Lana Bastašić: Difference between revisions

She was born in [[Zagreb]] to a [[Serbs|Serbian]] family in 1986 and immigratedmovedsam to Banja Luka, Bosnia-Herzegovina as a young child.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lana Bastašić {{!}} Participants|url=https://kosmopolis.cccb.org/en/participants/bastasic-lana/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Kosmopolis|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=20 May 2021|title=An Indies Introduce Q&A With Lana Bastašić|url=https://www.bookweb.org/news/indies-introduce-qa-lana-basta%C5%A1i%C4%87-1625833|access-date=10 September 2021|website=the American Booksellers Association}}</ref> She studied English at the [[University of Banja Luka]] and received an MA in Cultural Studies from the [[University of Belgrade]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=4 September 2020|title=Lana Bastašić|url=http://santamaddalena.org/lana-bastasic/|access-date=10 September 2021|website=Santa Maddalena Foundation|language=en-US}}</ref> In addition to novels, Bastašić has written in many different genres: short stories, children’s stories, poetry, and stage plays. Her debut novel ''Catch the Rabbit'' (''{{lang-sr|Uhvati zeca}}'') was published in Belgrade in 2018, and then reprinted in Sarajevo.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Bastašić|first=Lana|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6skLzgEACAAJ|title=Catch the Rabbit|date=27 May 2021|publisher=Pan Macmillan|isbn=978-1-5290-3960-3|language=en}}</ref> The structure of the book draws inspiration from [[Alice's Adventures in Wonderland]] with themes of exile, identity, and is divided into twelve chapters, as is Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. It won the 2020 [[EU Prize for Literature]] and was shortlisted for the [[NIN Award]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lana Bastašić {{!}} EU Prize for Literature|url=https://www.euprizeliterature.eu/authors/lana-basta%C5%A1i%C4%87|access-date=10 September 2021|website=www.euprizeliterature.eu}}</ref> It was translated into English by Bastašić herself and published by [[Picador (imprint)|Picador]] in the UK and [[Restless Books]] in the US.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Lana Bastašić Still Believes in Beauty - Asymptote Blog|url=https://www.asymptotejournal.com/blog/2021/08/19/lana-bastasic-still-believes-in-beauty/|access-date=10 September 2021|language=en}}</ref> In 2017, Bastašić has signed the [[Declaration on the Common Language]] of the [[Croats]], [[Serbs]], [[Bosniaks]] and [[Montenegrins]].<ref>[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1XVGV5Z306SeDFzpdpUHhfeK-voAFdaakS48LqXfGozA/pubhtml Signatories of the Declaration on the Common Language], official website, retrieved on 2018-08-16.</ref>