Erih Koš

Writer, translator and academic. He was born and schooled in Sarajevo and graduated from the University of Belgrade's Law School. He was active as a lawyer since 1935 and began writing in 1938. He was active resistance fighter during WW2 and post war he held numerous governmental roles; vice-president of the Committee for Culture, head of the Ministry of Culture and Education Council and Secretary General of the Yugoslav League for Peace, Independence and Equality of Peoples. He published dozens of books which were translated into more than ten languages. In 1967, he won prestigious NIN Prize for his novel Mreža (The Net). In 1978 he was inducted into the Serbian Academy of Arts and Science.