title: Sarajevo: A War Journal
author:  Zlatko Dizdarevic 
description: Text: English (translation)<br /> Original Language: French
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  SEMEZDIN MEHMEDINOVIĆ is a Bosnian writer. When the Bosnian War broke out in
  1992, Mehmedinović published an early version of _Sarajevo Blues_ and, with a
  group of friends, founded the weekly political magazine _BH Dani_ ( _Days_ ),
  a voice for democracy and pluralism in times of genocide. In 1996, after the
  end of the Siege of Sarajevo, Mehmedinović emigrated to the United States with
  his family and lived in the D.C. area for more than twenty years. He now lives
  in Sarajevo.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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  CELIA HAWKESWORTH has translated nearly forty books from the Serbo-Croatian,
  by authors including Ivo Andrić, Dubravka Ugrešić, and Daša Drndić. Her
  translation of Ivo Andrić’s _Omer Pasha Latas_ won the Oxford-Weidenfeld Prize
  in 2019, and her translation of Daša Drndić’s _EEG_ won the Best Translated
  Book Award in 2020. She lives in Oxfordshire, England.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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