Ivo Andric

About

Author who won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Literature. In works such as The Bridge on the Drina, The Woman from Sarajevo, and The Damned Yard, he wrote about the history, folklore, and culture of Ottoman Empire-controlled Bosnia.

Before Fame

He received his PhD in philosophy from the University of Graz in 1924. He was imprisoned during World War I because of his political affiliations; he was supportive of Yugoslavia.

Trivia

His works were written in Serbo-Croatian, as he was born of both Bosnian and Croatian heritage and later lived in Serbia.

Family Life

He did not remarry after the 1968 death of his second wife, Milica Babic-Andric. He died, himself, in Belgrade, (then) Yugoslavia at the age of eighty-two.

Associated With

He was selected for a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961, beating out J.R.R. Tolkien, Robert Frost, and John Steinbeck for the award.