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Ivo Andric

Awards: Nobel Prize in Literature-1961

Nobel Committee in its citation stated that the prize was given for "the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country."

Born: 09/10/1892 in Travnik, Yugoslovia

Died: 13/03/1975 in Belgrade, Yugoslavia (present day  Serbia)

Citizen: Yugoslav

Language: Yugoslav

   Ivan Andric ( Ivan later was constricted to Ivo ) was born to Bosnian Croat parents who were poor. Andric lost his father at the age of two and was brought up by maternal uncles. He spent his formative years in the town of Visegrad on the banks of Drina river. The river and the 16th Century Sokolovic bridge later formed the backdrop of his now famous novel, The Bridge on the Drina.

        After school, he studied Philosophy and also started his literary career as a poet. During First World War, Austrian Government imprisoned him for his political views and activities. Later on, he became a civil servant. As Govt. delegate, he attended 19th,21st,23rd and 24th sessions of League of Nations during 1930-34.

    Landmarks:* His native house in Dolac, near Travnik has been transformed into a museum and also his Belgrade flat flat on Andrićev Venac hosts the Museum of Ivo Andrić, and Ivo Andrić Foundation. * Serbian sources claim him as a Serbian writer as he mainly wrote in the ekavian standard that exists only in the Serbian language. He declared himself a Serb when he married Serbian Milica Babić at the age of 67 

Notable Works: Ex Ponto--(1919/),Nemiri -- Turbulence(), Pripovetke -- Stories (1924/,3 volume of stories) , Travinicka hronika--Bosnian Story(11945/1959), Na Drini cuprija--The Bridge on the Drina(1945/1959), Gospodjica--The Woman from Sarjevo(1945/)

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