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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-03-15 ) 15 March 1948, Peć , PR Serbia , FPR Yugoslavia
- Died
- 30 July 2023 (2023-07-30) (aged 75), Belgrade , Serbia
- Occupation
- Writer, novelist
- Nationality
- Serbian, Canadian
- Alma mater
- University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology
- Children
- Natan Albahari , Rebeka Albahari
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Place of birth
- Peja
- Place of death
- Belgrade
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Belgrade
- Languages spoken
- Serbian
- Image
- David Albahari auf dem Blauen Sofa 2.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1948-03-15
- Commons category
- David Albahari
- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- name in native language
- Давид Албахари
- influenced by
- William Faulkner
- social media followers
- 3741
- date of death
- 2023-07-30
- start of work period
- 1973-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
David Albahari (Serbian Cyrillic: Давид Албахари, pronounced [dǎv̞id albaxǎːriː]; 15 March 1948 – 30 July 2023) was a Serbian novelist.
Albahari wrote mainly novels and short stories in the Serbian language. He was also an established translator from English into Serbian. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a University of Belgrade graduate. Albahari was awarded the prestigious NIN Award for the best novel of 1996 for Mamac (Bait). He was among the award's finalists on seven other occasions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “David Albahar” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.