Daša Drndić

Dasa Drndic was born in Zagreb, Croatia on August 10, 1946. Before winning a Fulbright scholarship to the United States, she studied philology at the University of Belgrade. She received a master's degree in theatre and communications at Southern Illinois University and a PhD at the University of Rijeka. She worked as a journalist and translator. She wrote several novels including Trieste, Leica Format, Belladonna, and Doppelgänger. She also wrote about 30 plays. She died of lung cancer on June 5, 2018 at the age of 71.