In 1992 he and his family fled from the civil war in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina to Sweden, an event that laid the foundation for his semi-biographical debut novel Resan som började med ett slut.[1] The novel was published in 2006, and received positive reviews.[2][3]
His second novel, Svenhammeds journaler, was published in 2009; it was nominated for the August Prize in the Children and Young Adults category.[1] A stage version of the book was produced at Folkteatern in Gävleborg in 2011.[4]
Bečević's third novel, Avblattefieringsprocessen, is a satire on the growing xenophobia in Swedish society. It was published in 2014.[5]
When Bečević came to Sweden as a 10-year-old with his family, they moved to Falkenberg where Bečević grew up and went to school.[1] He has a Master's degree in political science from Växjö University,[2] and a PhD in child studies from Linköping University. He is a senior lecturer at the Department of Social Work at University of Gothenburg.[6]
