The 11 July 1995 marks a dark day in Bosnian history. It is when the town of Srebrenica fell to the enemy after a 3 year siege and having been declared a safe zone. It is the day when women and children were separated from the boys and men. The women were ferried to the free zone while the men were transported on buses to killing grounds, executed and buried in mass graves. 8372 men and boys were killed in what was the largest massacre on European soil since WWII. For the last six years I've been working on my Creative Writing PhD writing a novel set during the town of Srebrenica and am completing an exegesis examining three novels written by non-Bosnian authors and the way they depict this historical time. Here are some books on my reading list that were useful in that research if you want to learn more. Here is an article that I wrote that was published in Overland.
https://overland.org.au/2020/07/8372-flowers-for-srebrenica/ More information can be found at: https://srebrenica.org.uk/ https://srebrenicamemorial.org/en
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AuthorAmra Pajalić is an award-winning author, an editor and teacher who draws on her Bosnian cultural heritage to write own voices stories for young people, who like her, are searching to mediate their identity and take pride in their diverse culture. She writes memoir, young adult and romance under the pen name Mae Archer. newsletterSign up and receive free books.
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