Andric, Ivo

(born Oct. 10, 1892, Dolac, near Travnik, Bosnia—died March 13, 1975, Belgrade, Yugos.) Bosnian writer. He established his reputation with Ex Ponto (1918), which he wrote while interned for nationalist political activities in World War I. He later served as a Yugoslavian diplomat. Collections of his short stories were published from 1920 onward. Of his three novels, written during World War II, two—The Bridge on the Drina (1945) and Bosnian Story (1945)—are about the history of Bosnia. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961.

Source: Encyclopedia Britannica