Six novels shortlisted for the NIN Award, including one by a Montenegrin author

Six novels have been shortlisted for this year's NIN Award, the weekly announced today.

Among them is the novel "Conversations with the Witch", authored by Vladimir Vujović from Montenegro.

The shortlist also includes the novels "Carrot" by Darko Tuševljaković, "Ballad of a Murderer and a Murderer and a Murderer" by Dalibor Pejić, "Frau Beta" by Laura Barna, "The Immortal Follies of Mrs. Kubat" by Milan Tripković, and "The Abbey of Saint Bartholomew" by Miloš Perišić.

The NIN Award jury is composed of Aleksandar Jerkov (president), Adrijana Marčetić, Jelena Mladenović, Vladimir Gvozden and Mladen Vesković.

A total of 195 works were submitted for the competition for the 72nd NIN Award for Novel of the Year.

The jury previously selected 39 novels from a wider selection at the end of December, and the novel "Gods Die by Stupid Death" by Srdan Kosović from Montenegro was also in the competition at that time.

Then, at the beginning of January, the selection was narrowed down to 13.

Interviews with the shortlisted authors will be published in the print edition of NIN, which will be released on January 15th.