Bekim Sejranović
Bekim Sejranović | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1972 |
| Died | 21 May 2020 (aged 47–48) |
| Resting place | City cemetery, Tuzla |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Nationality | Bosnian |
| Notable works | Nigdje, niotkuda (2008) |
Bekim Sejranović (1972 – 21 May 2020) was a Bosnian, Croatian and Norwegian writer of Albanian descent.[1]
Biography
Sejranović was born in 1972 in Brčko, present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.[2][3][4] In 1985, he moved to Rijeka,[5][6] where he graduated from nautical school.[7] In 1993, he moved to Oslo, where he graduated in South Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Oslo.[8] In 2001, he translated and edited an anthology of Norwegian short stories, Veliki pusti krajolik (Vast desert landscape).[9] The same year, he published the study Modernizam u romanu Isušena kaljuža Janka Polića Kamova (Modernism in the novel The Dried Bilge by Janko Polić Kamov).[10] He made a literary debut in 2002 with the collection of short stories Fasung.[11] For the novel Nigdje, niotkuda (Nowhere, from nowhere, 2008), he was awarded Meša Selimović Prize in 2009.[12][13] He published a total of five novels during his lifetime. He was also a translator from Norwegian.[9][14] In 2025, his unfinished novel Chinook, originally written in Norwegian, was posthumously published in Croatian in Zagreb.[15][16] Themes of Sejranović's novels include refugee, emigration, escape from war madness and intolerance, the position of the other among the intolerant majority, nomadism, the search for freedom, existential discomfort and social rootlessness.[9][15] He died on 21 May 2020 in Banja Luka after a short and serious illness, aged 48.[9][8][7]
Works
- Modernizam u romanu Isušena kaljuža Janka Polića Kamova (2001)
- Fasung (2002)
- Nigdje, niotkuda (2008)
- Ljepši kraj (2010)
- Sandale (2013)
- Tvoj sin Huckleberry Finn (2015)
- Dnevnik jednog nomada (2017)
- Chinook (2025)
References
- ^ "Vdes shkrimtari i njohur boshnjak me prejardhje shqiptare". reporteri.net (in Albanian). 21 May 2020.
- ^ "Bekim Sejranović o pisanju, ranama prošlosti, ovisnosti i životnom apsurdu". Tportal. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Upoznajmo hrvatske književnike – Bekim Sejranović". Gradska i sveučilišna knjižnica Osijek. 19 November 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Sabrana djela Bekima Sejranovića". Knjižara Ljevak. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Brčko: Priređeno književno veče pod nazivom "Sjećanje na Bekima Sejranovića"". Radio Sarajevo. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Bekim Sejranović dobitnik nagrade Meša Selimović". Moderna vremena. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Nakon kratke i teške bolesti preminuo književnik Bekim Sejranović". Večernji list. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Iznenada preminuo književnik Bekim Sejranović". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Bekim Sejranović". Hrvatska enciklopedija. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Dnevnik jednog nomada: Razgolićivanje vlastitih trauma, bolnih mjesta i modrica". Tportal. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Urednici Bekima Sejranovića ispričali su nam kako im je bilo raditi s njime: 'Pisao je toliko iz srca i želuca da nisi imao osjećaj da čitaš knjigu nego vidiš čovjeka'". Tportal. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Bekim Sejranović dobitnik nagrade Meša Selimović". Tportal. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Bekim Sejranović laureat nagrade Meša Selimović". Radio Sarajevo. 5 September 2009. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "TUŽNA VIJEST: Umro je Bekim Sejranović". Hrvatsko društvo pisaca. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ a b "Chinook". V.B.Z. Retrieved 24 July 2025.
- ^ "Predstavljeno posljednje djelo Bekima Serjanovića, roman "Chinook"". Hrvatska radiotelevizija. Retrieved 24 July 2025.