Enver Kazaz

Enver Kazaz
Енвер Казаз
Born (1962-01-15) 15 January 1962 (age 64)
OccupationLiterary historian, Literary critic, Poet, Publicist
NationalityBosnia and Herzegovina
EducationUniversity of Sarajevo University of Belgrade
Period1991–present

Enver Kazaz (Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: Енвер Казаз; born 15 January 1962) is a Bosnian literary historian, literary critic, writer, social commentator and publicist.[1] He is a Centennial Professor and head of the department of Croatian literature in the wider department of comparative literature of the University of Sarajevo.[2]

Biography

He was born in the village of Kamenica, a part of the municipality of Ilijaš to a Bosniak family. He studied South Slavic literature at the University of Sarajevo where he graduated in 1985. He earned his post-graduate degree from the University of Belgrade Faculty of Philology in 1991 with a thesis on the spirit of modernity in Musa Ćazim Ćatić's poetry.[3] In 2000, he earned his PhD from the University of Sarajevo with a thesis on Bosniak novelists of the 20th century.[4][5] He had worked as a researcher in the Sarajevo-based Institute for Literature from 1986 to 1992.[6] He has been a Centennial Professor, head of the department of Croatian literature and comparative Slavic Studies since 1996. Since 2005, he is a visiting professor at the University of Warsaw. He was one of the founders of the Zoro publishing house and the founder and editor-in-chief of the literary journal Lica.[7] He is also one of the founders of the Open University of Sarajevo.[8] He is a noted left-wing social and political commentator and activist.[9][10][11] In 2017, he has signed the Declaration on the Common Language of the Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins.[12]

Selected bibliography

  • Musa Ćazim Ćatić – književno naslijeđe i duh moderne, Centar za kulturu, Tešanj 1997.
  • Morfologija palimpsesta, Centar za kulturu, Tešanj 1999.
  • Antologija BH priče (co-authored by Ivan Lovrenović and Nikola Kovač,) Alef, Sarajevo 2000.
  • Bošnjački roman XX vijeka, Naklada Zoro, Zagreb-Sarajevo 2004.
  • Neprijatelj ili susjed u kući, Rabic, Sarajevo 2008.
  • Traži se. Međunarodni centar za mir, Sarajevo 1996. (poezija).
  • Subverzivne poetike, Sinopsys, Zagreb-Sarajevo, 2012.
  • Rat i priče iz cijelog svijeta, (koautor Ivan Lovrenović) Novi liber, Zagreb, 2009.
  • Unutarnji prijevodi, (co-authored by Davor Beganović), Naklada Ljevak-Karver, Zagreb-Podgorica, 2011.
  • Na razvalinama, Synopsis (Sarajevo, 2014).- (poezija)

References

  1. ^ "Enver Kazaz". Fondacija Mak Dizdar.
  2. ^ "Prof. Dr. Enver Kazaz". University of Sarajevo.
  3. ^ "Nova pripovjedačka Bosna". Sveske.ba.
  4. ^ "Enver Kazaz: Bošnjački bosanski jezik". Prometej.ba.
  5. ^ "Bošnjački roman XX vijeka". Knjiga.ba.
  6. ^ "Enver Kazaz biografija". Penbih.ba.
  7. ^ "Enver Kazaz biografija". Penbih.ba.
  8. ^ "Uskoro počinje šesti Otvoreni univerzitet Sarajevo pod nazviom "Šta da se radi?"". Radio Sarajevo.
  9. ^ "Enver Kazaz: Dinastija Izetbegović u 2018. bi mogla otići s povijesne scene". Dnevni avaz.
  10. ^ "Enver Kazaz: Socijaldemokratija se vraća svojim osnovama i ljevica će biti ta koja će izvući zemlju iz kriza". Prometej.ba.
  11. ^ "Enver Kazaz: Izazovi nove ljevice". Okruzenje.net.
  12. ^ Derk, Denis (28 March 2017). "Donosi se Deklaracija o zajedničkom jeziku Hrvata, Srba, Bošnjaka i Crnogoraca" [A Declaration on the Common Language of Croats, Serbs, Bosniaks and Montenegrins is About to Appear]. Večernji List (in Serbo-Croatian). Zagreb: Večernji list. pp. 6–7. ISSN 0350-5006. Archived from the original on 20 September 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2019.