Dubravka Ugrešić

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Dubravka Ugrešić is a European writer, author of several novels and volumes of essays that have been translated into over twenty languages. Recipient of several prestigious literary awards, including the 2016 Neustadt International Prize for Literature, Ugrešić was born and raised in the former Yugoslavia, then in Croatia, and now lives in the Netherlands.

The Age of Skin by Dubravka Ugrešić

Dubravka Ugrešić
New York. Open Letter. 2020. 234 pages. QUITE SIMPLY, IT IS DIFFICULT to decide where to begin with Dubravka Ugrešić’s The Age of Skin since there’s not one, but a multitude…
Fox by Dubravka Ugrešić

Dubravka Ugrešić
Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2018. 308 pages.Neustadt Prize winner Dubravka Ugrešić’s latest historiographic metafiction bears her trademark erudition, wit, and nuanced cultural critiques. The fo…
Ninotchka on My Mind

October 23, 2017 Dubravka Ugrešić
Photo by DeusXFlorida / Flickr Thanks to the marketplace and the “culture of consensus,” writes 2016 Neustadt Prize laureate Dubravka Ugrešić, “art has become our favorite theme park.” In…
A Girl in Litland: The 2016 Neustadt Prize Lecture

January 2017
Dubravka Ugrešić
Dubravka Ugrešić delivered her 2016 Neustadt keynote lecture to hundreds of high school and college students in Norman, Oklahoma.After watching the world premiere of the staged adaptation…
The Scold’s Bridle

September 2016
Dubravka Ugrešić
Made of iron, this scold’s bridle from Belgium dates from the 16th or 17th century. The strut of metal that went into the wearer’s mouth to hold down her tongue has broken off.If there’s…
Europe in Sepia by Dubravka Ugresic

Dubravka Ugrešić
David Williams, tr. Rochester, New York. Open Letter. 2014. ISBN 9781934824894Since leaving Croatia in 1994, Dubravka Ugresic has penned sharp, darkly funny critiques of contemporary Western and globa…