Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Almin Kaplan (1985) is a poet and prose writer from Bosnia and Herzegovina. He published in many literary magazines from the country and the region. He is the winner of several literary awards, including the Mak Dizdar (2008), Ratković Poetry Evenings (2012), WHF Award (2018), Zija Dizdarević (2018), Edo Budiša (2021) and Kočić’s Pen. (2022).

So far he has published:

  • Bieber’s daughters (poetry) 2008
  • Waiting for the horn concert (poetry) 2013
  • Measles (novel in verse) 2014
  • Mostar collection (poetry) 2017
  • Bukhara (poetry) 2017
  • Tearing (novel) 2017
  • Meho (novel) 2019
  • Dubrava stories (stories) 2020
  • House people (diary entries) 2022
  • Conversations with Mark (book of conversations) 2022

He lives in the countryside near Stolac.

Useful links:

https://www.facebook.com/kaplanalmin

https://express.24sata.hr/kultura/u-bih-nitko-nema-kapaciteta-za-gradansku-drzavu-26049

https://express.24sata.hr/kultura/almin-kaplan-i-marko-vesovic-razgovor-dvojice-ljudi-o-jeziku-ratu-i-bostanu-26060

https://www.jergovic.com/author/almin/

http://www.prometej.ba/arhiva/kultura/zaperci