This is a list of Bosniak novelists, poets and other writers.

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Abdulah Sidran Abdulah Sidran (born 2 October 1944), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname ''Avdo'', is a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is best known for writing the poetry book Sarajevski Tabut and the scripts for ''When Father Was Away on Busines ...

(born 1944), writer and poet *

Abdulvehab Ilhamija Abdulvehab Ilhamija Žepčevi (1773 – 1821) was a Bosnian dervish and prose writer. In addition to Bosnian, his work was written in Turkish, Arabic and Persian. Name His name '' Abd-ul-vehhab'' means "Servant of the Generous" — one of ...

(1773–1821), poet and prose writer * Ahmed Muradbegović (1898–1972), writer, dramatist and novelist *

Alija Isaković Alija Isaković (15 January 1932 – 14 March 1997) was a Bosnian writer, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer of the Bosnian language. Isaković studied Slavic languages and literature and was a graduate of the University of Saraje ...

(1932–1997), writer, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer * Asaf Duraković (born 1940), poet *

Avdo Humo Avdo Humo (1 February 1914 – 24 January 1983) was a Yugoslav and Bosnian communist politician, writer and an Order of the People's Hero recipient. Humo held highest positions in the Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In 1972, Hum ...

(1914–1983), writer and politician *

Ayşe Kulin Ayşe Kulin (born 26 August 1941) is a Turkish short story writer, screenwriter and novelist. Biography Kulin was born in Istanbul in 1941. Her father, Muhittin Kulin, of Bosniak origin, was one of the first civil engineers in Istanbul who f ...

(born 1941), Turkish novelist and columnist with Bosniak ancestry

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* Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), poet

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* Derviš Sušić (1924–1990), writer * Dževad Karahasan (born 1953), writer and philosopher

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Edhem Mulabdić Edhem Mulabdić (19 October 1862 – 29 January 1954) was a Bosnian writer and co-founder of the political journal ''Behar''. Biography Edhem Mulabdić was born in Maglaj in 1862, where he finished Islamic elementary school maktab and then got ...

(1862–1954), writer * Emir Suljagić (born 1975), author * Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), novelist, poet and translator

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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. ...

(born 1970), poet, novelist and short story writer *

Feđa Isović Feđa Isović (born 25 February 1965) is a Bosnian screenwriter. His most popular work is the Bosnian sitcom '' Lud, zbunjen, normalan''. Isović also wrote the screenplay for the 2012 film ''Halima's Path''. Since 2010, he has been a part of ...

(born 1965), screenplay writer

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* Hasan Kikić (1905–1942), literate and poet *

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 Kreševl ...

(1888–1959), historian *

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 ...

(1882–1936), writer and dramatist * Hamid Dizdar (1907–1967), writer and poet * Hamza Humo (1895–1970), poet, dramatist, and writer of short novels

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* Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), Catholic writer who considered himself Bosniak *

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 wi ...

(1930–2002), historian, essayist, translator and poet

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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 ...

(born 1956), writer and the current mayor of

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, e ...

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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- ...

(1971–1995), writer, journalist and publicist

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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 ' ...

(1917–1971), poet *

Mehmed Kapetanović Mehmed-beg Kapetanović Ljubušak (19 December 1839 – 29 July 1902) was a Bosnian writer and public official. Biography The Kapetanović family originates from one of the branches of the Croat noble family of Cvitković-Zdilar from Imotsk ...

(1839–1902), writer * Midhat Ajanović (born 1959), writer * Muhamed Bekir Kalajdžić (1892–1963), writer, bookseller and publisher * Muhamed Filipović (1929–2020), academic, philosopher, writer, theorist, essayist and historian * Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731–1809), chronicler, diarist, poet and calligrapher * Musa Ćazim Ćatić (1878–1915), poet and writer * Mustafa Busuladžić (1914–1945), writer and scientist

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* Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970), first female Bosniak prose writer * Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995), children's author and poet * Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), writer * Nihad Hasanović (born 1974), writer and translator *

Nijaz Duraković Nijaz Duraković (1 January 1949 – 29 January 2012) was a Bosnian author, intellectual, professor and politician who served as the 9th and final president of the League of Communists of Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1989 to 1990. He is widely c ...

(1949–2012), author and intellectual

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Osman Nuri Hadžić Osman Nuri Hadžić (28 June 1869 – 23 December 1937) was a Bosnian intellectual and writer. On 1 May 1900, he co-launched the political journal ''Behar'' with Safvet beg Bašagić and Edhem Mulabdić. Biography Hadžić was educated in Sara ...

(1869–1937), intellectual and writer

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* Safet Plakalo (1950–2015), playwright and poet * Safvet beg Bašagić (1870–1934), writer and poet *

Semezdin Mehmedinović Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960 in Kiseljak is a Bosnian writer and magazine editor. After studying Librarianship and Comparative Literature in Sarajevo, he worked as an editor of "Lica" and "Valter" magazines, which served as a voice of opposi ...

(born 1960), writer * Semir Osmanagić (born 1960), writer * Senad Hadžimusić (born 1957), poet and songwriter * Šemso Tucaković (born 1946), writer and historian *

Šerbo Rastoder Prof. Šerbo Rastoder, PhD (; born 13 August 1956 in Radmanci, Berane, People's Republic of Montenegro, then a part of the SFR Yugoslavia) is a Montenegrin historian of Bosniak ethnicity. He is also an author, writing about the history of Montenegr ...

(born 1956), historian *

Skender Kulenović Skender Kulenović (2 September 1910 – 25 January 1978) was a Yugoslav poet, novelist and dramatist. Biography Skender Kulenović was born in 1910 in the Bosnian town of Bosanski Petrovac (then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire), to Muslim ...

(1910–1978), poet, novelist and dramatist

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Tarik Samarah Tarik Samarah is a Bosnian photographer who works in artistic and documentary photography. Samarah was born in 1965 in Zagreb to Bosnian and Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, ...

(born 1965), author *

Téa Obreht Téa Obreht (born Tea Bajraktarević; 30 September 1985) is a Serbian-American novelist. Her debut novel, '' The Tiger's Wife'',Hamilton, Ted (25 March 2009)"Student Artist Spotlight: Tea Bajraktarevic"(interview). ''Cornell Daily Sun''. Archived ...

(born 1985), naturalized American novelist with Bosniak ancestry, author of ''

The Tiger's Wife ''The Tiger's Wife'' is the debut novel of Serbian-American writer Téa Obreht. It was published in 2011 by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, a British imprint of Orion Books, and by Random House in America. Obreht won the 2011 Orange Prize for Fiction fo ...

'' (2011)

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* Umihana Čuvidina (1794–1870), Ottoman poet

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* Vehid Gunić (1941–2017), writer and journalist

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* Zaim Topčić (1920–1990), writer *

Zija Dizdarević Zija Dizdarević (18 February 1916 – 1942) was a Bosnian prose writer. Biography He was born in Vitina, Ljubuški municipality, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary to Bosniak parents Šefkija Dizdarević and Selima, from where he moved ...

(1916–1942), prose writer *

Zlatko Topčić Zlatko Topčić (born 30 April 1955) is a Bosnian screenwriter, playwright and novelist. He has written a number of films, including: ''Remake'', '' The Abandoned'', ''Miracle in Bosnia''; theater plays: ''Time Out'', '' I Don't Like Mondays'', ' ...

(born 1955), writer and screenwriter * Zuko Džumhur (1920–1989), writer

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