Aleksandar Hemon




Aleksandar Hemon

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born
January 01, 1964

gender
male

place of birth
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

genre
Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

influences
Vladimir Nabokov


about this author

Hemon graduated from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in literature in 1990. He moved to Chicago, Illinois in 1992 and found that he was unable to write in Bosnian and spoke little English.

In 1995, he started writing works in English and managed to showcase his work in prestigious magazines such as the New Yorker and Esquire. Finally in 2000, he published his first book of short stories (that also featured a novella), The Question of Bruno. His first novel was titled Nowhere Man which followed in 2002. Jozef Pronek, a character that appeared in The Question of Bruno, is a featured character of Nowhere Man.

His latest novel is The Lazarus Project.




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The Lazarus Project The Lazarus Project
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 3.58 — 938 ratings — published 2008
6 editions
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The Book of Other People The Book of Other People
by Zadie Smith, David Mitchell (Contributor), George Saunders (Contributor), Colm Tóibín (Contributor), Aleksandar Hemon (Contributor), Nick Hornby (Contributor), Hari Kunzru (Contributor), Toby Litt (Contributor)
avg rating 3.40 — 720 ratings — published 2007
6 editions
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Nowhere Man Nowhere Man
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 3.76 — 307 ratings — published 2002
11 editions
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The Question of Bruno: Stories The Question of Bruno: Stories
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 4.08 — 261 ratings — published 2000
8 editions
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The Anchor Book of New America... The Anchor Book of New American Short Stories
by Ben Marcus (Editor), George Saunders (Contributor), Aleksandar Hemon (Contributor), William Gay (Contributor), Gary Lutz (Contributor), Kate Braverman (Contributor), Christine Schutt (Goodreads author) (Contributor), Jhumpa Lahiri (Contributor) more...
avg rating 3.93 — 202 ratings — published 2004
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Love and Obstacles Love and Obstacles
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 3.90 — 108 ratings — published 2009
4 editions
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Exchange of Pleasant Words & A... Exchange of Pleasant Words & A Coin
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 4.00 — 5 ratings — published 2006
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De l'esprit chez les abrutis De l'esprit chez les abrutis
by Aleksandar Hemon
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2003
3 editions
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Best European Fiction 2010 Best European Fiction 2010
by Aleksandar Hemon
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The Lazarus Project The Lazarus Project
by Aleksandar Hemon, Chicago Historical Society (Photographer), Velibor Bozovic (Photographer)
avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2008
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Best European Fiction 2010 with Aleksandar Hemon on tour for the book "Best European Fiction 2010"
Author appearance, January 27, 2010 07:00PM
Peter Jay Sharp Theatre, Symphony Space, 2537 Broadway at 95th Street, New York, NY, The United States

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"Your memories become fantasies if they are not shared,
and your life in all its triviality becomes a legend."
Aleksandar Hemon (Nowhere Man)
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"All the lives I could live, all the people I will never know, never will be, they are everywhere. That is all that the world is."
Aleksandar Hemon (The Lazarus Project)
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""Hi," she said, in a whispery voice, and nodded as if to confirm that she really meant it."
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