Andric's last wish was that "part of the funds from his legacy should be used to award the best short story". As of 1976, every October 10 th the Ivo Andrić Foundation has presented the Ivo Andrić Award to the best short story or book of short stories published within the previous year in Serbian. The winners of this Award were:

Dragoslav Mihajlović, "Petria's Wreath" (1975),
Antonije Isakovi
ć , "Instant I" (1976),
Milisav Savi
ć , "Uncle from Our Town" (1977),
Aleksandar Tišma, "School of Atheism" (1978),
Mirko Kovač, "Pictures from the Meštrević Family Album", short story (1979),
Ćamil Sijarić, "French Cotton" (1980),
Svetlana Velmar Jankovi
ć, "Dorćol" (1981),
David Albahari, "Description of Death" (1982),
Danilo Kiš, "Encyclopedia of the Death", (1983),
Vidosav Stevanović, "Cesarean Section", (1984),
Radoslav Brati
ć , "Pictures Without Father", (1985),
Mladen Markov, "Old Folks in the Village", (1986),
Filip David , "Prince of Fire", (1987),
Jovan Radulovi
ć, "Away from the Altar", (1988),
Radoslav Petković, "Report on the Plague", (1989),
Saša Hadži Tančić, "Linked by the Stars", (1990),
Milica Mićić Dimovska , "Unfreezing", (1991),
Voja
Čolanović , "Natural Answer", short story (1992),
Živojin Pavlović , "The Attic", short story, (1993),
Vida Ognjenović , "Poisonous Dandelion's Milk", (1994),
Pavle Ugrinov, "Nikoleta", short story, (1995),
Radoslav Beli Markovi
ć, "Setembrini in Kolubara", (1996),
Danilo Nikolić, "Entrance into the World", (1997),
Miroslav Josi
ć Višnjić, "New rings", (1998).
Aleksandar Gatalica, "The Century", (1999).

 

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