Ivo Andric
Yugoslav author of Bosnian origin and Nobel laureate whose novels and stories illuminate centuries of Balkan history through the lens of everyday human experience. The Bridge on the Drina is one of the great historical novels of the 20th century.
Works
- The Bridge on the DrinaEpic novel of a sixteenth-century bridge linking a Ottoman-ruled Bosnian town through centuries
- Bosnian ChronicleHistorical novel spanning Napoleonic era depicting French consul in Sarajevo and colonial politics
- The Woman from SarajevoNovella of an aging woman counting her wealth and refusing love's distraction
- Death in Sinans Time
- The Damned YardNovella set in Ottoman Bosnia exploring violence, justice, and redemption