Zlata's Diary

Zlata Filipovic, Christina Pribichevich-Zoric, Krishnan Ghuru-Murphy

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Croatian

Puffin
05 January 1995

Children's & Educational; History & the past: general interest (Children's&YA); Warfare, battles, armed forces (Children's&YA)

Zlata Filipovic was given a diary shortly before her tenth birthday and began to write in it regularly. She was an ordinary, if unusuallyintelligent and articulate little girl, and her preoccupations include whether or not to join the Madonna fan club, her piano lessons, her friends andher new skis. But the distant murmur of war draws closer to her Sarajevo home. Her father starts to wear military uniform and herfriends begin to leave the city. One day, school is closed and the next day bombardments begin. The pathos and power of Zlata's diary comes from watching the destruction of a childhood. Her circle of friends isincreasingly replaced by international journalists who come to hear of this little girl's courage and resilience. But the reality is that, as they flyoff with the latest story of Zlata, she remains behind, writing her deepest feelings to 'Mimmy', her diary, and her last remaining friend.

By: Zlata Filipovic
Introduction by: Krishnan Ghuru-Murphy
Translated by: Christina Pribichevich-Zoric
Imprint: Puffin
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 180mm, Width: 112mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 131g
ISBN: 9780140374636
ISBN 10: 0140374639
Pages: 208
Publication Date: 05 January 1995
Recommended Age: 10+
Audience: Children/juvenile , 9-11 years , English as a second language
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Zlata Filipovic was born in 1980. From 1991 to 1993 she wrote in her diary of her experiences living during the war in Sarajevo. Zlata escaped in 1993 and went to St Andrews College in Dublin, and then to Oxford University where she graduated in 2001 with a degree in Human Sciences.

Reviews for Zlata's Diary

Originally published in Croat by UNICEF, this is the wartime diary of a Sarajevo girl who has since moved to Paris. Zlata began keeping her diary at the age of 11, nearly eight months before the shelling of Sarajevo began. A chronicle that begins in September 1991 with Zlata buying school supplies is forced, by March 1993, to reckon with the fact that all the schools near me are either unusable or full of refugees. Zlata's voice, understandably, has difficulty maturing at a pace demanded by the events it records, and some passages communicate more bathos than outrage or insight. But that's history's fault, not Zlata's. (Kirkus Reviews)