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Selvedin Avdić

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Selvedin Avdić


Born
in Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
January 01, 1969

Genre
Nonfiction, Historical Fiction

Influences
Karl May, Branko Ćopić, Bruno Schulz, Vladimir Nabokov, Fernando P ...more


Selvedin Avdić is a Bosnian author and journalist. His first book was a collection of short stories titled "Tennants and other Fantoms" and it was a tourist guide to the historic Bosnian town of Jajca and a factual account of Zenica prison.

Furthermore, his short stories have also appeared in various anthologies and collections. He works as the editor-in-chief of the online magazine Žurnal and also edits his own radio show, Free Fight, on BH Radio. His first novel, Seven Terrors, was published in 2010, and immediately short-listed for one of the most prestigious literary awards in the region. It was published in English in 2012 (translation by Coral Petkovich) and is long-listed for the Dublin Impac Literary Award 2014. ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 623 ratings · 126 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors
مخاوفي السبعة
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Kap veselja
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Mali smakovi: kako se zaist...
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Moja fabrika
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Podstanari i drugi fantomi
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Seven Terrors
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“إن الخوف من المستقبل هو أسوأ المخاوف قاطبةً؛ حتى انه يفوق الخوف من الموت. وإنه ليدفع أهل مدينتنا -لفرط تمكنه منهم- إلى تفضيل تكرار اليوم ذاته إلى الأبد.”
― Selvedin Avdić, مخاوفي السبعة
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“أهمُ خطوات محاربة المخاوف, هي الإعتراف بوجودها”
― Selvedin Avdić, مخاوفي السبعة
tags: أعتراف, الخوف
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“أيمكن لشخصٍ أن يتمتع بلا مُبالاة مُطلقة؟!!”
― Selvedin Avdić, مخاوفي السبعة
tags: لامبالاة
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