Miljenko Jergovic

About

A prolific, multi-genre author, he won the Croatian Veselko Tenzera Journalism Award and published such poetic and prose works as Opservatorija Varsava and Sarajevski Marlboro. He received the prestigious K. S. Gjalsk award for his collected short stories.

Before Fame

He received a B.A. in literature from Sarajevo University and went on to work as a Croatian journalist.

Trivia

His work has been translated into many languages.

Family Life

He was born and raised in Sarajevo, Bosnia, but he spent a large portion of his life in Zagreb, Croatia.

Associated With

Like Aleksandar Hemon, Jergovic is a famous Bosnian writer.