瑟梅茲定‧梅赫梅迪維奇 Semezdin Mehmedinovi?
1960年出生於圖茲拉,波斯尼亞,曾就讀於薩拉熱窩大學。1994年,他與其他五位波斯尼亞作家一同獲得國際作家筆會(PEN)頒發的赫爾曼•哈默特獎,以表彰他們在戰火之中堅守民主信念。梅合梅迪维奇於1996年以政治難民身份到達美國。他出版的著作包括《薩拉熱窩藍調》(1992),《九座亞歷山大城》(2002),《蘇維埃電腦》(2011),《和一個信差包的自畫像》(2012),《穆罕默德,紅色香蕉和雪花》(2017年)。他目前住在美國維吉尼亞州的阿靈頓郡。
Semezdin Mehmedinović (Bosnia 波斯尼亞)
Semezdin Mehmedinović was born in Tuzla, Bosnia in 1960, and was educated at the University of Sarajevo. In 1994, with five other Bosnian writers, he received the Hellman-Hammet Award from PEN for persistence in preserving democracy in the midst of war. Mehmedinović arrived in the United States as a political refugee in 1996. His books include Sarajevo Blues (1992), Nine Alexandrias (2002), Soviet Computer (2011), Self-portrait With a Messenger Bag (2012) and Me med, red bandana and snowflake (2017). He currently lives in Arlington, VA.