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week. Following the release of her diary, Zlata became moderately famous. International journalists visited the Filipović family's apartment and interviewed Zlata. In December 1993, the United Nations helped Zlata and her mother move to Paris.
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Zlata Filipović was given a diary in September 1991, when she had just begun fifth grade, and wrote from 1991 to 1993 during the
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Reporter Janine di Giovanni, who met Zlata in 1993 and wrote the introduction to the book, described Zlata as "the
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In 1992, a small press in Sarajevo published 45 pages of Zlata's diary and released it for the
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praised the "pure innocence and desperation" evident in the book, characterizing Zlata as an
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Zlata Filipovic was born on 3 December 1980. She was living in Sarajevo before the
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Her diary has also been adapted into a choral work by Anthony Powers.
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in 1993, where they stayed for a year before settling down in
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started. During the war, Zlata kept a diary, which she named
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Cultural depictions of Bosnia and Herzegovina people
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

Zlata Filipović
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0-14-024205-8
ISBN
0-14-024205-8
Zlata Filipović
Sarajevo
under siege
Bosnian war
Paris
Dublin
Ireland
Bosnian war
Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
UNICEF
The New York Times Book Review
Francine Prose
everygirl
Anne Frank
icon
1990s portal
Zlata chat
Archived
Wayback Machine
"Dreams of Peace : When Zlata Filipovic began her diary, she did not know her words would launch her family's escape from the war in Bosnia. Now free from mortar shells and hunger, the girl is hoping the journal--a best-selling book--will aid the children of Sarajevo"
"A Little Girl's War"
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