Zlata's diary
Title
Zlata's diary
Creator
Zlata Filipovic
Contributor
Janine Di Giovanni (introduction)
Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (translator)
Christina Pribichevich-Zoric (translator)
Description
When Zlata’s Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it describes. It begins as the day-to-day record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbor’s cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant.
Revised edition
Revised edition
Publisher
Penguin Books
Rights
Copyright 1994
Language
English (translated from Croatian)
Format
Book
Type
physical object
Identifier
ISBN: 9780143036876
UPC:
SKU: 2022Wri9
CALL#:
UPC:
SKU: 2022Wri9
CALL#:
Subject
Filipović, Zlata -- Diaries.
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- History -- Siege, 1992-1996 -- Personal narratives, Bosnian.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Children.
Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina) -- History -- Siege, 1992-1996 -- Personal narratives, Bosnian.
Yugoslav War, 1991-1995 -- Children.
Files
Collection
Citation
Zlata Filipovic, “Zlata's diary,” The Children's Collection, accessed December 24, 2025, https://catalog.thechildrenscollection.org/items/show/92.