Vladimir Pištalo

Vladimir Pištalo (Serbian Cyrillic: Владимир Пиштало; born 1960) is a Serbian writer, most notably winning the 2008 NIN Prize for the year's best novel.

Vladimir Pištalo graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School and earned his doctorate at the University of New Hampshire under the theme of the manifold identity of Serbian immigrants. He now works at Becker College in Worcester, Massachusetts where he teaches World and US history.

He grew up in Mostar, Kraljevo and Belgrade and emigrated to the United States in 1993.

He published the following prose books:

• Slikovnica (1981)
• Noći (1986)
• Manifesti (1986)
• Kraj veka (1990)
• A Novel: Corto Maltese (1987)
• Tesla: A Portrait with Masks (2008.)

Short story books:

• Vitraž u sećanju (1994)
• Priče iz celog sveta (1997)
• A biography of Alexander the Great (1999)

Novels:

• Milenijum u Beogradu (2000)
• O čudu (2002)

The French language translation of his novel Milenijum u Beogradu was a choice for the prestigious award Femina for the best translated novel in French.