Miljenko Jergovic
Author · 11 books
Miljenko Jergović (born in Sarajevo in 1966) studied philosophy and sociology there. From 1993 onward, he worked as a freelance writer and political columnist. Earlier, he reported from besieged Sarajevo for the Zagreb-based weekly Nedeljna Dalmacija and worked as a television editor. Jergović is a co-founder of Group 99. His books have been translated into numerous languages. In 2018, he received the Georg Dehio Book Prize jointly with his German translator, Brigitte Döbert.