Meša Selimović
Meša Selimović | |
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Meša Selimović on a 2010 Serbian stamp | |
| Native name | Mehmed Selimović |
| Born | Mehmed Selimović 26 April 1910 Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 11 July 1982 (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 |
Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмед „Меша” Селимовић; pronounced [mɛ̌xmɛd mɛ̌ːʃa sɛlǐːmɔʋitɕ]; 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.