WRITER

Safvet-beg Bašagić

1870 - 1934

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Dr. Safvet-beg Bašagić (6 May 1870 – 9 April 1934), also known as Mirza Safvet, was a Bosnian writer who is often described by Bosniak historians as the "father of Bosnian Renaissance", and one of the most renowned poets of Bosnia and Herzegovina at the turn of the 20th century. Bašagić co-founded the political journal Behar and was a founder of the cultural society and magazine Gajret, and was elected President of the Bosnian council in 1910. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Safvet-beg Bašagić has received more than 51,834 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Safvet-beg Bašagić is the 3,569th most popular writer, the 121st most popular biography from Bosnia and Herzegovina and the 12th most popular Bosnian, Herzegovinian Writer.

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Among WRITERS

Among writers, Safvet-beg Bašagić ranks 3,569 out of 7,302Before him are Altaf Hussain Hali, George Gissing, Lucía Sánchez Saornil, Ernst Weiss, Robert Garnier, and Liza Marklund. After him are Robert W. Chambers, Sergio Ramírez, Zsigmond Móricz, Graham Hancock, Krišjānis Barons, and Richard Curtis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1870, Safvet-beg Bašagić ranks 104Before him are Oskar Vogt, Evgeny Paton, John Paine, Conrad Böcker, Ernst Leonard Lindelöf, and Helmer Hanssen. After him are Amado Nervo, Sascha Schneider, Ferdynand Ruszczyc, Henri Jaspar, Lars Sonck, and Hans Baluschek. Among people deceased in 1934, Safvet-beg Bašagić ranks 98Before him are Franklin Clarence Mars, Maria Zankovetska, Charley Patton, Hulda Garborg, Gertrude Käsebier, and Aboul-Qacem Echebbi. After him are Marie Dressler, Lucien Gaudin, Hermann Kusmanek von Burgneustädten, Georgi Todorov, Kim Sowol, and Edgar Jung.

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In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among people born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Safvet-beg Bašagić ranks 121 out of 375Before him are Vlatko Marković (1937), Zlatko Vujović (1958), Nikola Špirić (1956), Šefik Džaferović (1957), Filip Višnjić (1767), and Miralem Pjanić (1990). After him are Sabahudin Kurt (1935), Goran Jurić (1963), Guido del Mestri (1911), Enver Marić (1948), Faruk Hadžibegić (1957), and Ilija Pantelić (1942).

Among WRITERS In Bosnia and Herzegovina

Among writers born in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Safvet-beg Bašagić ranks 12Before him are Jovan Dučić (1871), Mak Dizdar (1917), Predrag Matvejević (1932), Isak Samokovlija (1889), Abdulah Sidran (1944), and Filip Višnjić (1767). After him are Dževad Karahasan (1953), Staka Skenderova (1828), Miljenko Jergović (1966), Umihana Čuvidina (1794), Semir Osmanagić (1960), and Nísia Floresta (1810).