Meša Selimović

Meša Selimović
Meša Selimović
Born
Mehmed Selimović

(1910-04-26)26 April 1910
Died11 July 1982(1982-07-11) (aged 72)
Resting placeBelgrade New Cemetery
OccupationWriter, professor, art director
LanguageSerbo-Croatian
NationalityYugoslav
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Genrenovel
Notable worksDeath and the Dervish (1966)
SpouseDesa Đorđić
Darka Božić (d. 1999)
ChildrenSlobodanka
Maša
Jesenka

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.