Editing Ivo Andrić (section)

===Family===
[[File:Rodna kuća Ive Andrića u Travniku 0.jpg|thumb|right|upright=1.15|The house in [[Travnik]] in which Andrić was born]]
Ivan Andrić{{efn|Ivo is the [[Hypocorism|hypocoristic]] form of Andrić's birth name, Ivan. The latter was used on his birth and marriage certificates, but all other documents read "Ivo".{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=1}}}} was born in the village of [[Dolac, Travnik|Dolac]], near [[Travnik]],{{sfn|Norris|1999|p=59}} on 9 October 1892, while his mother, Katarina ({{nee|Pejić}}), was in the town visiting relatives.{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=1}} Andrić's parents were both [[Catholic Church in Bosnia and Herzegovina|Catholic]] [[Croats of Bosnia and Herzegovina|Croats]].{{sfnm|1a1=Lampe|1y=2000|1p=91|2a1=Hoare|2y=2007|2p=90|3a1=Binder|3y=2013|3p=41}} He was his parents' only child.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=11}} His father, Antun, was a struggling [[silversmith]] who resorted to working as a school janitor in [[Sarajevo]],{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=2}} where he lived with his wife and infant son.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=11}} At the age of 32, Antun died of [[tuberculosis]], like most of his siblings.{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=1}} Andrić was only two years old at the time.{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=1}} Widowed and penniless, Andrić's mother took him to [[Višegrad]] and placed him in the care of her sister-in-law Ana and brother-in-law Ivan Matković, a police officer.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=11}} The couple were financially stable but childless, so they agreed to look after the infant and brought him up as their own.{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=2}} Meanwhile, Andrić's mother returned to Sarajevo seeking employment.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=1}}

Andrić was raised in a country that had changed little since the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] period despite being [[Austro-Hungarian rule in Bosnia and Herzegovina|mandated to Austria-Hungary]] at the [[Congress of Berlin]] in 1878.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=1}} Eastern and Western culture intermingled in Bosnia to a far greater extent than anywhere else in the Balkan peninsula.{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=3}} Having lived there from an early age, Andrić came to cherish Višegrad, calling it "my real home".{{sfn|Juričić|1986|p=2}} Though it was a small provincial town (or ''kasaba''), Višegrad proved to be an enduring source of inspiration.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=1}} It was a multi-ethnic and multi-confessional town, the predominant groups being [[Serbs]] (Orthodox Christians) and [[Bosniaks]] (Muslims).{{sfn|Hoare|2007|p=90}} From an early age, Andrić closely observed the customs of the local people.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=1}} These customs, and the particularities of life in eastern [[Bosnia (region)|Bosnia]], would later be detailed in his works.{{sfn|Vucinich|1995|p=2}} Andrić made his first friends in Višegrad, playing with them along the [[Drina]] River and the town's famous [[Mehmed Paša Sokolović Bridge]].{{sfn|Hawkesworth|1984|p=13}}