Bosiljka Pušić Explained

Bosiljka Pušić
Birth Date:	2 May 1936
Birth Place:	Ćuprija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Alma Mater:	University of Belgrade
Partner:	Ilija Pušić
Children:	2

Bosiljka Pušić (Serbian: Босиљка Пушић; born May 2, 1936) is a Montenegrin writer and poet. Bosiljka was born in Ćuprija, Serbia. In early 1937 her family moved to Jagodina, where her father opened an independent watch-making shop and she stayed there until her high school graduation. Bosiljka acquired a degree in literature at the Faculty of Arts in University of Belgrade. Before retiring, she worked as a high school teacher in Herceg Novi, where she resides to the present day. She is also a painter. She is a mother of prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as Rambo Amadeus.^[1] She has fan FB page Bosiljka Pušic-Bašta of papira

Awards and nominations

• First place for the story Kavez (Prosvetni pregled, Belgrade, 1973).
• Zmajeva počasna nagrada (2003).
• "Živojin Pavlović" 2004 humoristic stories award for her book "Kako preživeti brak".^[2]
• Second place for the story "Kralj koji je pojeo sam sebe" (Novi put, 2005).
• Trilogy Naranče pod šlemom was nominated for "Miroslavljevo jevanđelje" in 2009.^[3]
• Novel Knjiga o Vojinu was nominated for "Zlatno pero" award in 2009.

Publications

Children's books

• Hercegnovske čarolije (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000).
• Koga boli uvo kako ja rastem (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000).
• Ružičasti delfin (Bookland, Belgrade, 2001).
• Žabilijada (Portal, Belgrade, 2003).
• Doživljaji magarčića Magića (Portal, Belgrade, 2004).
• Kobajagična putovanja (Bookland, Belgrade, 2006).
• Plavojko (Bookland, Belgrade, 2000).
• Ko te šiša ("Grigorije Dijak", Podgorica, 2010).
• Kralj koji je pojeo i sebe (Bookland, Belgrade, 2012).

Poetry

• Krila iste ptice (1970).
• Privid igre (1972).
• Pelin u reveru (1976).
• Rukom prema snu (1980).
• Druga voda (1980).
• Dobošari na trgu (1985).
• Svođenje reči (1989).
• Pepeo i krik (2000).

Story collections

• Kavez (1981).
• Otapanje (1994).
• Izlet u Žanjice (2000).

Novels

• Otvaranje lutke (1985).
• Kako preživeti brak (2002, 2003).
• Naranča i nož (2002).
• Narančin cvat (2004).
• Knjiga o Vojinu (2008).
• Naranče pod šlemom - trilogija (2008).
• Stimadur (2011).
• Ispod žižule (2012).
• Tondo (2013).
• ”Balada o Itane” (2016)
• ”Eva”(2017)
• ”Daleki akordi”(2020)

Notes and References

1. http://elektronske-knjige.org/?page_id=344
2. http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/04/30/srpski/K04042905.shtml Interview by Glas Javnosti, a Serbian newspaper
3. Web site: OKF - Cetinje, Otvoreni Kulturni Forum Cetinje . 2013-10-21 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131022074129/http://www.okf-cetinje.org/OKF-Milorad-Popovi%C4%87-laureat_150_1 . 2013-10-22 .