Editing Ivo Andrić (section)

===Nobel Prize, international recognition and death===
[[File:S. Kragujevic, Andric na vest o N. nagradi 1961.JPG|thumb|right|upright=0.8|Andrić with his wife Milica upon learning he had won the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]]]]
By the late 1950s, Andrić's works had been translated into a number of languages. In 1958 the [[Association of Writers of Yugoslavia]] nominated Andrić as its first ever candidate for the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]].{{sfn|Jocić 6 October 2022}} On 26 October 1961, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature by the [[Swedish Academy]].{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=29}} Documents released 50 years later revealed that the [[Nobel Committee]] had selected Andrić over writers such as [[J.R.R. Tolkien]], [[Robert Frost]], [[John Steinbeck]] and [[E.M. Forster]].{{sfn|''BBC News'' 6 January 2012}}{{sfn|Flood 5 January 2012}} The Committee cited "the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from his country's history".{{sfn|Frenz|1999|p=561}} Once the news was announced, Andrić's Belgrade apartment was swarmed by reporters, and he publicly thanked the Nobel Committee for selecting him as the winner of that year's prize.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=29}} Andrić donated the entirety of his prize money, which amounted to some 30 million [[Yugoslav dinar|dinar]]s, and prescribed that it be used to purchase library books in Bosnia and Herzegovina.{{sfn|Lovrenović|2001|pp=182–183}}
[[File:Ivo Andrić Herceg Novi.jpg|thumb|left|The house in [[Herceg Novi]] where Andrić lived from 1963 to 1968.]]
The Nobel Prize ensured Andrić received global recognition. The following March, he fell ill while on a trip to [[Cairo]] and had to return to Belgrade for an operation. He was obliged to cancel all promotional events in Europe and North America, but his works continued to be reprinted and translated into numerous languages. Judging by letters he wrote at the time, Andrić felt burdened by the attention but did his best not to show it publicly.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=30}} Upon receiving the Nobel Prize, the number of awards and honours bestowed upon him multiplied. He received the Order of the Republic in 1962, as well as 27 July Award of Bosnia-Herzegovina, the [[Anti-Fascist Council for the National Liberation of Yugoslavia|AVNOJ]] Award in 1967, and the [[Order of the Hero of Socialist Labour]] in 1972.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=36}} In addition to being a member of the [[Croatian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Yugoslav]] and [[Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Serbian]] academies of sciences and arts, he also became a correspondent of their [[Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Bosnian]] and [[Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts|Slovenian]] counterparts, and received honorary doctorates from the universities of [[University of Belgrade|Belgrade]], [[University of Sarajevo|Sarajevo]] and Kraków.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=35}}

Andrić's wife died on 16 March 1968. His health deteriorated steadily and he travelled little in his final years. He continued to write until 1974, when his health took another turn for the worse. In December 1974, he was admitted to a Belgrade hospital.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=30}} He soon fell into a coma, and died in the [[Military Medical Academy (Serbia)|Military Medical Academy]] at 1:15&nbsp;a.m. on 13 March 1975, aged 82. His remains were cremated, and on 24 April, the [[urn]] containing his ashes was buried at the Alley of Distinguished Citizens in Belgrade's [[New Cemetery, Belgrade|New Cemetery]].{{sfn|Popović|1989|p=112}} The ceremony was attended by about 10,000 residents of Belgrade.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=30}}{{sfn|Popović|1989|p=112}}