PRIO Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk has been nominated for the prestigious Norwegian book award ‘Brageprisen 2024’ for her non-fiction book Sarajevos roser. Krigen i Bosnia og dens etterliv [Sarajevo Rose: The war in Bosnia and its aftermath].
“I am overwhelmed and humbled by being nominated for this prestigious award. This was not something I ever expected, and it is particularly surprising because the book was published only one month ago. My hope is that the book can contribute to a deeper understanding of what it can entail to survive war crimes, when your body has been the battleground” - Inger Skjelsbæk says, commenting on the nomination.
Skjelsbæk's book addresses how it is to live on after a conflict which was marred by severe war crimes and genocide, which also included crimes of sexual violence. In the book Inger describes her research on conflict-related sexual violence by focusing on people, texts and meetings she has had in Bosnia since she started her work at PRIO in 1995, the year the Bosnian war came to an end with the Dayton Peace Agreement. The winner of the book award will be announced on 21 November.
