Isak Samokovlija

Isak Samokovlija was a prominent Bosnian Jewish writer. By profession he was a physician. His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews.

Samokovlija was born into a Sephardi Jewish family in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation. After completing primary school Samokovlija went to Sarajevo, attended high school and relocated to Vienna where he studied medicine. Later he worked as a doctor in the towns Goražde and Fojnica (1921–25) before beginning a regular job at Sarajevo's Koševo hospital in 1925. At the beginning of the Second World War, he was a department head at the Koševo hospital. In April 1941 he was discharged from service as well as other Jews, but soon he was mobilized as a m

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Awards:
- "Veselin Masleša" for the best short stories book for 1985.;
- Fund Free Expression Award 1993;
- Writes Club Madison II award for Non-fiction 1994.;
- Madison Poetry award in 1996..

Bibliography:
"Priče iz moje ulice", Oslobođenje, Sarajevo, 1980.
"Zdravstvena knjižica", Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1985.
"Drugo izdanje", Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1987.
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"Pisma iz ludnice", Slobodna Bosna, Sarajevo, 2001.
"Ptica na žici", Buybook, Sa
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Awards:
- "Veselin Masleša" for the best short stories book for 1985.;
- Fund Free Expression Award 1993;
- Writes Club Madison II award for Non-fiction 1994.;
- Madison Poetry award in 1996..

Bibliography:
"Priče iz moje ulice", Oslobođenje, Sarajevo, 1980.
"Zdravstvena knjižica", Svjetlost, Sarajevo, 1985.
"Drugo izdanje", Veselin Masleša, Sarajevo, 1987.
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"Oni dani", 1989.
"Prljavi veš", autorovo izdanje, Sarajevo, 1991.
"Pisma iz ludnice", Slobodna Bosna, Sarajevo, 2001.
"Ptica na žici", Buybook, Sa
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