Famous People with Name Andric

Ivo Andric            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Ivo Andric: a Croat - Bosnian novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature from Yugoslavia (he was born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that in the time of his biggest popularity was a part of Yugoslavia).

Srdan Andric            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Srdan Andric: is a Croatian football player. He is a midfielder. Andric started his career with Croatia's Hajduk Split before moving to Panathinaikos in 2004. He was Hajduk's captain at his last season at Split, and has been capped for the Croatian national team (2 matches/1 goal). He was released from Panathinaikos in May 2007, before rejoining Hajduk.

Ivan "Ivo" Andric            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Ivan "Ivo" Andric: was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer, and the 1961 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. His writings dealt mainly with life in his native Bosnia under the Ottoman Empire. His native house in Travnik has been transformed into a Museum, and his Belgrade flat on Andricev Venac hosts the Museum of Ivo Andric. After the war, Andric spent most of his time in his home in Belgrade and held a number of ceremonial posts in the new Communist government of Yugoslavia, and was also a member of the Parliament of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature "for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country". He donated all of the prize money for the improvement of libraries in Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.

Vicko Andric            Origin/Culture/Country: Serbia, Europe

Vicko Andric: was a Croatian architect. On the basis of diplomas received, Vicko Andric was licensed for architectural works and measurement. During his stay in Rome, he was also involved in the research and preservation of buildings dating back to Ancient Rome. Carlo Fea, an expert on the Ancient Rome and the "president of Roman antiquities," helped Andric at the start of Andric's career. Andric was deeply influenced by Fea's book Sacral and profane buildings. In Rome, Andric projected several important concept designs: an inn (1814), a triumphal arc for the Austrian emperor Francis II (1815), a circular temple and a cathedral in the form of a Greek cross for a large city with a capitol and a seminary (both projects also in 1815) and a concept design of a casino and theater in Split (1816). The only notable finished projects of Andric in Split are the building of the Museum of Archeology next to the eastern wall of Diocletian's Palace (built in 1821, later demolished), cemetery and a circular pavilion on Sustipan (1823–26) and the tower of the Church of the Lady of Health (built in 1846).