Nina Dragičević is a poet, writer, sound artist, and sociologist, the author of nine volumes of poetry, essays, and theory, as well as numerous sound-poetry compositions and installations. Known for a distinct formal and stylistic hybridity, linguistic precision, and an articulated queer and feminist stance, her work has been characterised by critics as “striking,” “pioneering,” and “majestic,” as “strong, powerful poetry that deserves a lot of attention.” 

Dragičević is the recipient of the Cankar Award 2026, the 2025 Lastovka Award, the 2023 Werner Düttmann Fellowship (Akademie der Künste, Berlin), the 2023 Dr Ana Mayer Kansky Award (University of Ljubljana), the 2021 Jenko Award, the 2020 Župančič Award, two 2018 Knight of Poetry Awards, and was a 2018 Palma Ars Acustica finalist. 

She was nominated by Ljubljana City of Literature. Her participation is made possible by the support of the University of Iowa’s Office of the Vice President for Research. 

Photo courtesy of Mankica Kranjec Ducheyne.