Most of Ilić's early works were published in the magazine Reč, where he debuted in January 1995.
His novel Berlin Window, for which he received a scholarship from the Borislav Pekić Foundation,[1] was shortlisted for the NIN Award in 2005.
[2] In 2015, he published two collections of stories, Dušanovac Stop, which won a special recognition[3] for its graphic design at the Belgrade Book Fair, and Urchin Hunt.
In 2017, he signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.
[4][5] In 2019 his novel The Dog and the Double Bass won the NIN Award.