WRITER

Abdulah Sidran

1944 - 2024

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Abdulah Sidran (2 October 1944 – 23 March 2024), often referred to by his hypocoristic nickname Avdo, was a Bosnian poet and screenwriter. He is considered to be one of the most influential writers in both Bosnia and Herzegovina and the former Yugoslavia. Sidran is best known for writing the 1993 poetry book Sarajevski tabut ("The Coffin of Sarajevo"), as well as the scripts for Emir Kusturica's films Do You Remember Dolly Bell? (1981) and the Academy Award nominated When Father Was Away on Business (1985). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Abdulah Sidran is the 2,411th most popular writer (up from 3,072nd in 2019), the 83rd most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (up from 105th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among writers, Abdulah Sidran ranks 2,411 out of 7,302. Before him are Noël Coward, Henry Louis Gates Jr., Valery Larbaud, Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Karl Gutzkow, and Gu Yanwu. After him are Gabriel Matzneff, Kakinomoto no Hitomaro, Al-Sharif al-Radi, Alexander Fadeyev, Renaud Camus, and James Boswell.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Abdulah Sidran ranks 260. Before him are Adrian Smith, Ulf Stark, Bernd Bransch, Christopher Browning, Billy Cobham, and Frances de la Tour. After him are Lena Nyman, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Kelly Bishop, Francisco Sagasti, Edgar Froese, and Han Myeong-sook. Among people deceased in 2024, Abdulah Sidran ranks 178. Before him are Neophyte of Bulgaria, Vladimir Aksyonov, Vyacheslav Zudov, Mihaela Peneș, Brian Mulroney, and Daniel Revenu. After him are Jacques Roubaud, Ethel Kennedy, Christoph Daum, Benny Golson, Sjoukje Dijkstra, and Eric Carmen.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Abdulah Sidran ranks 83 out of 375. Before him are Semiz Ali Pasha (null), Mak Dizdar (1917), Damat Ibrahim Pasha (1550), Danilo Ilić (1891), Kuyucu Murad Pasha (1530), and Branko Mikulić (1928). After him are Raif Dizdarević (1926), Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Rasim Delić (1949), Silvana Armenulić (1939), and Zdravko Tolimir (1948).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Abdulah Sidran ranks 8. Before him are Meša Selimović (1910), Branko Ćopić (1915), Petar Kočić (1877), Jovan Dučić (1871), Aleksa Šantić (1868), and Mak Dizdar (1917). After him are Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Filip Višnjić (1767), Staka Skenderova (1828), Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870), and Dževad Karahasan (1953).

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