Ivo Andrić

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born

in Dolac (Travnik), Bosnia and Herzegovina

October 09, 1892

died

March 13, 1975

gender

male

website

http://www.ivoandric.org.rs/

genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, History

influences

Dostoevsky, Kierkegaard

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Ivan "Ivo" Andrić (Cyrillic: Иво Андрић) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire. His native house in Travnik has been transformed into a Museum, and his Belgrade flat on Andrićev Venac host the Museum of Ivo Andrić, and Ivo Andrić Foundation. After the war, Andrić spent most of his time in his home in Belgrade and held a number of ceremonial posts in the new Communist government of Yugoslavia, and was also a member of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn fr...more

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	The Bridge on the Drina by Ivo Andrić, Lovett F. Edwards (Translator), William Hardy McNeill (Introduction) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 3,566 ratings — published 1945 — 61 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Prokleta avlija 4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 1,740 ratings — published 1954 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Znakovi pored puta 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 377 ratings — published 1976 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Jelena, žena koje nema 4.31 of 5 stars 4.31 avg rating — 238 ratings — published 1962 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ex Ponto, Nemiri, Lirika 4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 225 ratings — published 1920 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Gospođica 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 1945 — 19 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić, Joseph Hitrec (translator) 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 297 ratings — published 1945 — 25 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Most na Žepi 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 206 ratings — published 1925	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Put Alije Đerzeleza 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1920	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ex Ponto 4.32 of 5 stars 4.32 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1918 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“One shouldn't be afraid of the humans. Well, I am not afraid of the humans, but of what is inhuman in them.”
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“Toliko je u životu bilo stvari kojih smo se bojali. A nije trebalo. Trebalo je živeti”
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“Dugotrajno robovanje i rdjava uprava mogu toliko zbuniti i unakaziti shvatanje jednog naroda da zdrav razum i prav sud njemu otančaju i oslabe, da se potpuno izvitopere. Takav poremećen narod ne može više da razlikuje ne samo dobro od zla, nego i svoju sopstvenu korist od očigledne štete.”
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