Book of poetry “Daleko od zaborava” (“Far from forgetting”) written by a young poetess Azra Hodza was printed out in Mostar at the end of December 1999. The book has 50 poems and it is thematically divided into 5 chapters.

First chapter called “Zona potpunog mraka” (“Zone of total darkness”) consists a cycle of poems related to war suffering of the Bosnian people during the recent aggression on BiH as well as the nightmare in a soul of an ordinary person-sufferer. Second chapter named “Sva bi Bosna srecom mirisala, sva bi Bosna slobodom pjevala” (“Whole Bosnia would smell on luck, whole Bosnia would sing freedom”) treats a theme of rising a new, better life, beauty of habitual, every day event and happiness of a young soul rejoicing with magnificent nature. Third chapter named “Daleko od zaborava” (“Far from forgetting”) is actually a painful memory of her dead mother. Fourth chapter called “Pohvala peru” (“The praise to the pen”) tell us on necessity of learning and education, and that is, warning to what an illiterate person could face within the undeveloped society. Fifth chapter “Vasiona odjekuje Tvojim imenom” (“Universe echoes with Your name”) is cycle of poems with religion topics that speaks on transitoriness of everything that someone creates and  eternity of the Almighty God and Creator. 

The author of the book is a child little less than 13 years old. The book embraces her work in the last three years, meaning that her first poems were written when the little girl was about 10 years old.  

Azra Hodza was born 20.02.1987 in Sarajevo. Her mother died after a prolonged and hard illness when she was 5 years old. At the same time when her mother died, the brutal aggression on her Country started with the main aim to destroy her people. She was spending war days mostly in the cellars and shelters. When the war stopped, together with her father she moved down to Mostar where she proceeded with her education. And that is when the inspiration for poetry writing started. That love for the written word helped her to overcome memories on the painful events which have suddenly fallen down on her young soul.

  24/02/2000