Zlatko Topcic (born 30 April 1955) is a multiple award-winning Bosnian writer and one of the greatest contemporary writers, who is renowned for his dramas, novels and screenplays.
He wrote the screenplays for the internationally acclaimed feature films Remake (2003) and The Abandoned (2010). Topcic also wrote numerous theater plays, produced in British, American and Austrian productions, directed by world-renowned theater directors (Time Out, I Don't Like Mondays, Refugees), and best-selling novels (The Final Word, Dagmar, Nightmare).
His films are screened at over 200 international film festivals around the world, including: Cannes, Venice, Berlin, Rotterdam, Karlovy Vary, New York, Los Angeles and Amsterdam.
His works have been translated into twelve languages: English, German, French, Italian, Czech, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Slovenian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Albanian, and included in several domestic and international anthologies.
Topcic is a member of the Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, PEN Center of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Association of Filmmakers in Bosnia and Herzegovina, International Screenwriters Association, American Screenwriters Association, Concordia Organization (New York) and the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House-London).
In 2004, he was included on the annual Marquis Who's Who in the World list of the 100 most influential people in the world.