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Hamid Ekrem Šahinović

Hamid Ekrem Šahinović

Bosnian writer and dramatist

Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1879/1882 – 30 December 1936) was a Bosnian writer and dramatist. He was editor of Muslimanska svijest (English: Muslim Consciousness), a Bosnian-language newspaper supporting the Young Turks political reform movement,[1] and Novi Behar, the 1920s revival of the Bosnian Muslim political magazine Behar.[2]

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Šahinović was born in either 1879 or 1882 in the hamlet Hum near Foča, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during Ottoman rule over the country.[3] He completed gymnasium in Sarajevo, then pursued a high education in Zagreb and Vienna.[4] Although Šahinović died 30 December 1936, his year of death is sometimes mistakenly given as 1939.[5]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bosansko pitanje i AUstro-ugarska". Bosanska Pošta. 1933. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  2. [2]
    "Survey, Volume 3". University of Sarajevo. 1976. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  3. [3]
    "Bošnjačka književnost u književnoj kritici". Alef. 1998. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  4. [4]
    "Sabrana djela Dr. O. Dominika Mandića: Bosna i Hercegovina : Sv. 3. Etnička povijest Bosne i Hercegovine". Ziral. 1982. Retrieved 23 May 2016.
  5. [5]
    "Antologija bošnjačke drame XX vijeka". Macmillan. 1930. Retrieved 23 May 2016.


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