Meša Selimović

Also known as Mehmed Selimović

Yugoslavian writer

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Tuzla, Austria-Hungary [now Bosnia and Herzegovina]

Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel Death and the Dervish is considered one of the most important literary works in postwar Yugoslavia. Selimović began writing fairly late in his life. His first short story (Pjesma u oluji / A song in the storm) was published in 1948, when he was thirty-six. His first book, a collection of short stories Prva…

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Born: Mehmed Selimović , ( 1910-04-26 ) 26 April 1910, Tuzla , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Austria-Hungary
Died: 11 July 1982 (1982-07-11) (aged 72), Belgrade , SR Serbia , Yugoslavia
Resting place: Belgrade New Cemetery
Occupation: Writer, professor, art director
Language: Serbo-Croatian
Nationality: Yugoslav
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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Instance of: human
Given name: Mehmet
Family name: Selimović
Gender: male
Citizenship: Austria–Hungary
Place of birth: Tuzla
Place of death: Belgrade
Occupation: writer
Educated at: University of Belgrade
Employer: University of Sarajevo
Languages spoken: Bosnian
Notable work: Tvrđava
Academic degree: Doctor of Sciences
Field of work: literature
Image: MesaSelimovic Serbian Literature Great Men Stamps.jpg

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start of work period: 1950-00-00
end of work period: 1982-00-00
topic's main category: Category:Meša Selimović
Commons category: Meša Selimović
date of birth: 1910-04-26
date of death: 1982-07-11
member of: Association of Writers of Serbia
place of burial: Belgrade New Cemetery
writing language: Serbo-Croatian

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Encyclopedic overview

Meša Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Меша Селимовић; pronounced [mɛ̌ːʃa sɛlǐːmɔʋitɕ]; born Mehmed Selimović; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose works are widely considered some of the most important in Bosnian and Serbian literature. 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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