Meša Selimović
Bosnian writer (1910–1982) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмед „Меша” Селимовић; pronounced [mɛ̌xmɛd mɛ̌ːʃa sɛlǐːmɔʋitɕ]; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-World War II Yugoslavia.[1] Some of the main themes in his works are the relations between individuality and authority, life and death, and other existential problems.
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Native name | Mehmed Selimović |
Born | Mehmed Selimović (1910-04-26)26 April 1910 Tuzla, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
Died | 11 July 1982(1982-07-11) (aged 72) Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Resting place | Belgrade New Cemetery |
Occupation | Writer, professor, art director |
Language | Serbo-Croatian |
Nationality | Yugoslavia |
Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
Genre | novel |
Notable works | Death and the Dervish (1966) |
Spouse | Desa Đorđić Darka Božić (d. 1999) |
Children | Slobodanka Maša Jesenka |
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