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Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andrić was a Yugoslav novelist, poet and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.
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culture · Yugoslav writer and Nobel laureate (1892–1975) · writer · novelist · diplomat · poet · essayist · short story writer · also Ivo Andrić, Ivo Andric, ivo andric, Andrić
Born 9 October 1892 · Died 13 March 1975 · Q47561
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2023· 1 entry
2012· 2 entries
Filmmaker Emir Kusturica began construction of an ethno-town in eastern Bosnia that is named after Andrić
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The filmmaker Emir Kusturica and Bosnian Serb President Milorad Dodik unveiled another statue of Andrić in Višegrad, this time as part of the construction of an ethno-town called Andrićgrad, sponsored by Kusturica and th
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2011· 1 entry
To mark the fiftieth anniversary of his being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature
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2009· 1 entry
Nezim Halilović, the imam of Sarajevo's King Fahd Mosque, derided Andrić as a "Chetnik ideologue" during a sermon
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1975· 8 entries
Died 1975-03-13.
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“Nawet największe pustynie mają swoją wiosnę, choćby najkrótszą i niedostrzegalną.”
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“Nawet dla zmarłych litość jest ciężka i obraźliwa.”
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“Dzieci często bywają tak okrutne w słowach, jak dorośli jedynie w myślach pozwalają sobie na to.”
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“Piękno kosztuje, jest szalenie drogie, a złudne i zmienne. Nie ma większego marnotrawstwa ani też większej iluzji.”
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“Świat zwykł po niebiosa wychwalać ludzi przyzwoitych i hojnych li tylko dlatego, że na ich zgubie żeruje.”
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“U bajkama je prava istorija čovečanstva, iz njih se da naslutiti, ako ne i potpuno otkriti, njen smisao. (serb.-chorw.)”
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“Czas nuży i męczy tylko tych, co żyją zajęci jedynie błahymi troskami.”
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour (1972).
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1962· 1 entry
As well as 27 July Award of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the AVNOJ Award in 1967, and the Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour in 1972
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1961· 3 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature — for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (1961).
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The Nobel Committee awarded him the Nobel Prize in Literature, selecting him over writers such as J
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1958· 1 entry
The Association of Writers of Yugoslavia nominated Andrić as its first ever candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature
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1953· 1 entry
His career as a parliamentary deputy came to an end
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1948· 1 entry
Andrić published a collection of short stories he had written during the war
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1944· 1 entry
Andrić was forced to leave his friend's apartment during the Allied bombing of Belgrade and evacuate the city
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1939· 1 entry
Became Yugoslavia's ambassador to Germany, but his tenure ended in April 1941 with the German-led invasion of his country
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1937· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the German Eagle (1937).
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1933· 1 entry
Andrić returned to Belgrade; two years later, he was named head of the political department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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1924· 3 entries
Studied at University of Graz, Doctor of Philosophy (1924).
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His mother the following year, and upon arriving in France, he was informed that his aunt had died as well
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And he received a prize from the Serbian Royal Academy (of which he became a full-fledged member in February 1926)
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1922· 1 entry
Andrić requested another reassignment
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1914· 2 entries
Studied at Faculty of Philosophy of the Jagiellonian University (1914).
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Was one of the contributors to Hrvatska mlada lirika (Croatian Youth Lyrics) and continued to publish translations, poems and reviews
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1913· 2 entries
After completing two semesters in Zagreb, Andrić transferred to the University of Vienna, where he resumed his studies
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Studied at University of Vienna (1913).
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1912· 2 entries
Studied at Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Zagreb (1912).
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Andrić registered at the University of Zagreb, having received a scholarship from an educational foundation in Sarajevo
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1911· 1 entry
In a journal called Bosanska vila (Bosnian Fairy), which promoted Serbo-Croat unity
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1908· 1 entry
Austria-Hungary officially annexed Bosnia and Herzegovina, to the chagrin of South Slav nationalists like Andrić
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1892· 1 entry
Born 1892-10-09.
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