EVALD FLISAR, WINNER OF “PROZART” AWARD 2025

The "Prozart" award, which is awarded by the International Literary Festival "PRO-ZA Balkan" for the 13th time to an outstanding author for his/her contribution to the development of literature in the Balkans, in 2025 went to Evald Flisar, the most translated Slovenian writer and playwright.

He was president of the Slovene Writers' Association for three consecutive terms between 1995 and 2002.

He has achieved remarkable international success with
translations of his novels and plays into 40 languages (for total of more than 260 translations worldwide).

Flisar is a master of storytelling and dialogue, and his language resonates with unusual naturalness in both his novels and plays. Through sharp conflicts of various perspectives, he constructs a synthesis of a comprehensive worldview.

Flisar has developed a unique, contemporary version of the buildungsroman. One of his most renowned novels, The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1986), belongs to this genre. It has been published in thirteen Slovenian editions and is recognized as the "most widely read Slovenian novel of the 20th century," with numerous translations available.

His plays are staged in dozens professional theaters on all continents, in cities like London, Washington, Reykjavik, Moscow, Mumbai, New Delhi, Tokyo…

In terms of his refined synthesis of realistic dialogue, sensitivity, irony, and symbolism, Flisar is considered a successor to Chekhov, the theatre of the absurd, and English and American drama from the second half of the 20th century.

He is a winner of awards like Prešeren Fund Award (for three of his works), the Župančič Award for Lifetime Achievement etc. He was nominated for the Dublin International Literary Award, was participant in over fifty literary festivals and events…

The "Prozart" award deservedly and justly goes to Evald Flisar, Associate Member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and one of the great masters of the written word.

"Prozart" Award Committee:
PhD Ermis Lafazanovski, President
PhD Aleksandar Prokopiev and Dejan Trajkoski, members