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David Albahari

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born

March 15, 1948 in Peć, Serbia

gender

male

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Literature & Fiction

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David Albahari (born 1948 in Peć, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Serbian writer of Jewish origin from Kosovo, residing in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Albahari writes mainly novels and short stories. He is also an established translator from English into Serbian. He is a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He graduated from the University of Belgrade.[1:]

He published the first collection of short stories "Porodično vreme" (Family Time) in 1973. He became better known to wider audience in 1982 with a volume "Opis smrti" (Description of Death) for which he got Ivo Andric's award. In 1991 he became the chair of the Federation of Jewish Communes of Yugoslavia, and worked on evacuation of the Jewish population from Sarajevo. In 1994, he moved...more

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Books by David Albahari

Average rating: 3.67 · 243 ratings · 43 reviews · 34 distinct works

	Götz and Meyer by David Albahari, Ellen Elias-Bursac (Translation) 3.60 avg rating — 81 ratings — published 2002 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Bait by David Albahari, Peter Agnone (Translation) 4.00 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Leeches by David Albahari, Ellen Elias-Bursac (Translator) 3.13 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2006 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Snow Man 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2005 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Кравата е самотно животно by David Albahari, Rusanka Lyapova (Translator), Ina Bachvarova (Illustrator) 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Words Are Something Else by David Albahari, Tomislav Longinovic (Editor), Ellen Elias-Bursac (Translation) 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1996 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Ludwig 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2007 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Tsing 3.92 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Shadows 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings	My rating:
	Mrak 3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1997 — 3 editions	My rating: