Enver Kazaz
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Enver Kazaz Енвер Казаз | |
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| Born | 15 January 1962 |
| Occupation | Literary historian, Literary critic, Poet, Publicist |
| Nationality | Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| Education | University of Sarajevo University of Belgrade |
| Period | 1991–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]
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]
