Ivo Andric was born on October 9, 1892 in Dolac near Travnik, Austria-Hungary [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]. He was a writer, known for The Bridge on the Drina, Anikina vremena (1954) and Gazija (1981). He was married to Milica Babic-Andric. He died on March 13, 1975 in Belgrade, Serbia, Yugoslavia.