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Magdalena Blažević
Author of In Late Summer
Magdalena Blažević, born in Žepce in 1982, is a writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her short stories have been translated into several languages and awarded numerous prizes.
In Late Summer, winner of the 2022/2023 Tportal Award for Best Croatian Novel, is her debut novel.
Praise for In Late Summer:
“A shockingly powerful and authentic voice dominates, a poetic howl stronger than any brutal and naturalistic representation of war.” Elizabeta Hrstić
“An outstanding anti-war novel, in which war is scarcely mentioned.” Josip Mlakić
“A beautiful and terrifying book about a female world, consistently told until the end from the women’s perspective.” Miljenko Jergović
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Listen to Magdalena Blažević speak to Susan Curtis about In Late Summer, her debut novel in English.
Read Magdalena Blažević’s piece in Pen Transmissions on the massacre of Kiseljak: “The Wolf No Longer Lives in the Dark Hallway”.
Watch Magdalena Blažević read extracts from In Late Summer in English and Croatian.