Ivo Andri'c (1892-1975) was born on October 9, 1892 in the village of Dorac near Travnik. My father is an ordinary craftsman. Ivo Andric lost his father when he was two years old, and moved with his mother to his aunt's house. He relied on his mother to work to eke out a living, and the family was in a very difficult situation. He spent his childhood in Visegrad, Bosnia, where the ancient legends, lyrical ballads and folk epics sowed the seeds of literature in his heart. At the age of thirteen, Ivo Andric graduated from primary school in his hometown and came to Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia, to attend middle school. After graduation, he studied in Zagreb, Graz and Vienna, and joined an underground resistance organization called "Young Bosnia" to resist the brutal occupation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. On June 28, 1914, Gavrilo Princip, a young revolutionary of the organization, assassinated the Austrian Crown Prince Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo, thus triggering the First World War. Ivo Andric was the head of a literary group called "Young Bosnia" and a friend of Princip. He was implicated and arrested and imprisoned by the Austrian authorities. He was later exiled to Ow?ale near Zenica. fertile. He witnessed and endured all kinds of suffering in the world, and was not released until 1917.
In 1918, the released Ivo Andrich served as the editor of "Literary South" and other publications, publishing many poems, essays and literary reviews full of patriotic passion, and published Collections of prose poems "On the Shore of the Black Sea" (1918) and "Unrest" (1918). In 1922, he was admitted to the University of Zagreb, then transferred to the University of Krakow in Poland, and finally graduated from the University of Graz in Austria in 1923 with a doctorate in law. During the twenty years from 1921 to 1941, Ivo Andric served in Yugoslav embassies abroad, including Rome, Bucharest, Trieste, Graz, Geneva, Berlin, etc. Served as consul or ambassador. But he never stopped literary activities during his tenure. Ivo Andric's masterpiece is "The Bridge over the Drina" (1945), the first of the so-called "Bosnian Trilogy". This novel takes a bridge as the main line and traces the story of Bosnia's relationship between the Ottoman Empire and the Ottoman Empire from the 15th century to the outbreak of the First World War for about 450 years through a series of real and touching stories that are independent but interconnected. The major historical events that occurred under the occupation of the Austro-Hungarian Empire reflected the tragic fate of the Bosnian people of all walks of life who suffered oppression from the occupiers over the long years, as well as their heroic and unyielding struggle for national independence.
The other two parts of the "Bosnian Trilogy" are the novels "Travnik Chronicles" (1945) and "Sarajevo Women" (1945). The former describes the life-and-death struggle between the three major European powers and four religions during the Napoleonic era when foreign consulates were established in the city of Travnik in Bosnia. It depicts the French Revolution and the rise and fall of the Napoleonic Empire, as well as the rule and rule of Sultan Selim III of Turkey. perish. The latter describes the life of Raika Radakovich, a woman from Sarajevo during the First World War and the unfair treatment she received.
The novel "The Courtyard of Sin" published in 1954 is an important work created by the author in his later period. Although it is a historical novel about the unfortunate experience of an innocent Orthodox monk trapped in a Turkish prison, it is actually a symbol of the entire human world and real life. The prison of sin is the epitome of tyranny in all times. Although this novel has a realistic theme, it successfully uses the expression technique of stream of consciousness in many places. In addition, there are also collections of short and medium stories "The Minister's Elephant" (1948), "New Collection of Short Stories" (1948), etc. Among them, "Selling Firewood" is a short masterpiece written by Ivo Andrich in his later period. During the Second World War, he severed all ties with the imperial government and the fascist authorities and devoted himself to the creation of three novels, "Bridge over the Drina", "Travnik Chronicles" and "Miss", all published in 1945. publishing. He served as the long-term president of the Yugoslav Federation of Writers. In 1954, he published the novel "The Prison of Sin", which is considered to be a masterpiece representing his artistic achievements. After his death in 1975, 17 volumes of collected works were published.
"Bridge on the Drina" traces the major historical events from the 16th century to the First World War through the rise and fall of a bridge, reflecting the fate of the Bosnian people under the occupation of the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire. and the struggle for national independence. Because this novel successfully "reflected the facts and destiny in his country's history" and had "epic power", the author won the 1961 Nobel Prize for Literature. "The Prison of Sin" has a complex structure, with stories within stories. It uses an Orthodox monk who fell into a prison and endured various sufferings as a clue to depict the real life of the entire sinful world. The prison of sin is actually a symbol of the tyranny of the age. Andric is recognized as a philosophical realist writer.
The 1961 work "Bridge. Mademoiselle" won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Reason for winning the award: “For the epic power of his work, through which he pursues themes in the history of his country and depicts the destiny of man.
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The protagonist in "The Lady" is a lonely and greedy female loan shark. The work exposes the absurdity and sexual vices of the rich in a money society. As some critics have pointed out, Ivo... While objectively displaying human history, Andrich's works incorporate highly rational observations and broad and profound reflections. They reflect human beings' desire for mutual communication, reconciliation, and pursuit of eternal value with a tragic sentiment, and express the use of reason. Overcoming absurdity and wishing the world to be filled with strong faith, Andric is a true literary man.