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It was always clear to me that I would have to earn my readers, some I would have to find, some to create.

Aleksandar Hemon

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Aleksandar Hemon
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: September 9
Journalist
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Screenwriter
Writer
City of Sarajevo
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