Jurica Pavičić

Jurica Pavičić was born in 1965 in Split. He is a novelist, screenwriter, short story writer and journalist. He gained literary recognition through his short stories as well as thrillers and crime novels in which he combines social analysis with a dark vision of human nature and complex moral situations. He has received several literary awards. His novel „Crvena voda“ (2017), following its translation into French in 2021, received the Le Points award and the Grand Prix de la litterature policiere award for the best European crime novel. The same novel was shortlisted in 2026 for the International Dagger award for the best crime novel in the world. For his novel „Žigice“ (2024), he received the regional „Meša Selimović“ award for the best novel in the Štokavian-speaking area. The British The Guardian called him „one of Europe’s leading crime writers“. A television series, „Patrola na cesti“, directed by Zvonimir Jurić, was made in 2025 based on his short story. His novels, as well as his collections of short stories and essays, have been translated into English, French, German, Italian, Slovak, Latvian, Slovenian, Macedonian, Ukrainian, Polish and Hungarian.