Pajtim Statovci

{{Short description|Finnish novelist}}

Pajtim Statovci (born 1990) is a Finnish novelist. His debut novel, Kissani Jugoslavia, was published in 2014, winning the Helsingin Sanomat Literature Prize for best debut novel in Finnish for that year,{{Cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000002777331.html|title=Pajtim Statovcin romaani voitti HS:n kirjallisuuspalkinnon|date=2014-11-13|work=Helsingin Sanomat|access-date=2017-10-08|language=fi-FI}} and was published in 2017 as My Cat Yugoslavia in the UK and US.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/21/books/review/my-cat-yugoslavia-pajtim-statovci.html|title=An Uncanny Cat, a Companionable Snake and Displaced Desire|last=Obreht|first=Téa|date=2017-04-21|work=The New York Times|access-date=2017-10-08|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}} It was made into a play and staged at the Finnish National Theatre in Helsinki in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.hs.fi/kulttuuri/art-2000005903050.html|title=Teatteriarvostelu: Pajtim Statovcin palkittuun romaaniin pohjaava näytelmä Kissani Jugoslavia on luonteva ja pakoton kaikessa runsaudessaan|date=2018-11-17|work=Helsingin Sanomat|access-date=2018-11-28|language=fi-FI}} His second novel, Tiranan sydän, won the Toisinkoinen Literature Prize for 2016,{{Cite web|url=http://www.salomonssonagency.se/pajtim-statovci|title=Pajtim Statovci - Salomonsson Agency|website=Salomonsson Agency|access-date=2017-10-08|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180509213856/http://www.salomonssonagency.se/pajtim-statovci|archive-date=2018-05-09|url-status=dead}} and was published as Crossing in the UK and the US in 2019.{{Cite news |title=Crossing by Pajtim Statovci review – duplicity, double identity and horror |last=Cummins |first=Anthony |work=The Guardian |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/may/07/crossing-pajtim-statovci-review |quote=Pajtim Statovci }} Following the 2019 release of his third novel, Bolla, his publisher announced in February 2024 the upcoming September release of his fourth, Lehmä Synnyttää Yöllä{{Cite web |title=Pajtim Statovcin odotettu neljäs romaani julkaistaan syyskuussa 2024 {{!}} Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |url=https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70101725/pajtim-statovcin-odotettu-neljas-romaani-julkaistaan-syyskuussa-2024?publisherId=64311881 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.sttinfo.fi |language=fi}} (English title: A Cow Gives Birth At Night{{Cite web |title=Pajtim Statovcin odotettu neljäs romaani julkaistaan syyskuussa 2024 {{!}} Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava |url=https://www.sttinfo.fi/tiedote/70101725/pajtim-statovcin-odotettu-neljas-romaani-julkaistaan-syyskuussa-2024?publisherId=64311881 |access-date=2024-04-22 |website=www.sttinfo.fi |language=fi}}).