Isak Samokovlija (3 September 1889 – 15 January 1955) was a Bosnian writer. By profession he was a physician. His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews.
After completing primary school Samokovlija went to Sarajevo. He attended high school with Ivo Andrić, the first Yugoslav to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.[2] After graduating high school in 1910, he received a scholarship from local Jewish charity La Benevolencija to study medicine in Vienna.[2][3] Later he worked as a doctor in the towns Goražde and Fojnica (1921–25)[4] 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 medical doctor fights against a typhus epidemic. It was not until 1945, he managed to escape Yugoslavia and hide until the country was liberated. After the end of World War II, he held various positions in the Bosnian and Yugoslav literary circles. From 1948-51 he edited the magazine Brazda, and then, until his death he was an editor at the publishing company Svjetlost.[citation needed]
His first short story Rafina avlija was published in 1927 and two years later his first collection of stories, Od proljeća do proljeća, came out. Several of his stories were made into television films and his book Hanka was made into a film of the same name directed by Slavko Vorkapić in 1955. He did not live to see the film, dying at age 65 in January 1955. He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery on the slopes of Trebević mountain, near Sarajevo.[5]
Bibliographyedit
Rafina avlija (1927, Rafo's Yard)
Od proljeća do proljeća (1929, From Spring to Spring)
Nosač Samuel, (1946, Samuel the Porter)
Solomunovo slovo, (1949, Solomun's Letter)
Hanka (Hanka)
Plava Jevrejka (The Blond Jewess)
On je lud (He is Crazy)
Fuzija (Fusion)
Tragom života (Following Life)
Đerdan (The Necklace)
Priča o radostima (A Story of Joy)
Further readingedit
Palavestra, Predrag (2000). (PDF). Journal of the North American Society for Serbian Studies. 14 (1). Translated by E.D. Goy; Jasna Levinger-Goy. Bloomington, IN, USA: Slavica Publishers: 65–68. ISSN 0742-3330. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 30 May 2015.
Referencesedit
^"(Ne)pročitani velikan naše književnosti". Slobodna Bosna. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
isak, samokovlija, september, 1889, january, 1955, bosnian, writer, profession, physician, stories, describe, life, bosnian, sephardic, jews, circa, 1942born, 1889, september, 1889goražde, condominium, bosnia, herzegovina, austro, hungarian, empiredied15, janu. Isak Samokovlija 3 September 1889 15 January 1955 was a Bosnian writer By profession he was a physician His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews Isak SamokovlijaIsak Samokovlija circa 1942Born 1889 09 03 3 September 1889Gorazde Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina Austro Hungarian EmpireDied15 January 1955 1955 01 15 aged 65 Sarajevo SR Bosnia and Herzegovina SFR YugoslaviaOccupationWriter academicAlma materUniversity of ViennaSubjectJewish life in Bosnia and HerzegovinaSpouseHedda Samokovlija nee Brunner Isak Samokovlija grave in Sarajevo Contents 1 Biography 2 Bibliography 3 Further reading 4 ReferencesBiography editSamokovlija was born into a Sephardi Jewish family in Gorazde Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the Austro Hungarian occupation 1 While one side of his family came from Spain after the Expulsion of Jews from Spain his great grandfather moved to Bosnia from the town of Samokov in Bulgaria which led to the surname Los Samokovlis in Ladino or Samokovlija in Bosnian 2 After completing primary school Samokovlija went to Sarajevo He attended high school with Ivo Andric the first Yugoslav to win the Nobel Prize in Literature 2 After graduating high school in 1910 he received a scholarship from local Jewish charity La Benevolencija to study medicine in Vienna 2 3 Later he worked as a doctor in the towns Gorazde and Fojnica 1921 25 4 before beginning a regular job at Sarajevo s Kosevo hospital in 1925 At the beginning of the Second World War he was a department head at the Kosevo hospital In April 1941 he was discharged from service as well as other Jews but soon he was mobilized as a medical doctor fights against a typhus epidemic It was not until 1945 he managed to escape Yugoslavia and hide until the country was liberated After the end of World War II he held various positions in the Bosnian and Yugoslav literary circles From 1948 51 he edited the magazine Brazda and then until his death he was an editor at the publishing company Svjetlost citation needed His first short story Rafina avlija was published in 1927 and two years later his first collection of stories Od proljeca do proljeca came out Several of his stories were made into television films and his book Hanka was made into a film of the same name directed by Slavko Vorkapic in 1955 He did not live to see the film dying at age 65 in January 1955 He was buried in the old Jewish cemetery on the slopes of Trebevic mountain near Sarajevo 5 Bibliography editRafina avlija 1927 Rafo s Yard Od proljeca do proljeca 1929 From Spring to Spring Nosac Samuel 1946 Samuel the Porter Solomunovo slovo 1949 Solomun s Letter Hanka Hanka Plava Jevrejka The Blond Jewess On je lud He is Crazy Fuzija Fusion Tragom zivota Following Life Đerdan The Necklace Prica o radostima A Story of Joy Further reading editPalavestra Predrag 2000 Jewish Writers in Serbian Literature Isak Samokovlija PDF Journal of the North American Society for Serbian Studies 14 1 Translated by E D Goy Jasna Levinger Goy Bloomington IN USA Slavica Publishers 65 68 ISSN 0742 3330 Archived from the original PDF on 2007 09 26 Retrieved 30 May 2015 References edit Ne procitani velikan nase knjizevnosti Slobodna Bosna 24 January 2014 Retrieved 8 January 2015 a b c Samokovlija Isak Lesic Zdenko Hawkesworth Celia Pribicevic Zoric Christina 1997 Tales of old Sarajevo Vallentine Mitchell pp 169 178 ISBN 085303331 5 Isak Samokovlija veliki bh knjizevnik i doktor Radio Sarajevo 3 September 2013 Archived from the original on 8 January 2015 Retrieved 8 January 2015 Manifestacija Dani Isaka Samokovlije Sunce nad Drinom Radio Sarajevo 14 January 2014 Archived from the original on 8 January 2015 Retrieved 8 January 2015 Sjecanje na Isaka Samokovliju knjizevnika i oca Nosaca Samuela Radio Sarajevo 15 January 2014 Archived from the original on 8 January 2015 Retrieved 8 January 2015 nbsp nbsp This article about a Bosnia and Herzegovina writer is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Isak Samokovlija amp oldid 1166801970, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
