
Balkan Bombshells: Contemporary Women’s Writing from Serbia and Montenegro, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Battle Songs by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, New Directions
Daddy Issues by Dino Pešut, tr. Vladislav Beronja, Fraktura
Harmattan by Ivan Sršen, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Abibiman
Kindness Separates Night from Day by Marija Dejanović, tr. Vesna Marić, Sandorf Passage (poetry)
Lend Me Your Character by Dubrakva Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Michael Henry Heim, and Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter
Let's Go Home, Son by Ivica Prtenjača, tr. David Williams, Istros Books
My Rivers by Faruk Šehić, tr. S.D. Curtis, Istros Books
Sweetlust by Asja Bakić, tr. Jennifer Zoble, Feminist Press
The Politics of Hope by Dubravka Djurić, tr. Biljana Obradović, Roof Books (poetry)
The Story of a Man Who Collapsed Into His Notebook by Ivana Sajko, tr. Rachael Daum, Fraktura
2022
A Cat at the End of the World by Robert Perišić, tr. Vesna Marić, Sandorf Passage
Body Kintsugi by Senka Marić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Peirene Press
Initial Coordinates by Monika Herceg, tr. Marina Veverec, Sandorf Passage (poetry)
Love Novel by Ivana Sajko, tr. Mima Simić, V&Q Books
Neon South by Marko Pogačar, tr. Mirza Purić, Sandorf Passage
Radio Siga by Ivan Vidak, tr. Matt Robinson, Sandorf Passage
Thank you For Not Reading by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searls, 2nd edition, Open Letter
2021
Call Me Esteban by Lejla Kalamujić, tr. Jennifer Zoble, Sandorf Passage
Divine Child by Tatjana Gromača, tr. Will Firth, Sandorf Passage
Everyday Stories by Mima Mihajlović, tr. Filip Pastrović, Glagoslav Publications
From Nowhere to Nowhere by Bekim Sejranović, tr. Will Firth, Sandorf Passage
Horror and Huge Expenses by Robert Perišić, tr. Will Firth, Sandorf Passage
In a Sentimental Mood by Ivana Bodrožić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać and Damir Sodan, Sandorf Passage (poetry)
Journey to Russia by Miroslav Krleža, tr. Will Firth, Sandorf Passage
Kin by Miljenko Jergović, tr. Russell Scott Valentino, Archipelago
Leica Format by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Reissue by MacLehose Press
My Heart by Semezdin Mehmedinović, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Catapult
Special Needs by Lada Vukić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Istros Books
The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić, tr. Lovett F. Edwards, reissue of 1977 edition by Knopf | Everyman's Library
W. by Igor Štiks, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Fraktura
We Trade Our Night for Someone Else's Day by Ivana Bodrožić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Seven Stories Press
Where You Come From by Saša Stanišić, tr. Damion Searls, Tin House (German)
2020
A Novel of London by Milos Crnjanski, tr. Will Firth, Dialogos
Age of Skin by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter Books
At the Lucky Hand, aka The Sixty-Nine Drawers by Goran Petrović, tr. Peter Agnone, Deep Vellum
Belgrade Noir, ed. Milorad Ivanović, Akashic Books
Breathing Technique by Marija Knežević, tr. Sibelan Forrester, Zephyr Press (poetry)
Catherine the Great and the Small by Olja Knežević, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać and Paula Gordon, Istros Books
Dark Mother Earth by Kristian Novak, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Amazon Crossing
Dead Letter Office by Marko Pogačar, tr. Andrea Jurjević, Word Works (poetry)
No-Signal Area by Robert Perišić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Seven Stories Press
Yugoslav by Ana Vučković, tr. Nataša Srdić, Partizanska knjiga
2019
Doppelganger by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and S. D. Curtis, New Directions
EEG by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, New Directions
Mars by Asja Bakić, tr. Jennifer Zoble, Feminist Press
Singer in the Night by Olja Savičević Ivančević, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
The Olcinium Trilogy by Andrej Nikolaidis, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Under Pressure by Faruk Šehić, tr. Mirza Purić, Istros Books
Wild Woman by Marina Šur Puhlovski, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Istros Books
2018
A Head Full of Joy by Ognjen Spahić, tr. Will Firth, Dalkey Archive
American Fictionary by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter Books
Checkpoint by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Restless Books
Compartments by Zoran Živković, tr. Tamar Yellin, Cadmus Press
Dogs and Others by Biljana Jovanović, tr. John Cox, Istros Books
Doppelgänger by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and S. D. Curtis, Istros Books
Farewell, Cowboy by Olja Savičević Ivančević, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
Fear and His Servant by Mirjana Novaković, tr. Terence McEneny, Reissue by Peter Owen Publishers
Fourth Circle by Zoran Živković, tr. Mary Popovic, Cadmus Press
Fox by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter Books
Inshallah, Madonna, Inshallah by Miljenko Jergović, tr. Mirza Purić, Archipelago Books
Invisible Woman and Other Stories by Slavenka Drakulić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić with Jacob Agee, Fraktura
Mamasafari by Olja Savičević Ivančević, tr. Andrea Jurjević, Dialogos (poetry)
Mongolian Travel Guide by Svetislav Basara, tr. Randall Major, Dalkey Archive
Mothers and Daughters by Vedrana Rudan, tr. Will Firth, Dalkey Archive
Omer Pasha Latas by Ivo Andrić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, New York Review of Books
The Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Reissue by Apollo Library
The House of Remembering and Forgetting by Filip David, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Istros Books
Transit Comet Eclipse by Muharem Bazdulj, tr. Natasa Milas, Dalkey Archive
Wild Woman by Marina Šur Puhlovski, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Istros Books
2017
Belladonna by Daša Drndić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, New Directions
Directions for Use by Ana Ristović, tr. Steven Teref, Zephyr Press (poetry)
Estoril by Dejan Tiago-Stanković, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Geopoetika
Hair Everywhere by Tea Tulić, tr. Coral Petkovich, Istros Books
Harbors Rich with Ships: The Selected Revolutionary Writings of Miroslav Krleža, tr. Željko Cipriš, Monthly Review Press
Hotel Tito by Ivana Bodrožić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Seven Stories Press
Image Interpreter by Zoran Živković, tr. Randall Major, Cadmus Press
In Search of the Grail by Svetislav Basara, tr. Randall Major, Dalkey Archive
It Was Easy to Set the Snow on Fire by Zvonko Karanović, tr. Ana Božičević, Phoneme Books (poetry)
Judgment of Richard Richter by Igor Štiks, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Amazon Crossing
Love at Last Sight by Vedrana Rudan, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Dalkey Archive
2016
Adios, Cowboy by Olja Savičević Ivančević, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, McSweeney’s
Before the Feast by Saša Stanišić, tr. Anthea Bell, Tin House (German)
Byron and the Beauty by Muharem Bazdulj, tr. John Cox, Istros Books
Cat Painters by Biljana Obradović, tr. Dubravka Djurić, Dialogos (poetry)
Five Wonders of the Danube by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tošić, Cadmus Press
Fragile Travelers by Jovanka Živanović, tr. Jovanka Kalaba, Dalkey Archive
Houses by Borislav Pekić, tr. Bernard Johnson, New York Review of Books
Impossible Stories I by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, Cadmus Press
Impossible Stories II by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, Cadmus Press
Papyrus Trilogy by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, Cadmus Press
The Book of Balm by Aleksandar Tišma, tr. Michael Henry Heim, New York Review of Books
The Great War by Aleksandar Gatalica, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
The Hill by Ivica Prtenjača, tr. Tomislav Kuzmanović, VBZ
Till Kingdom Come by Andrej Nikolaidis, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Quiet Flows the Una by Faruk Šehić, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
2015
A Frame of the Family Lion by Roman Simić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Tomislav Kuzmanović, and Mima Simić, VBZ
Fata Morgana by Svetislav Basara, tr. Randall Major, Dalkey Archive
No-Signal Area by Robert Perišić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Seven Stories
The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš, tr. Michael Henry Heim, Reissue by Penguin
The Size of the World by Branko Andjić, tr. Elizabeth Salmore, Geopoetika
The Walnut Mansion by Miljenko Jergović, tr. Stephen M. Dickey and Janja Pavetic-Dickey, Yale University Press
Zagreb Noir, ed. Ivan Sršen, Akashic Books
2014
Death in the Museum of Modern Art by Alma Lazarevska, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
Europe in Sepia by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. David Williams, Open Letter Books
Fairground Magician by Jelena Lengold, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
Globetrotter by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Yale University Press
Great War by Aleksandar Gatalica, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Hamam Balkania: A Novel and Other Stories by Vladislav Bajac, tr. Randall Major, Istros Books
Learning Cyrillic by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Dalkey Archive
Odohohol and Cally Rascal by Marko Sršen, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
Thai by Goran Gocić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Geopoetika
The Use of Man by Aleksandar Tišma, tr. Bernard Johnson, New York Review of Books
Trieste by Daša Drndić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
2013
1941: The Year That Keeps Returning by Slavko Goldstein, tr. Michael Gable, New York Review of Books
Ekaterini by Marija Knežević, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Fairground Magician by Jelena Lengold, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Alexandra Coliban, Istros Books
Handful of Sand by Marinko Koscec, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Our Man in Iraq by Robert Perišić, tr. Will Firth, Catapult
The Son by Andrej Nikolaidis, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
The Stranger Next Door, ed. Richard Swartz, Northwestern University Press
2012
Apology and the Last Days by Borislav Pekić, tr. Bojan Mišić, Northwestern University Press
Coming by Andrej Nikolaidis, tr. Will Firth, Istros Books
Cyclist Conspiracy by Svetislav Basara, tr. Randall Major, Open Letter Books
Kaleidoscope World by Tomica Šćavina, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać
Lute and the Scars by Danilo Kiš, tr. John Cox, Dalkey Archive
Mama Leone by Miljenko Jergović, tr. David Williams
Psalm 44 by Danilo Kiš, tr. John Cox, Dalkey Archive
Seven Terrors by Selvedin Avdić, tr. Carol Petkovich, Istros Books
The Attic by Danilo Kiš, tr. John Cox, Dalkey Archive
Trieste by Daša Drndić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać
2011
Karaoke Culture by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. David Williams, Open Letter Books
Leeches by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ruta Tannenbaum by Miljenko Jergović, tr. Stephen Dickey, Northwestern University Press
2010
Baba Yaga Laid an Egg by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Celia Hawkesworth, Mark Thompson, Grove
Cyclops by Ranko Marinković, tr. Vlada Stojiljković, Yale University Press
Escher’s Loops by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, PS Publishing
Farewell, Cowboy by Olja Savičević Ivančević Ivančević, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Istros Books
Sahib: Impressions from Depression by Nenad Veličković, tr. Celia Hawkesworth
The Hotel Tito by Ivana Bodrožić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać
Ultramarine by Mileta Prodanović, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Geopoetika
2009
Adulterers by Vida Ognjenović, tr. Jelena Banković and Nochlas Moravcevich, Geopoetika
Dark Things by Novica Tadic, tr. Charles Simic, BOA Editions (poetry)
Lake Como by Srdjan Valjarević, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, Geopoetika
2008
Bad Blood by Borisav Stanković, tr. Milo Yelesiyevich, Serbian Classics Press
Death’s Homeland by Dragan Dragoljović, tr. Stanislava Lazarević, Curbstone (poetry)
Frida’s Bed by Slavenka Drakulić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Penguin
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone by Saša Stanišić, tr. Anthea Bell, Grove (German)
Mansarda by Danilo Kiš, tr. John Cox, Serbian Classics Press
Nobody’s Home by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Open Letter Books
Why the Dwarf Had to Be Shot by Sasha Skenderija, tr. Wayles Browne, Black Buzzard Press (poetry)
2007
The Death of the Little Match Girl by Zoran Ferić, tr. Tomislav Kuzmanović, Autumn Hill
2006
The Ministry of Pain by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Michael Henry Heim, Ecco Press
2005
Götz and Meyer by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Vintage
Hidden Camera by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tosic, Dalkey Archive
Lodgers by Nenad Veličković, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Northwestern University Press
Snow Man by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Douglas & McIntyre
Zagreb, Exit South by Edo Popović, tr. Julienne Eden Busic, Ooligan Press
2004
Chinese Letter by Svetislav Basara, tr. Ana Lucic, Dalkey Archive
Night by Vedrana Rudan, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Dalkey Archive
Sarajevo Marlboro by Miljenko Jergović, tr. Stela Tomasevic, Archipelago Books
The Banquet in Blitva by Miroslav Krleža, tr. Edward Dennis Goy and Jasna Levinger-Goy, Northwestern University Press
2003
Garden, Ashes by Danilo Kiš, tr. William J. Hannaher, first published in 1975 by Harcourt, Dalkey Archive
How to Quiet a Vampire by Borislav Pekić, tr. Stephen M. Dickey and Bogdan Rakić, Northwestern University Press
Thank You For Not Reading by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Damion Searls, Dalkey Archive
2002
2001
A Tomb for Boris Davidovich by Danilo Kiš, tr. Duska Mikic-Mitchell, Dalkey Archive
Bait by David Albahari, tr. Peter Agnone, Northwestern University Press
2000
A Brief Excursion and Other Stories by Antun Soljan, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Northwestern University Press.
Time Gifts by Zoran Živković, tr. Alice Copple-Tošić, Northwestern University Press
1999
The Fortress by Meša Selimović, tr. Edward Dennis Goy and Jasna Levinger-Goy, Northwestern University Press
The Museum of Unconditional Surrender by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, New Directions
The Silk, the Shears and Marina; or, About Biography by Irena Vrkljan, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Sibellan Forrester, Northwestern University Press
1998
Sarajevo Blues by Semezdin Mehmedinović, tr. Ammiel Alcalay, City Lights Books
The Culture of Lies by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, The Penn State University Press
The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kiš, tr. Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press
1997
Tales of Old Sarajevo by Isak Samokovlija, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Vallentine Mitchell
The Blindman Sings to His City by Abdulah Sidran, tr. Dubravka Dostal, International Center for Peace (poetry)
The Taste of a Man by Slavenka Drakulić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Penguin
1996
Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović, tr. Bogdan Rakić and Stephen M. Dickey, Northwestern University Press
In the Hold by Vladimir Arsenijević, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Knopf
Words Are Something Else by David Albahari, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Northwestern University Press
1995
On the Edge of Reason by Miroslav Krleža, tr. Zora Depolo, New Directions
The Return of Philip Latinowicz by Miroslav Krleža, tr. Zora Depolo, Northwestern University Press
Zlata’s Diary: A Child’s Life in Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Penguin
1994
Have A Nice Day: From the Balkan War to the American Dream by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Viking Penguin
1993
An Atlas Traced by the Sky by Goran Petrović, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Geopoetika
Fording the Stream of Consciousness by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press
In the Jaws of Life by Dubravka Ugresic, tr. Celia Hawkesworth and Michael Henry Heim, Northwestern University Press
The Inner Side of the Wind, or The Novel of Hero and Leander by Milorad Pavic, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Knopf
1992
Holograms of Fear by Slavenka Drakulić, tr. Ellen Elias-Bursać, Hutchinson
The Damned Yard and Other Stories by Ivo Andrić, tr. Celia Hawkesworth, Dereta
1988
Dictionary of the Khazars by Milorad Pavić, tr. Christina Pribichevich Zorić, Knopf