Bio note

Marija Andrijašević is a Croatian writer from Split. She holds an MA in Comparative literature and Ethnology and Social Anthropology (2015) from the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Zagreb. In 2007, she won the Goran for Young Poets award for her book of poetry Davide, svašta su mi radili / David, they did things to me. Her first novel Zemlja bez sutona / The Land Without Twilight was published in 2021 and was awarded the Tportal Literary Award for best novel in 2022 and the Štefica Cvek regional award as one of the best nine novels published in 2021 in the countries of BCSM languages.

In 2023, she published a book of poetry Temeljenje kuće / The Founding of a House. Her new publication, the book of short stories Liga ribara / The League of Fishermen came out in September 2024. Marija is a regular columnist at Novosti newspaper, where she writes biweekly column.

Photo: Iva Perković

Residency goals

During her creative stay in Sofia, Marija will dedicate herself to the writing of her new novel.