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Whatever solidarity I have established with other writers individually, it is usually organized around books. We connected as readers, as it were, not writers.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
Usually
Individually
Books
Solidarity
Established
Whatever
Readers
Around
Organized
Book
Connected
Writers
Reader

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