Abdulah Sidran | |
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| Born | 2 October 1944 Sarajevo, DF Yugoslavia |
| Died | 23 March 2024 (aged 79) Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Pen name | Avdo |
| Occupation | Poet and screenwriter |
| Genre | Poetry, prose, script |
Abdulah Sidran (2 October 1944 – 23 March 2024), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname Avdo, was a Bosnian poet and screenwriter.[1][2] He is considered to be one of the most influential writers in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia.[3]
Sidran is best known for writing the 1993 poetry book Sarajevski tabut ("The Coffin of Sarajevo"), as well as the scripts for Emir Kusturica's films Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) and the Academy Award nominated When Father Was Away on Business (1985).[4] He was a member of the Academy of Sciences and Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
- ^ Teeuwen, Mariken (2002). Harmony and the music of the spheres: the ars musica in ninth-century commentaries on Martianus Capella. Brill. p. 28. ISBN 978-90-04-12525-4.
- ^ Gocić, Goran (2001). Notes from the underground: the cinema of Emir Kusturica. Wallflower Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-1-903364-14-7.
- ^ Bedrudin Brljavac (23 November 2018). "Abdulah Sidran dobitnik nagrade "25. novembar" za životno djelo". aa.com.tr (in Bosnian). Retrieved 23 November 2018.
- ^ "Sve sam znao kad sam bio mlad". Blic. 10 August 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.