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Ivo Andric

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    (October 9, 1892-March 13, 1975)
    Born in Dolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina
    Author and diplomat
    Wrote the novels 'The Bridge on the Drina,' 'Bosnian Story,' and 'The Woman from Sarajevo' (all published in 1945)
    Short story collections include 'New Stories' (1948) and 'Faces' (1960)
    Poetry collections include 'Ex-Ponto' (1918) and 'Nemin' (1920)
    Yugoslav ambassador to Germany (1939-41)
    Won the Nobel Prize in Literature (1961)

Why he might be annoying:

    He had to repeat the sixth grade, largely due to difficulties with math.
    He was placed under house arrest for most of World War I as a suspected conspirator in the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. (Note: Although he was a friend of assassin Gavrilo Princip and was a member of several South Slav nationalist organizations, there is no evidence that he actually was involved in the plot.)
    After the breakup of Yugoslavia, Bosnians objected to the portrayal of Muslim characters in his novels.
    Bosnian nationalists destroyed a statue of him in Visegrad, the town where he grew up.

Why he might not be annoying:

    When he was two, his father died of tuberculosis and he was sent to be raised by an aunt and uncle.
    During World War II, he refused to cooperate with the puppet government installed by the Germans (including refusing to accept his diplomatic pension) and was placed under surveillance.
    He donated his Nobel Prize money to purchase books for libraries and Bosnia and Herzegovina.
    His apartment in Belgrade was converted into a museum devoted to him.

Credit: C. Fishel


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