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The 2007 Award

Pontius Pilate by Miro Gavran

 

 

Nominated by:

  • Rijeka City Library / Gradska Knjiznica Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia
  • Knjižnica Otona Župancica, Ljubljana, Slovenia

 

Publisher of Nominated Edition
ITG ISBN 9537167089

 

the complete A-Z listing of nominated authors
ABOUT THE BOOK
After the excellent reception from readers and domestic and foreign critics of the Novels 'Judith' (2001) and John the Baptist' (2002), Miro Gavran has completed his biblical trilogy with the novel 'Pontius Pilate' (2004) , the intriguing confessions of the man who sentenced Christ to death. Following Pilate's life from his early youth up until ten years after Christ's crucifiction, Gavran speaks out on the moral and existential dilemmas characteristic to people who lack any spiritual points of reference. Transforming the tale about the callous governer into the story of a convert, Gavran applies an unusual literary procedure to confirm the view that no single human being is ever lost forever. A parallel motif in the novel is the subtly sketched relationship between Pontius and his wife. The novel is written in the first person, as narrated by Pontius Pilate himself.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Miro Gavran (1961) is the most productive and accomplished Croatian writer of his generation. His works have been translated into twenty two languages. He has received some twenty literary and theatrical awards, including the "Central European Time" International Literary Award for 1999 and the "European Circle" Award for 2003.
A theatre festival called 'Gavranfest', at which only Gavran's plays are performed, has been instituted in Slovakia, and this is the first festival in Europe dedicated to a living writer.
Gavran is the only Croatian author whose readers have fouded a fan club dedicated to him. His most significant novels include 'Forgotten Son', 'How We Broke Our Legs', 'Judith', 'John the Baptist' and 'Pontius Pilate'.


 

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