Ivo Andrić
Ivo Andrić (October 9, 1892 – March 13, 1975) was a Croatian-Bosnian-Serbian writer and the only winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature from the former Yugoslavia (1961). He was born in Travnik and educated in Sarajevo, Zagreb, Vienna and Kraków. During World War I he was a political prisoner for sympathizing with Yugoslav unity. After the war he began a diplomatic career, working in various European capitals.
Andrić is best known for his novels and short stories that deal with the history and destiny of Bosnia and its people, often set in the Ottoman and Austro-Hungarian context. His most famous works are "Na Drini ćuprija", "Travnička hronika" and "Gospođica", which together form a kind of trilogy about Bosnian history and mentality. "Na Drini ćuprija", an epic novel about the centuries-old history of the city of Višegrad and its bridge, won him the Nobel Prize.
His style is calmly reflective, historically informed, and deeply humanistic, and his themes are often marked by reflections on evil, fate, suffering, and historical cycles.
Andrić left behind a rich body of essays, short stories, and novels, and his work continues to occupy an important place in the literature of Southeast Europe.
Titles in our offer
Dvije priče: Priča o kmetu Simanu / Bife "Titanik"
Ispovijed i druge priče
Zbirka „Ispovijed i druge priče“ okuplja manje poznate, ali izuzetno vrijedne Andrićeve pripovijetke nastale uglavnom u razdoblju 1920–1940, od kojih su neke objavljene tek posmrtno.
Kuća na osami
A posthumously published collection of short stories by Ivo Andrić, in which the writer—amidst the solitude of Sarajevo’s Alifakovac—evokes and brings to life the extraordinary destinies of passersby, eccentrics, and tragic figures from Bosnia’s past.
Mustafa Madžar i druge priče
The short story Mustafa Madžar describes the life of Mustafa Madžar, a hero from Doboj who fought against the Austrians.
Na Drini ćuprija
Der berühmteste Roman von Ivo Andrić, für den er 1961 den Nobelpreis für Literatur erhielt. Das Werk ist als eine Reihe von 24 Kurzgeschichten strukturiert, die um ein zentrales Motiv herum verbunden sind – die Mehmed-Paša-Sokolović-Brücke über den Fluss
Na Drini ćuprija
Der 1945 erschienene Roman von Ivo Andrić ist ein Meisterwerk der Weltliteratur und wurde 1961 mit dem Nobelpreis ausgezeichnet. Die Geschichte spielt in Višegrad und verfolgt die Geschichte der von Mehmed-paša Sokolović erbauten Brücke über die Drina vom
