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

Mostar Mostar () is a city and the administrative centre 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 situated on the Neretva Riv ...

in 1940 and graduated from the Philosophy College in

Sarajevo Sarajevo ( ), ; ''see Names of European cities in different languages (Q–T)#S, names in other languages'' is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a population of 2 ...

. 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 ( / Рат у Босни и Херцеговини) was an international armed conflict that took place in Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bosnia and Herzegovina between 1992 and 1995. Following several earlier violent incid ...

he worked as a war reporter and visited most of former

Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ...

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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