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Abdulah Sidran, born September 9 is the 252nd day of the year (253rd in leap years). There are 113 days remaining. Events 1000 - Battle of Swold 1379 - Treaty of Neuberg, splitting the Austrian Habsburg lands between the Habsburg Dukes Albert III and Leopold III 1513 - In the Battle of Flodden Field James IV... September 9th 1944 was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). Events World War II January January 4 - The Battle of Monte Cassino begins. January 5 - Murder of Danish playwright Kaj Munk January 17 - British forces, in Italy, cross the Garigliano River. January 20 - The Royal Air... 1944 in Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Downtown Sarajevo and the Miljacka river. Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Sarajevo ( Cyrillic, Сарајево) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located at 43°52′ N 18°25′ E. According to a 1991... Sarajevo, now Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. Its capital is Sarajevo and it was formerly one of the six federal units constituting Yugoslavia. The republic gained its... Bosnia and Herzegovina, also referred to as Avdo, The Bosnian language (Bosanski jezik) is one of the standard versions of the Central South Slavic diasystem, formerly known as Serbo-Croatian. The language is used primarily by Bosniaks in Bosnia and Herzegovina and elsewhere. It is based on the Western variant of the Shtokavian dialect and uses the Latin... Bosnian writer who writes screenplays and dramas. He was born and lives in Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Downtown Sarajevo and the Miljacka river. Sarajevo (Summer 2004) Sarajevo ( Cyrillic, Сарајево) is the capital and largest city of Bosnia and Herzegovina, located at 43°52′ N 18°25′ E. According to a 1991... Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital.


His major works include Sahbaza, Bone and meat, The Sarajevo tomb (Sarajevski tabut), Why is Venice sinking (Zašto tone Venecija), all books of poetry, and screenplays for award-winning movies from the Former The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a Balkan state that existed from 1945 to 1992. It was formed in 1945 from remains of the pre-war Kingdom of Yugoslavia under the name Democratic Federal Yugoslavia, in 1946 it changed its name to Federal Peoples Republic of Yugoslavia and... Yugoslavia, When father was away on business and Do you remember Dolly Bell, directed by Emir Kusturica Емир Кустурица Emir Kusturica (Kusturitsa) (born November 24, 1954 -) is a filmmaker born in Sarajevo, former Yugoslavia. With an impressive string of internationally acclaimed features, Kusturica became one of the most creative directors in cinema during the... Emir Kusturica, and Kuduz and The Perfect Circle, directed by Ademir Kenović.


His opus is characterized by a soft and soothing sensibility, where tragedy, meditativity and a specific and humorous irony change sides and play tricks on each other more often than not.


Abdulah Sidran currently lives in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.


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Festivaletteratura (164 words)
Abdulah Sidran was born near Sarajevo (Hadzici) in 1944.
Il cerchio perfetto (1977) by Ademir Kenovic, with Sidran as scriptwriter, is a testimony of the besiege of Sarajevo.
Sidran is also a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Bosnia-Erzegovina.
Cannes 97 (353 words)
We were told that the film gives the impression of a documentary of the everyday life in war-torn Sarajevo." Kenovic also tells me, to my astonishment, that there is a scene in the film that refers my departure with my husband from the besieged city of Sarajevo.
Abdulah Sidran (a poet and screenwriter whose credits include the Cannes winner When Father was Away on Business) and Kenovic worked on the script for four months during the war, in the midst of the worst days of Serbian assault on Sarajevo.
Perfect Circle is a poignant film about two young boys (aged nine and seven) who, after losing their parents, find refuge in the house of a Sarajevan poet in the first year of war.
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