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Aleksandar Hemon is the author of The Lazarus Project, which was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award and National Book Critics Circle Award, and three collections of short stories: The Question of Bruno; Nowhere Man, which was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award; and Love and Obstacles, which will be published by Riverhead Books on May 14, 2009. Born in Sarajevo, Hemon visited Chicago in 1992, intending to stay for a matter of months. While he was there, Sarajevo came under siege, and he was unable to return home. Hemon wrote his first story in English in 1995. He was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2003 and a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 2004. He lives in Chicago with his wife and daughter.
Genres: Literary Fiction, Historical
Novels
Nowhere Man (2002)
The Lazarus Project (2008)
The Making of Zombie Wars (2015)
The World and All That It Holds (2023)
The Lazarus Project (2008)
The Making of Zombie Wars (2015)
The World and All That It Holds (2023)
Collections
Novellas and Short Stories
Series contributed to
Best European Fiction
Best European Fiction 2010 (2009)
Best European Fiction 2011 (2010)
Best European Fiction 2012 (2011)
Best European Fiction 2013 (2012)
Best European Fiction 2010 (2009)
Best European Fiction 2011 (2010)
Best European Fiction 2012 (2011)
Best European Fiction 2013 (2012)
Non fiction show
Books containing stories by Aleksandar Hemon
The Best American Short Stories 2006 (2006)
(Best American Short Stories)
edited by
Katrina Kenison and Ann Patchett
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Aleksandar Hemon recommends
Godwin (2024)
Joseph O'Neill
"Godwin is a miracle: a gripping novel refracting in clear and poetic language the seemingly incompatible elements of today's world: Africa, Pittsburgh, workplace intrigues, colonialism, writing, racism, dogs, sibling rivalry, capitalism, modalities of love, all under the splendorous umbrella of soccer as an exploitative business, passion, philosophy, and history. The reader is compelled to keep reading Godwin not only to see what happens next, but to find out how O'Neill is going to pull it all off - only to find out that he succeeds spectacularly. Godwin is a champion book."
A Year of Last Things (2024)
Michael Ondaatje
"Michael Ondaatje's love of the world and its wonders, the kindness he offers, the elegant lyricism of his sentences, the joy of storytelling... restore belief in the beauty and power of literature and, by extension, of humanity."
Catch the Rabbit (2021)
Lana Bastašić
"Lana Bastašic’s novel of two young women plunging into post-war Bosnia like two Alices into Wonderland is smart, energetic, passionate, announcing a major talent."
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