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List Of Bosniak Writers
This is a list of Bosniak novelists, poets and other writers. A *Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer and poet *Abdulvehab Ilhamija (1773–1821), poet and prose writer * Ahmed Muradbegović (1898–1972), writer, dramatist and novelist *Alija Isaković (1932–1997), writer, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer * Asaf Duraković (born 1940), poet *Avdo Humo (1914–1983), writer and politician *Ayşe Kulin (born 1941), Turkish novelist and columnist with Bosniak ancestry B * Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), poet D * Derviš Sušić (1924–1990), writer * Dževad Karahasan (born 1953), writer and philosopher E *Edhem Mulabdić (1862–1954), writer * Emir Suljagić (born 1975), author * Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), novelist, poet and translator F *Faruk Šehić (born 1970), poet, novelist and short story writer *Feđa Isović (born 1965), screenplay writer H * Hasan Kikić (1905–1942), literate and poet *Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888–1959), historian *H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bosniak
The Bosniaks ( bs, Bošnjaci, Cyrillic: Бошњаци, ; , ) are a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Southeast European historical region of Bosnia, which is today part of Bosnia and Herzegovina, who share a common Bosnian ancestry, culture, history and language. They primarily live in Bosnia, Serbia, Montenegro, Croatia, Kosovo as well as in Austria, Germany, Turkey and Sweden. They also constitute a significant diaspora with several communities across Europe, the Americas and Oceania. Bosniaks are typically characterized by their historic ties to the Bosnian historical region, adherence to Islam since the 15th and 16th centuries, culture, and the Bosnian language. English speakers frequently refer to Bosniaks as Bosnian MuslimsThis term is considered inaccurate since not all Bosniaks profess Islam or practice the religion. Partly because of this, since the dissolution of Yugoslavia, ''Bosniak'' has replaced ''Muslim'' as an official ethnic term in part to avoid co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Faruk Šehić
Faruk Šehić (born 1970) is a Bosnian poet, novelist and short story writer. He was born in Bihać and grew up in Bosanska Krupa. He studied veterinary medicine in Zagreb until the outbreak of the Bosnian war in which he was an active combatant. After the war, he turned to literature. His first book was a collection of poems ''Pjesme u nastajanju'' (''Acquired Poems'', 2000). His short story collection ''Pod pritiskom'' (''Under Pressure'') was published in 2004 and won the Zoro Verlag Prize. The English translation of ''Under Pressure'' was published in May 2019 by Istros Books. His debut novel ''Knjiga o Uni'' (''Quiet Flows the Una'', 2011), was translated into English in 2016 by Istros Books and into Italian in 2017 by E. Mujčić (''Il mio fiume'') for Mimesis, and also into Romanian, Bulgarian, Turkish, Spanish, Macedonian, Arabic, Dutch, Polish, Slovenian and Hungarian language. ''Quiet Flows the Una'' won the Meša Selimović prize for the best novel published in the forme ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mak Dizdar
Mehmedalija "Mak" Dizdar (17 October 1917 – 14 July 1971) was a Bosnian poet. His poetry combined influences from the Bosnian Christian culture, Islamic mysticism and cultural remains of medieval Bosnia, and especially the stećci. His works ''Kameni spavač (Stone Sleeper)'' and ''Modra rijeka (Blue River)'' are probably the most important Bosnian poetic achievements of the 20th century. Biography Early life Mehmedalija Dizdar was born during World War I, to a Muslim Croat family in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He was the son of Muharem (died 1923) and Nezira (née Babović; 1881–1945). Mehmedalija was the second of three children. His older brother Hamid was a writer. Mehmedalija's sister Refika (1921–1945) and mother were killed in the Jasenovac concentration camp. Career In 1936, Dizdar relocated to Sarajevo where he attended and graduated from the Gymnasium. He started working for the magazine ''Gajret'', which his brother Hamid regulated and which was founded b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karim Zaimović
Karim Zaimović (6 May 1971 – 13 August 1995) was a Bosnian writer, journalist and publicist, best remembered for his short story collection ''The Secret of Raspberry Jam''. He is considered one of the most talented writers from the wartime ex-Yugoslavian area. Zaimović died during the Bosnian War as a result of injuries caused by Serbian mortar shells during the Siege of Sarajevo. Biography Zaimović was born in Sarajevo in 1971, the son of painter Mehmed Zaimović (1938–2011) and his wife Ašida. A lover of comic books, Zaimović began writing texts about them in his early teens. He started his journalism career at age 15, writing articles for Radio Sarajevo. Zaimović continued to be involved in the Bosnian-Herzegovinian journalism scene, contributing to daily newspapers and magazines like ''Naši dani'', ''Lica'', ''Vidici'', ''Quorum'', ''Kvadrat'', ''Patak'', ''Slobodna Dalmacija'', ''Nedjeljna Dalmacija'', ''Književna revija'', ''Mladina'', ''Start'', ''Erasmus'', ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tuzla
Tuzla (, ) is the third-largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina and the administrative center of Tuzla Canton of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. As of 2013, it has a population of 110,979 inhabitants. Tuzla is the economic, cultural, educational, health and tourist centre of northeast Bosnia. It is an educational center and is home to two universities. It is also the main industrial machine and one of the leading economic strongholds of Bosnia with a wide and varied industrial sector including an expanding service sector thanks to its salt lake tourism. The city of Tuzla is home to Europe's only salt lake as part of its central park and has more than 350,000 people visiting its shores every year. The history of the city goes back to the 9th century; modern Tuzla dates back to 1510 when it became an important garrison town in the Ottoman Empire. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, Tuzla is also regarded as one of the most multicultural cities in the country and has managed to ke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jasmin Imamović
Jasmin Imamović (born 8 October 1957) is a Bosnian writer and politician who is a member of the national House of Representatives. He previously served as the 31st mayor of Tuzla from 2001 to 2022. Imamović is a member of the Social Democratic Party and holds a degree from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo. Early life and education Imamović was born in Brčko, FPR Yugoslavia, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 8 October 1957. He graduated from the Faculty of Law at the University of Sarajevo. Political career Imamović has been a member of the Social Democratic Party (SDP BiH) since 2000. He was elected mayor of Tuzla for the first time at the 2000 municipal elections, succeeding Selim Bešlagić in February 2001. He was then re-elected as mayor at the 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 and the 2020 municipal elections. Imamović was elected to the national House of Representatives at the 2022 general election, obtaining over 23,000 votes, the most amongst the SD ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izet Sarajlić
Izet Sarajlić (16 March 1930 in Doboj – 2 May 2002 in Sarajevo) was a Bosnian historian of philosophy, essayist, translator and poet. Sarajlić was Bosnia and Herzegovina's best-known poet after World War II, and the former Yugoslavia's most widely translated poet. Biography Sarajlić was born in Doboj in 1930. His mother was not yet eighteen when she married his father, a railway worker. Sarajlić's childhood was spent in Trebinje and Dubrovnik; he moved to Sarajevo in 1945, where he would remain for the rest of his life. In Sarajevo, Sarajlić attended the boys’ gymnasium, and would enter the world of Yugoslav poetry at age nineteen with the collection, "U susretu" ("In meeting"). He graduated with a degree in philosophy at the University of Sarajevo's department of philosophy and comparative literature, later receiving a doctorate in philosophical sciences. During his studies at university, Sarajlić worked as a journalist. After graduating, Sarajlić became a full-time p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Franjo Jukić
Ivan Franjo Jukić (8 July 1818 – 20 May 1857) was a Bosnian writer and Franciscan friar from Bosnia and Herzegovina, whose life and cultural and political legacy have left an indelible mark on the cultural history of the country, where he is remembered as one of the founders of Bosnian modernism. He mostly wrote under the pseudonym ''Slavoljub Bošnjak'' (). Biography Ivan Jukić was born in Banja Luka, Ottoman Empire (in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina) to the family of Jozo and Klara Jukić. His paternal grandfather settled there from Herzegovina. In 1830 he was sent to the Franciscan monastery in Fojnica, and was given the monk name Franjo. In 1835 he came to Zagreb where he studied philosophy and met the protagonists of the Illyrian movement. In 1837 he went to Veszprém to study theology, and from there he wrote his first songs and sent them to Ljudevit Gaj, whom he had previously met in Zagreb. In Hungary Jukić met a certain Bosnian trader called Jovanović, who c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamza Humo
Hamza Humo (30 December 1895 – 19 January 1970) was a Bosnian poet, dramatist, and writer of short novels. His nephew Avdo Humo was a communist politician in Yugoslavia. Early life Humo was born on 30 December 1895 in Mostar into a Bosniak family . He finished elementary school, gymnasium and maktab in Mostar. At the beginning of the First World War, Humo was drafted into the Austrian army, since Bosnia and Herzegovina had been part of Austria-Hungary for over 30 years at that point. He served as an interpreter and clerk in a hospital, in Győr, Hungary. Writing After the war, he returned to Mostar, and enrolled at the University of Zagreb's Faculty of Art History. His life path later took him to Vienna, then to Belgrade. Humo's first published work was ''Nutarnji život'' (''Inner Life'') in 1919. He became the editor of ''Zabavnik'' in 1923. Humo also served as an editor for the magazine ''Gajret'' from 1923 until 1931. Later life Humo spent World War II Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Dizdar
Hamid Dizdar (22 February 1907 – 17 July 1967) was a Bosnian writer and poet. His younger brother Mak Dizdar was also a prominent poet. Hamid Dizdar was born to a Muslim Bosniak family in Stolac, Bosnia and Herzegovina, de facto part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, but de jure in the Ottoman Empire until the following year. He was the son of Muharem (died 1923) and Nezira (née Babović; 1881–1945). Hamid was the oldest of three children. His younger brother Mehmedalija went on to become a celebrated poet, known by the name Mak Dizdar. Hamid's sister Refika (1921–1945) and mother Nezira were killed in the Jasenovac concentration camp. Dizdar worked as a clerk in his hometown Stolac before becoming an editor in Sarajevo for the newspapers "Slobodna riječ", "Jugoslavenska pošta", "Pravda", and "Gajret". After the Second World War World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It invo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamid Ekrem Šahinović
Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882 – 30 December 1936) was a Bosnian writer and dramatist. He was editor of ''Muslimanska svijest'' ( en, Muslim Consciousness), a Bosnian-language newspaper supporting the Young Turks political reform movement, and ''Novi Behar'', the 1920s revival of the Bosnian Muslim political magazine ''Behar''. Šahinović was born in either 1879 or 1882 in the hamlet Hum near Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Ottoman rule over the country. He completed gymnasium in Sarajevo, then pursued a high education in Zagreb and Vienna en, Viennese , iso_code = AT-9 , registration_plate = W , postal_code_type = Postal code , postal_code = , timezone = CET , utc_offset = +1 , timezone_DST .... Although Šahinović died 30 December 1936, his year of death is sometimes mistakenly given as 1939. References 19th-century births 1936 deaths People from Foča Bosnia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamdija Kreševljaković
Hamdija Kreševljaković (18 September 1888 – 9 May 1959) was a Bosnian and Yugoslav historian. Biography Kreševljaković was born in Vratnik, a neighborhood in Sarajevo's Old Town. His father Mehmed (died 1929) was the son of Ibrahim Kreševljaković. He completed schooling 1 August 1912. Three primary schools in Sarajevo, Kakanj and Gradačac carry his name. Descendants Kreševljaković's son Muhamed (1939–2001) served as the Mayor of Sarajevo from 1990 until 1994, during most of the Bosnian War. Muhamed's son, Nihad Kreševljaković, is a historian and the director of the Sarajevo War Theatre The Sarajevo War Theatre ( bs, Sarajevski ratni teatar / Сарајевски ратни театар, SARTR ) is a theatre in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was founded on 17 May 1992 on the initiative of Dubravko Bibanović, Gradimir Gojer .... Muhamed's son, Sead Kreševljaković, is a film-doc producer at Al Jazeera Balkans and the Consul General of the Republic of San M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
