Herta Kuna

One of the most eminent South Slavic philologists of the 20th century. Although she was born in Croatia, she spent her entire working life in Sarajevo and devoted her research career to better understanding medieval Bosnian literature and language. Thanks to her work, in 1986 a phototype and critical edition of one of the most important monuments of medieval Bosnia was published - “Zbornika krstjanina Hvala”. She left for Croatia to escape the war in Bosnia but her dying wish was for her ashes to be returned to Bosnia upon her death where she said she “belonged”. Her wish was granted in 2009.