WRITER

Dževad Karahasan

1953 - 2023

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Dževad Karahasan (25 January 1953 – 19 May 2023) was a Bosnian writer, essayist and philosopher. Karahasan was awarded the Herder Prize and Goethe Medal for his writings. In 2020, the city of Frankfurt awarded him the Goethe Prize. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Dževad Karahasan is the 3,962nd most popular writer (down from 3,927th in 2019), the 132nd most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 14th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Dževad Karahasan ranks 3,962 out of 7,302. Before him are Alejandro Casona, Wilferd Madelung, Ma Duanlin, Zofia Nałkowska, Safvet-beg Bašagić, and Ramiro de Maeztu. After him are Elizabeth Strout, Leopold Andrian, U. R. Ananthamurthy, Otto Ludwig, Christiane Amanpour, and Zülfü Livaneli.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Dževad Karahasan ranks 248. Before him are Ewald Lienen, Valerie Mahaffey, Romas Kalanta, Francis Cabrel, Boris Grebenshchikov, and Aleksandr Abdulov. After him are Władysław Kozakiewicz, Scott Hicks, Grete Waitz, Charles Martin Smith, Hiroyuki Usui, and Kim Gordon. Among people deceased in 2023, Dževad Karahasan ranks 275. Before him are Angel Wagenstein, John Zizioulas, Christian Atsu, Terry Venables, M. S. Swaminathan, and Wilferd Madelung. After him are Guy Marchand, Dianne Feinstein, Ignacio López Tarso, Paul Reubens, Carlo Mazzone, and Stella Stevens.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dževad Karahasan ranks 132 out of 375. Before him are Milan Jelić (1956), Faruk Hadžibegić (1957), Tinka Kurti (1932), Abaz Arslanagić (1944), Semka Sokolović-Bertok (1935), and Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870). After him are Blaž Slišković (1959), Seid Memić Vajta (1950), Guido del Mestri (1911), Tomislav Knez (1938), Ilija Pantelić (1942), and Sabahudin Kurt (1935).

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Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dževad Karahasan ranks 14. Before him are Abdulah Sidran (1944), Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Filip Višnjić (1767), Staka Skenderova (1828), and Safvet-beg Bašagić (1870). After him are Nísia Floresta (1810), Miljenko Jergović (1966), Umihana Čuvidina (1794), Semir Osmanagić (1960), Aleksandar Hemon (1964), and Zlata Filipović (1980).

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