Vlado Mrkić (16 March 1940-25 April 2002) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian writer and journalist. He was born in

Mostar Mostar (, ; sr-Cyrl, Мостар, ) is a city and the administrative center of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an entity of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and the historical capital of Herzegovina. Mostar is sit ...

in 1940 and graduated from the Philosophy College in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ; cyrl, Сарајево, ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'') is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 275,524 in its a ...

. He has worked as a journalist since 1968 and has received a number of journalism awards - most of which he has refused to accept. During the

Bosnian war The Bosnian War ( sh, Rat u Bosni i Hercegovini / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. The war is commonly seen as having started ...

he worked as a war reporter and visited most of former

Yugoslavia Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...

n war fronts. He is author of three books: "Together Never Again" (original: ''Nikad Više Zajedno''), "Berenika's Hair" (original: ''Berenikina Kosa'') and "East From the West" (original: ''Istočno od Zapada'').

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