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Aleksandar Hemon

Aleksandar Hemon, Bosnian-American author and critic

Born
September 9, 1964
Age in 2026
62
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1964

About Aleksandar Hemon

Aleksandar Hemon (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Александар Xeмoн; born September 9, 1964) is a Bosnian-American author, essayist, critic, television writer, and screenwriter. He is best known for the novels Nowhere Man (2002) and The Lazarus Project (2008), and his scriptwriting as a co-writer of The Matrix Resurrections (2021). He frequently publishes in The New Yorker and has also written for Esquire, The Paris Review, the Op-Ed page of The New York Times, and the Sarajevo magazine BH Dani. Hemon is also a musician, distributing his Electronica work under the pseudonym "Cielo Hemon." In 2000 Hemon published his first book, The Question of Bruno, which included short stories and a novella. Hemon's first nonfiction book, The Book of My Lives, was released in 2013. He was awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant in 2004.

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Aleksandar Hemon timeline

  1. In 2000 Hemon published his first book, The Question of Bruno, which included short stories and a novella.
  2. He was awarded a MacArthur Foundation grant in 2004.
  3. Hemon's first nonfiction book, The Book of My Lives, was released in 2013.

The world when Aleksandar Hemon was born

Aleksandar Hemon was born in 1964. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1964

  • #1 song"I Want to Hold Your Hand" – The Beatles
  • Top movieMy Fair Lady
  • Top TV showBonanza
  • Best-selling bookThe Spy Who Came in from the Cold – John le Carré

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentCassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeats Sonny Liston
  • Top headlineCivil Rights Act signed into law
  • Technology milestoneIBM System/360 mainframe computer launched
  • Defining fadBeatlemania
  • Notable inventionBASIC programming language
  • World population3.27 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderLyndon B. Johnson
  • Sports championSt. Louis Cardinals (World Series)
  • Also wonBoston Celtics (NBA)
  • U.S. population191.9M

1964 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Aleksandar Hemon's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19642026
Gas$0.30$3.45/gal
Average home$13,350$435,000
Average income$8,600$67,500
Minimum wage$1.25$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.86$11.95
Postage stamp$0.05$0.73
Population191.9M341 million

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