Under Pressure

About Faruk Sehic

Until the outbreak of war in 1992 Faruk Sehic studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb. However the then 22-year-old voluntarily joined the army of Bosnia and Herzegovina in which he led a unit of 130 men. After the war he studied literature and has gone on to create his own literary works. Literary critics have hailed Sehic as the leader of the `mangled generation' of writers born in 1970s Yugoslavia and his books have achieved cult status with readers across the whole region. His debut novel 'Quiet Flows the Una' (Knjiga o Uni 2011) received the Mesa Selimovic prize for the best novel published in the region and also the EU Prize for Literature in 2013. His most recent book is a collection of poetry entitled `My Rivers' (Moje rijeke Buybook 2014). Sehic lives in Sarajevo and works as a columnist and journalist.