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I cannot live or write without music. It stimulates the normally dormant parts of my brain that come in handy when constructing fiction.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Write
Constructing
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Dormant
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