- Aleksander Hemon
Aleksander Hemon (born
? ,1964 ) is an American writer and journalist. He sometimes publishes in theThe New Yorker magazine, and has written an acclaimed novel, "Nowhere Man " and a collection of short stories, "The Question of Bruno ".Biography
Born in
Sarajevo in the formerYugoslavia , Hemon graduated from theUniversity of Sarajevo and was a published writer in Serbo-Croatian magazines by the time he was 26." [17th Prague Writer's Festival page: "Aleksander Hemon," [http://www.pwf.cz/en/aleksandar-hemon/] ] He has lived in America since 1992, when he found himself in America as a tourist and became stranded when his hometown descended into anarchy and civil war. In America he has worked as a Greenpeace canvasser, sandwich assembly-line worker, bike messenger, graduate student in English literature, bookstore salesperson, and ESL teacher." [Bomb Magazine: "Aleksander Hemon," [http://www.bombsite.com/hemon/hemon.html] ]References
External links
* [http://www.bombsite.com/hemon/hemon.html Short magazine profile of Aleksander Hemon] by
Jenifer Berman
* [http://dir.salon.com/story/books/review/2002/10/10/hemon/index.html Salon review of Hemon's novel Nowhere Man] byLaura Miller
* [http://www.pwf.cz/en/aleksandar-hemon/ 17th Prague Writer's Festival page with a short bio, an interview and links to Hemon's online works]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2006/10/23/061023fi_fiction "Stairway to Heaven"] byAleksander Hemon
* [http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2007/09/03/070903fa_fact_hemon "Rationed"] byAleksander Hemon
* [http://archive.salon.com/books/int/2000/04/27/hemon_interview/index.html Salon interview with Hemon] byLaura Miller
* [http://media.www.dailynorthwestern.com/media/storage/paper853/news/2002/02/14/UndefinedSection/the-Next.Nabokov.Teaches.At.Northwestern-1908943.shtml "The 'next Nabokov' teaches at Northwestern" (Feb. 2002)] by Jonathan M. Katz
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