Goran Vojnovic Author

Author and director Goran Vojnovic exploded onto the Slovenian literary scene in 2008 with his debut novel Southern Scum Go Home! (Cefurji raus!). The novel became an instant bestseller and gained notoriety after the police prosecuted Vojnovic for defamation, and went on to gain him his frist Kresnik Award. His second novel, Yugoslavia, My Fatherland (Jugoslavija, moja dezela, 2012), also received the Kresnik Award, was made into a theatre play and translated into seventeen languages. His third novel, The Fig Tree (Figa), was published in 2016 and once again received the Kresnik Award. Vojnovic is only the third person to ever receive three Kresnik Awards in its 27-year history; he is also the first and only writer to have received the award for each of his novels.