Bosiljka Pušić ( sr-Cyrl, Босиљка Пушић; 2 May 1936 – 23 October 2023) was a Montenegrin writer, teacher and poet. She published more than twenty novels, children's books and poetry collections, and won a number of awards, including the

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award, and the October award, from the city of

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. Before retiring, she worked as a high school teacher in

. She was also a painter. Pušić's son is prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as

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Life

Bosiljka Pušić was born 2 May 1936. She was born in

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. In early 1937 her family moved to

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, where her father opened an independent watch-making shop and she stayed there throughout her elementary and high school education. Bosiljka acquired a degree in literature at the Faculty of Arts in

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. Before retiring, she worked as a high school teacher in

. She was also a painter. She was a mother of prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as

. Her husband was archaeologist and writer Ilija Pušić, who died in 2015. Pušić was a writer and poet. She published more than twenty novels, children's books and collections of poetry. Her most well-known novel was ''Opening the Doll'', published in 1985. She won a number of awards, including Zmaje's honorary award, the Živojin Pavlović award, and the October award, from the city of Herceg Novi, was awarded to her a few days ago before her death. Pušić died on 23 October 2023, at the age of 88.

Awards and nominations

*First place for the story Kavez (Prosvetni pregled, Belgrade, 1973). *Zmajeva počasna nagrada (2003). *"Živojin Pavlović" 2004 humoristic stories award for her book "Kako preživeti brak". *Second place for the story "Kralj koji je pojeo sam sebe" (Novi put, 2005). *Trilogy Naranče pod šlemom was nominated for "Miroslavljevo jevanđelje" in 2009. *Novel Knjiga o Vojinu was nominated for "Zlatno pero" award in 2009.

Publications

Children's books

*Hercegnovske čarolije (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000). *Koga boli uvo kako ja rastem (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000). *Ružičasti delfin (Bookland, Belgrade, 2001). *Žabilijada (Portal, Belgrade, 2003). *Doživljaji magarčića Magića (Portal, Belgrade, 2004). *Kobajagična putovanja (Bookland, Belgrade, 2006). *Plavojko (Bookland, Belgrade, 2000). *Ko te šiša ("Grigorije Dijak", Podgorica, 2010). *Kralj koji je pojeo i sebe (Bookland, Belgrade, 2012).

Poetry

*Krila iste ptice (1970). *Privid igre (1972). *Pelin u reveru (1976). *Rukom prema snu (1980). *Druga voda (1980). *Dobošari na trgu (1985). *Svođenje reči (1989). *Pepeo i krik (2000).

Story collections

*Kavez (1981). *Otapanje (1994). *Izlet u Žanjice (2000).

Novels

*Otvaranje lutke (1985). *Kako preživeti brak (2002, 2003). *Naranča i nož (2002). *Narančin cvat (2004). *Knjiga o Vojinu (2008). *Naranče pod šlemom - trilogija (2008). *Stimadur (2011). *Ispod žižule (2012). *Tondo (2013). *”Balada o Itane” (2016) *”Eva”(2017) *”Daleki akordi”(2020)

References

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