The Aleksandar Hemon Audio Interview

Interview by Nigel Beale
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Aleksandar Hemon was was born in Sarajevo in 1964. After graduating from the University of Sarajevo with a degree in literature in 1990, Hemon moved to Chicago in 1992 and subsequently taught himself to write in English. His writing has appeared in in The New Yorker, Esquire, and The Paris Review, and he is the recipient of many awards and honors, including a MacArthur “genius” grant in 2004. Hemon is the author of three book-length works of fiction, most recently The Lazarus Project, which was published in May 2008 and nominated for the United States’ National Book Award. Nigel Beale spoke with him in November of the same year.

[audio:http://quarterlyconversation.com/audio/aleksandar-hemon.mp3]

Nigel Beale is a freelance writer/broadcaster who specializes in literary journalism. His writing has appeared in, among other places, The Washington Post, The Guardian (Manchester), The Globe and Mail, and Canadian Bookseller magazine. In his role as host of The Biblio File radio program he has interviewed many of the world’s most admired authors and leading book aficionados.

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