1910 - 1982
Mehmed "Meša" Selimović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мехмед „Меша” Селимовић; pronounced [mɛ̌xmɛd mɛ̌ːʃa sɛlǐːmɔʋitɕ]; 26 April 1910 – 11 July 1982) was a Yugoslav writer, whose novel Death and the Dervish is one of the most important literary works in post-World War II Yugoslavia. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Meša Selimović has received more than 252,237 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Meša Selimović is the 1,045th most popular writer (down from 967th in 2019), the 21st most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina (down from 20th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.
Meša Selimović is most famous for his novel, "Death and the Dervish." It is a story about a dervish who is dying.
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Among writers, Meša Selimović ranks 1,045 out of 5,755. Before him are Ellen Key, Bharata Muni, Khachatur Abovian, Robert de Montesquiou, Natalie Clifford Barney, and D. T. Suzuki. After him are N. F. S. Grundtvig, Ernst Barlach, Fredric Brown, Edmund Spenser, Mori Ōgai, and Kobayashi Issa.
1849 - 1926
HPI: 60.71
Rank: 1,039
1000 BC - 1000 BC
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,040
1805 - 1848
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,041
1855 - 1921
HPI: 60.70
Rank: 1,042
1876 - 1972
HPI: 60.69
Rank: 1,043
1870 - 1966
HPI: 60.68
Rank: 1,044
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,045
1783 - 1872
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 1,046
1870 - 1938
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,047
1906 - 1972
HPI: 60.66
Rank: 1,048
1552 - 1599
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 1,049
1862 - 1922
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,050
1763 - 1828
HPI: 60.64
Rank: 1,051
Among people born in 1910, Meša Selimović ranks 44. Before him are Pierre Schaeffer, Joseph Kasa-Vubu, António de Spínola, Michel Aflaq, Ne Win, and Galina Ulanova. After him are Edvard Kardelj, Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Archer Martin, Eero Saarinen, Lobsang Rampa, and John Sturges. Among people deceased in 1982, Meša Selimović ranks 53. Before him are Walter Hallstein, Anna German, Hermann Balck, Vinoba Bhave, Bachir Gemayel, and Philip Noel-Baker. After him are Vladimir K. Zworykin, Takashi Shimura, Sobhuza II, Mario Del Monaco, Colin Chapman, and Eduardo Frei Montalva.
1910 - 1995
HPI: 61.63
Rank: 38
1910 - 1969
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 39
1910 - 1996
HPI: 61.62
Rank: 40
1910 - 1989
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 41
1910 - 2002
HPI: 61.37
Rank: 42
1910 - 1998
HPI: 61.17
Rank: 43
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 44
1910 - 1979
HPI: 60.60
Rank: 45
1910 - 2000
HPI: 60.41
Rank: 46
1910 - 2002
HPI: 60.23
Rank: 47
1910 - 1961
HPI: 60.22
Rank: 48
1910 - 1981
HPI: 60.08
Rank: 49
1910 - 1992
HPI: 59.96
Rank: 50
1901 - 1982
HPI: 61.44
Rank: 47
1936 - 1982
HPI: 61.42
Rank: 48
1893 - 1982
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 49
1895 - 1982
HPI: 61.33
Rank: 50
1947 - 1982
HPI: 60.97
Rank: 51
1889 - 1982
HPI: 60.75
Rank: 52
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 53
1888 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 54
1905 - 1982
HPI: 60.48
Rank: 55
1899 - 1982
HPI: 60.43
Rank: 56
1915 - 1982
HPI: 60.37
Rank: 57
1928 - 1982
HPI: 59.93
Rank: 58
1911 - 1982
HPI: 59.44
Rank: 59
Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Meša Selimović ranks 21 out of 320. Before him are Vladimir Prelog (1906), Slobodan Praljak (1945), Miroslav Blažević (1935), Zoran Đinđić (1952), Silvana Armenulić (1939), and Ivica Osim (1941). After him are Fikret Abdić (1939), Vojislav Šešelj (1954), Vukašin of Serbia (1320), Haris Silajdžić (1945), Vjekoslav Luburić (1914), and Ban Kulin (1163).
1906 - 1998
HPI: 64.13
Rank: 15
1945 - 2017
HPI: 63.81
Rank: 16
1935 - 2023
HPI: 62.49
Rank: 17
1952 - 2003
HPI: 62.42
Rank: 18
1939 - 1976
HPI: 61.48
Rank: 19
1941 - 2022
HPI: 61.00
Rank: 20
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 21
1939 - Present
HPI: 60.65
Rank: 22
1954 - Present
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 23
1320 - 1371
HPI: 60.51
Rank: 24
1945 - Present
HPI: 60.13
Rank: 25
1914 - 1969
HPI: 59.87
Rank: 26
1163 - 1204
HPI: 59.74
Rank: 27
Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Meša Selimović ranks 2. Before him are Ivo Andrić (1892). After him are Branko Ćopić (1915), Petar Kočić (1877), Aleksa Šantić (1868), Mak Dizdar (1917), Jovan Dučić (1871), Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Abdulah Sidran (1944), Umihana Čuvidina (1794), and Semir Osmanagić (1960).
1892 - 1975
HPI: 74.03
Rank: 1
1910 - 1982
HPI: 60.67
Rank: 2
1915 - 1984
HPI: 56.51
Rank: 3
1877 - 1916
HPI: 56.22
Rank: 4
1868 - 1924
HPI: 54.64
Rank: 5
1917 - 1971
HPI: 54.47
Rank: 6
1871 - 1943
HPI: 53.52
Rank: 7
1932 - 2017
HPI: 53.31
Rank: 8
1889 - 1955
HPI: 53.27
Rank: 9
1944 - Present
HPI: 51.45
Rank: 10
1794 - 1870
HPI: 48.40
Rank: 11
1960 - Present
HPI: 45.85
Rank: 12