Europe and the Soviet Union
Nikolina Kulidzan: From Bosnia and Herzegovina to American Diplomacy
A refugee from the Bosnian war who became a Foreign Service officer and a published novelist.
- Fled
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Status
- Refugee
- Arrived in the U.S.
- at age 18
- Service
- Foreign Service Officer (public diplomacy); Singapore and Beijing; Operations Center watch officer
- Region
- Europe and the Soviet Union
Nikolina Kulidzan came to the United States from Bosnia and Herzegovina at eighteen and has described herself as a Bosnian refugee turned U.S. diplomat.
She joined the Foreign Service as a public diplomacy officer and served in Singapore and Beijing and as a watch officer in the Department's Operations Center. She is also the author of the novel Barren Grace, and her essays have appeared in national publications.
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