Overview
- Leipzig Book Fair announced Jergović as the 2026 recipient for his collection Das verrückte Herz.
- The jury praises his focus on West Balkan histories and the Siege of Sarajevo, emphasizing the wounds of individuals and society.
- The work employs small details and fragments as an aesthetic counter to reductive national narratives.
- The book was published last year by Suhrkamp.
- The prize will be awarded on March 18, 2026 at the Gewandhaus in Leipzig, with Barbi Marković delivering the laudation and following 2025 laureate Alhierd Bacharevič.