Aleksandar Hemon

Born in Sarajevo to a Bosnian mother and a father of partial Ukrainian heritage, he completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Sarajevo before earning a master’s degree in English literature from Northwestern University in 1996. After arriving in the United States amid the Bosnian war, he held a variety of jobs while establishing himself as a writer, publishing his first English stor… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources