List of Bosniak writers

This is a list of Bosniak novelists, poets and other writers.

A

The handbook, Bosnian Book of the Science of Conduct by Abdulvehab Ilhamija (1773–1821)

• Abdulah Sidran (born 1944), writer and poet
• Abdulvehab Ilhamija (1773–1821), poet and prose writer
• Ahmed Muradbegović (1898–1972), writer, dramatist and novelist
• Alija Isaković (1932–1997), writer, essayist, publicist, playwright, and lexicographer
• Asaf Duraković (born 1940), poet
• Asim Bajramović (born 1956), poet and songwriter
• Avdo Humo (1914–1983), writer and politician
• Avdo Karabegović (1878–1908), writer
• Avdo Međedović (1875–1953), oral poet
• Ayşe Kulin (born 1941), Turkish novelist and columnist with Bosniak ancestry

B

• Bisera Alikadić (born 1939), poet

C

Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), Roman Catholic writer from Banja Luka who considered himself Bosniak

• Ćamil Sijarić (1913–1989), novelist and short story writer

D

• Derviš Sušić (1924–1990), writer
• Dževad Karahasan (born 1953), writer and philosopher

E

• Edhem Mulabdić (1862–1954), writer
• Emir Suljagić (born 1975), author
• Enver Čolaković (1913–1976), novelist, poet and translator

F

• Faruk Šehić (born 1970), poet, novelist and short story writer
• Feđa Isović (born 1965), screenplay writer

H

Osman Đikić (1879–1912), romantic poet of the early 20th century

• Hasan Kafi Pruščak (1544–1615), scholar
• Hasan Kikić (1905–1942), literate and poet
• Hamdija Kreševljaković (1888–1959), historian
• Hamid Ekrem Šahinović (1882–1936), writer and dramatist
• Hamid Dizdar (1907–1967), writer and poet
• Hamza Humo (1895–1970), poet, dramatist, and writer of short novels

I

• Ivan Franjo Jukić (1818–1857), Catholic writer who considered himself Bosniak
• Izet Sarajlić (1930–2002), historian, essayist, translator and poet

J

• Jasmin Imamović (born 1956), writer and the current mayor of Tuzla

K

• Karim Zaimović (1971–1995), writer, journalist and publicist

M

• Mak Dizdar (1917–1971), poet
• Mehmed Kapetanović (1839–1902), writer
• Meša Selimović (1910–1982), writer and author of Death and the Dervish
• Midhat Ajanović (born 1959), writer
• Muhamed Bekir Kalajdžić (1892–1963), writer, bookseller and publisher
• Muhamed Filipović (born 1929), academic, philosopher, writer, theorist, essayist and historian
• Muhamed Hevaji Uskufi Bosnevi (1601–1651), poet and writer
• Mula Mustafa Bašeskija (1731–1809), chronicler, diarist, poet and calligrapher
• Musa Ćazim Ćatić (1878–1915), poet and writer
• Mustafa Busuladžić (1914–1945), writer and scientist
• Mustafa Ejubović (1651–1707), historian, writer, and Mufti of Mostar

N

• Nafija Sarajlić (1893–1970), first female Bosniak prose writer
• Nasiha Kapidžić-Hadžić (1932–1995), children's author and poet
• Nedžad Ibrišimović (1940–2011), writer
• Nihad Hasanović (born 1974), writer and translator
• Nijaz Duraković (1949–2012), author and intellectual

O

Safvet beg Bašagić (1870–1934) is considered the father of the Bosnian Renaissance, and one of the most cherished Bosniak poets at the turn of the 20th century

• Osman Đikić (1879–1912), romantic poet and dramatist
• Osman Nuri Hadžić (1869–1937), intellectual and writer

S

• Safet Plakalo (1950–2015), playwright and poet
• Safvet beg Bašagić (1870–1934), writer and poet
• Semezdin Mehmedinović (born 1960), writer
• Semir Osmanagić (born 1960), writer
• Senad Hadžimusić (born 1957), poet and songwriter
• Šemso Tucaković (born 1946), writer and historian
• Šerbo Rastoder (born 1956), historian
• Skender Kulenović (1910–1978), poet, novelist and dramatist

T

• Tarik Samarah (born 1965), author
• Téa Obreht (born 1985), naturalized American novelist with Bosniak ancestry, author of The Tiger's Wife (2011)

U

• Umihana Čuvidina (1794–1870), Ottoman poet

V

• Vehid Gunić (1941–2017), writer and journalist

Z

• Zaim Topčić (1920–1990), writer
• Zija Dizdarević (1916–1942), prose writer
• Zlatko Topčić (born 1955), writer and screenwriter
• Zuko Džumhur (1920–1989), writer

See also

• List of Bosniaks
• List of Bosniaks in music