Ivo Andrić (Serbian Cyrillic: Иво Андрић), born Ivan Andrić on 9 October 1892, was a Yugoslav novelist, poet, and short story writer who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1961. His works primarily explored life in his native Bosnia under Ottoman rule.

Born in Travnik, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, Andrić was an active member of several South Slav youth organizations during his high school years in Sarajevo. Following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 1914, he was arrested and imprisoned by the Austro-Hungarian police on suspicion of involvement in the plot. With no strong case against him, he spent much of World War I under house arrest, released following a general amnesty in 1917. After the war, he pursued higher education in South Slavic history and literature, earning his PhD from the University of Graz in 1924. Andrić's diplomatic career spanned from 1920 to 1941, including a stint as Yugoslavia's ambassador to Germany.

His time under virtual house arrest during World War II, in German-occupied Belgrade, was marked by significant literary productivity. It was during this period that he wrote some of his most important works, including The Bridge on the Drina. After the war, Andrić held various ceremonial posts in communist Yugoslavia. The Nobel Committee awarded him the literature prize in 1961, citing "the epic force with which he ... traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from his country's history."

Andrić's health declined in late 1974, leading to his death on 13 March 1975 in Belgrade. Following his passing, his Belgrade apartment was converted into a museum, and a nearby street was named in his honor. As Yugoslavia's only Nobel Prize-winning writer, he was highly regarded in his homeland throughout his life and remains a celebrated figure in the region.