Bisera Alikadić (born 8 February 1939) is a contemporary
Bosnian poet and author, best known best for her work ''Larva'' and ''Krug''. She mostly writes romance novels as well as children's books. She was one of the first Bosnian women to publish romance novels. Her books ''Grad hrabrost'' (English: ''The City of Courage'') and ''Knjiga vremena'' (English: ''Book of Time'') express the city of
Sarajevo
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's struggle during the
Bosnian War
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of the 1990s.
Alikadić was born in the village
Podhum near
Livno
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,
Bosnia and Herzegovina
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. She is a member of the Writers' Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Her books and poems have been translated into English, German, French, Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish and Italian.
On 4 December 2014, a "literary portrait" of Alikadić was inducted into the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bibliography
Poetry
*''"Intonacije" (with Simha Kabiljo and Tomislav Šipovac named "Minijature")'', Džepna knjiga, Sarajevo, 1959
*''"Noć i ćilibar"'', Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1972
*''"Kapi i Mahovina"'', Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1975
*''"Drhtaj vučice"'', Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1981
*''"Raspeće"'', Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1986
*''"Pjesme"'' (izbor), Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1988
*''"Dok jesam ciganka"'', Oslobođenje Public, Sarajevo, 1991
*''"Ne predajem se"'', Biblioteka Egzil-abc, Ljubljana, 1994
*''"Grad hrabrost", "City of courage"'', bilingual, Međunarodni centar za mir, Sarajevo, 1995
*''"Pjesme ljestvice"'', (pjesme za djecu), Međunarodni centar za mir, Sarajevo, 1996
*''"Knjiga vremena"'', Sarajevo-Publishing, Sarajevo, 1999
*''"Voz do neba"'', (children poetry), Bosanska riječ, Sarajevo, 2000
*''"Ludi kamen"'', Vrijeme, Zenica, 2002
Proza
*''"Larva"'', roman, Prva književna komuna, Mostar, 1974
*''"Krug"'', roman, Prva književna komuna, Mostar, 1983
*''"Kraljica iz dvorišta"'', stories for children, Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1983, 1995
*''"Tačkasti padobran"'', stories for children, Oslobođenje Public, Sarajevo 1991
*''"Sarajevska ljubavna priča"'', novela, Biblioteka Egzil-abc, Ljubljana, 1996
Awards
''Some of the honors she received for her work include'':
*''"Orden rada sa srebrnim vijencem"'', ("Order of Labour with Golden Wreath") in 1983
*''"Zlatni broš za umjetnost"'', ("Golden brooch for art") in 1999 by magazine "''Žena 21''" ''(Woman 21)''
*''"Skender Kulenović"'' in 2003
References
External links
Interview*https://web.archive.org/web/20081120101306/http://www.drustvopisacabih.com.ba/alikad/bisera_alikadic.htm
1939 births
Living people
People from Livno
Bosniaks of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosniak writers
Bosniak poets
Bosnia and Herzegovina women poets
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
20th-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women writers
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina writers
21st-century Bosnia and Herzegovina women writers
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