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ANCIENT CULTURAL HERITAGE

Bosnian Cyrillic

WRITERS

Ivo Andric - Nobel Prize laureate of 1961

Musa Casim Catic - early 20th century poet

Mak Dizdar - the pre-eminent 20th century poet

Zuko Dzumhur - cartoonist and travel writer

Aleksandar Hemon - bestselling modern author (lives in the USA)

Miljenko Jergovic - bestselling modern author

Isak Samokovlija - best known for his portrayal of the Bosnian Sephardic (Jewish) community

Mesa Selimovic - prose writer

Abdulah Sidran - writer of prose, poetry and screenplays

Dervis Susic

''Ismar Alabedi'' - Philosopher and Realist Novelist

FILMS

No Man's Land - Oscar -winning motion picture from Bosnia-Herzegovina

Summer In Golden Valley - won several festivals in Europe

War Crimes (film) - British war film set in Bosnia in the early 1990s. Features large amount of Serbo-croat dialogue.

MUSIC

See Also: Music of Bosnia and Herzegovina

FOOD

Bosanski Lonac

Ćevapi

HAIR

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