![]() Many of his works being translated into English, the best known are the following: Andrić wrote in Croatian and, dominantly, in Serbian, while officially supported the notion of one Serbo-Croatian language, just like many of his contemporaries, both Croat and Serb. The material for his works was mainly drawn from the history, folklore and culture of his native Bosnia. ![]() As the time went by, he became increasingly ill and eventually died on March 13th, 1975. Following the death of his wife in 1968, he slowly reduced his activities. The post-war decade was his most productive period. His ambassadorship ended in 1941, and during World War II Andrić lived in Belgrade. Under the newly formed Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes (later the Kingdom of Yugoslavia), Andrić held a number of diplomatic posts, including that of ambassador to Germany. Because of his political activities, Andrić was interned by the Austrian government during World War I in the Doboj Austrian detention camp alongside with civilian Serbs and pro-Serb south Slavs. He started his education in Sarajevo's Gymnasium and continued studies at the universities in Krakow, Vienna, and Graz. ![]() Ivan Andrić (Ivo is diminutive of Ivan) was born on October 9th, 1892 near Travnik, Bosnia (then part of Austria-Hungary) to a Catholic family of Bosnian Croats. ![]() Ivo Andric (hr/sr-lat: Ivo Andrić sr-cyr: Иво Андрић) ( Octoin Dolac near Travnik ( Bosnia and Herzegovina) – Main Belgrade, then Yugoslavia), a Serbian- Croatian novelist, short story writer, and Nobel Prize winner from former Yugoslavia. ![]()
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