Profile
Mihaela Šumić is a writer and translator based in Bosnia and Herzegovina. She writes poetry, short fiction, and the novel, and translates from Spanish, English, and Portuguese. Her books have been recognised with awards in Bosnia and Herzegovina and across the wider region.
Her first book, the poetry collection “Nekoliko sitnih uboda” (A Few Small Snips), received the Čučkova knjiga award for the best debut book published in 2020. Her short story collection “Herbarij svete smrti” (Herbarium of The Holy Death) received the regional literary award Štefica Cvek. In 2022, she published a second poetry collection, “Imenik Laure Carvalho” (Laura Carvalho’s Phonebook). Her first novel, “Čovjek vuk” (The Wolf Man), was published in 2024 and in 2025 was the Bosnian candidate for the European Prize for Literature.
