Edhem Mulabdić
Bosnian writer
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Edhem Mulabdić (19 October 1862 – 29 January 1954) was a Croatian and Bosnian Muslim writer[1] and co-founder of the political journal Behar.[2] He is best known as the author of Zeleno busenje, the first Bosnian Muslim novel.[3] He edited many political magazines including: Bošnjak, Gajret, Mearif, and Nada.
Edhem Mulabdić | |
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Mulabdić in 1944 | |
| Born | 19 October 1862 |
| Died | 29 January 1954 (aged 91) |
| Pen name | Ašik Garib |
| Occupation | Novelist, historiographer |
| Period | 1892-1944 |
| Notable works | Zeleno busenje, first Bosniak novel |
Biography
Edhem Mulabdić was born in Maglaj in 1862, where he finished Islamic elementary school maktab and then got a job as a clerk. From Brčko he was transferred to Sarajevo, where he worked as a teacher at the Islamic school Dural-mualimmin. Soon he was elected to a national assembly in Maglaj. He stayed in that position until January 1929. Together with Safvet beg Bašagić and Osman Nuri Hadžić, Mulabdić would be one of the founders and originators of several welfare associations and publications, such as Behar in 1900 and Gajret in 1903.[4][5]
His novel Zeleno busenje is regarded as the most significant work of this author, as well as the first Bosnian Muslim novel.[6] Edhem Mulabdić's works would come to have huge importance of the development of the Bosniak culture and education in late 19th and early 20th century.
Bibliography
Novels
- Zeleno busenje, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1898[7]
- Nova vremena, slika iz novijeg života u Bosni, Mostar, 1914
- Kumovi
- Garib
- Nišan
- Zekonja
- Tajno pismo
Stories
- Nesretan unuk
- Đuro Prepelica
- Aga i kmet
- Lov
- Tahiraga
- Šehiti
- Bajram
- Kućni rahatluk
- Uspomene u narodu
Others
- Kod starog djeda
- Osmanlija
- Rukovjet šale, Sarajevo, 1893
- Na obali Bosne (zbirka pripovijetki), Matica hrvatska, Zagreb
- Crtice, Sarajevo, 1907
- Izabrane pripovijesti, Matica hrvatska, Zagreb, 1944
- Svak na posao, Sarajevo, 1934
- Izabrana djela, Sarajevo, 1974