Bosnia and Herzegovina, often colloquially referred to as just Bosnia, is probably best known to the Western world for its conflicts, including the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by Bosnian Serb, Gavrilo Prinicip, which is considered the spark that set off World War One, and more recently the Bosnian War of the 1990s.

Bosnia is home to three primary ethnic groups: Bosniaks, Serbs, and Croats, with all three having their native language as an official language of Bosnia. The country also has Jewish, Ukrainian, and Turkish populations. 

During Medeival times, the writing was predominantly ecclesiastical in nature, with the Bosnian Franciscans being integral to the literary developments of the region. Later Bosnia was part of the Ottomon Empire, which added Muslim, Aarabic, and Persian influences.

Bosnian literature has a rich history of writings of indendence as they have resisted against Ottomon rule, as well as European powers throughout history.

The country’s most famous writer is typically considered to be Ivo Andric, however the countries wide variety of ethnicities and cultures still causes dissent and strife today, with Andric being no exception as evidenced by a lengthy and heated debate in the comments of the  TikTok video on the Life On Books account regarding his work.