Ennis Ćehić, 141st KROKODIL’s writer-in-residence

12 Mar Ennis Ćehić, 141st KROKODIL’s writer-in-residence

Author from Bosnia and Herzegovina Ennis Ćehić is spending the month of March in Belgrade as 141st KROKODIL’s writer-in-residence. His residential stay is realized within the Literature Actually project supported by the British Council.

Literature Actually makes part of the Culture and Creativity for the Western Balkans (CC4WBs) project, funded by the European Union, and focused on fostering dialogue in the Western Balkans by enhancing the cultural and creative sectors for increased socio-economic impact. Over the 48-month period, the CC4WBs project aims to improve the performance of the cultural and creative sectors to enhance skills, knowledge, and access to financial aid, ultimately increasing competitiveness and sustaining the co-production and circulation of goods and services in the Western Balkans.

On March 21st, at 6 p.m. a public event with Ennis Ćehić will be held at KROKODIL Center (Male stepenice 1a), where the general public will have a chance to meet this author and hear about his work. 

Ennis Ćehić’s writing explores themes of displacement, creativity, and capitalism. His debut collection of stories, Sadvertising, was published in March 2022 by Penguin Random House [Aus/NZ] to critical acclaim and has been described as an ‘electrifying and genre-defying new voice in Australian fiction.’ Sadvertising was translated into Bosnian by Bosnia’s leading publishing house, Buybook, and released in August 2023, with several other territories and translations currently in discussion. Sadvertising is also optioned for a screen adaptation by See-Saw Films. He is the author of New Metonyms, a literary photography book about his homeland, released with photographer, Shantanu Starick in 2020. Ennis is a recipient of a Wheeler Centre Next Chapter Fellowship in Australia, a UNESCO City of Literature residency in Ljubljana, Slovenia, and was a 2024 writer-in-residence at the Jan Michalski Foundation in Montricher, Switzerland. He lives and works in Sarajevo.

Association KROKODIL and Instituti i Librit dhe i Promocionit (ILP) designed the project LITERATURE ACTUALLY: Elevating Festivals through Professional Exchange to foster collaboration, networking, and knowledge exchange among cultural professionals and organizations in the region. Over the period of 12 months, the project will feature a range of activities, including emerging literary creators from the Western Balkans region in residency programs in Belgrade and Tirana, networking events, knowledge exchange, and mutual festival programs. These activities will support civil society organizations and CCI entities engaged in contemporary literature festivals, emphasizing the importance of connecting, entrepreneurship, skills development, and creative cooperation.

The project LITERATURE ACTUALLY: Elevating Festivals through Professional Exchange is supported by the British Council.