Ćamil Sijarić
Ćamil Sijarić (born December 18, 1913 in Šipovice , Bijelo Polje , Kingdom of Montenegro , † December 6, 1989 in Sarajevo , Yugoslavia ) was a Yugoslav novelist, short story writer and reporter.
biography
Sijarić was born in 1913 in Šipovice to Muslim Bosniak parents. Both parents died when he was a child. He attended elementary school in Bijelo Polje. From 1927 to 1935 he attended the madrasa in Skopje , from which he was excluded because of his political activities. He continued his education at the grammar school in Vranje . He graduated in 1936. He finished his law studies in Belgrade in 1940 .
During the Second World War he served in Sarajevo, Mostar , Bosanska Gradiška and in Banja Luka . In 1945 he worked as a reporter for the magazine Glas . In 1947 he moved to Sarajevo to work for Pregled magazine . In 1951 he switched to the literature section of Radio Sarajevo. He stayed there until his retirement.
His works have been translated into several languages, including Russian, German, and French.
He was a member of the Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts and the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia-Herzegovina .
On December 6, 1989, shortly before his 76th birthday, Sijarić died in a car accident in Sarajevo.
Works
Some of his most important works are:
- Ram-Bulja (short stories, 1953)
- Bihorci (novel, 1955)
- Mojkovacka bitka ("The Battle of Mojkovac ", novel, 1968)
- Sablja (short stories, 1969)
- Konak (novel, 1971)
- Carska vojska ("Royal Army", novel, 1976)
- Francuski pamuk ("French Cotton", short stories, 1980)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ćamil Sijarić, prognanik ( memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Radio Sarajevo. December 24, 2012. Retrieved June 6, 2014
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sijarić, Ćamil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Yugoslav novelist, short story writer and reporter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 18, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bijelo Polje |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 6, 1989 |
| Place of death | Sarajevo |