Bosiljka Pušić

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| birth_place = Ćuprija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia

| death_date = 23 October 2023 (aged 87)

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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}Bosiljka Pušić ({{lang-sr-Cyrl|Босиљка Пушић}}; 2 May 1936 – 23 October 2023) was a Montenegrin writer, teacher and poet. She published more than twenty novels, children's books and poetry collections, and won a number of awards, including the Živojin Pavlović award, and the October award, from the city of Herceg Novi. Before retiring, she worked as a high school teacher in Herceg Novi. She was also a painter. Pušić's son is prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as Rambo Amadeus.

Life

Bosiljka Pušić was born 2 May 1936.{{Cite news |date=23 October 2023 |title=Writer Bosiljka Pušić passed away |url=https://en.vijesti.me/culture/678906/preminula-knjizevnica-bosiljka-pusic |access-date=9 April 2025 |work=Vijesti}} She was born in Ćuprija, Serbia. In early 1937 her family moved to Jagodina, where her father opened an independent watch-making shop and she stayed there throughout her elementary and high school education. Bosiljka acquired a degree in literature at the Faculty of Arts in University of Belgrade. Before retiring, she worked as a high school teacher in Herceg Novi. She was also a painter. She was a mother of prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as Rambo Amadeus.{{Cite web | title=Bosiljka Pušić {{!}} Elektronske knjige | url=http://elektronske-knjige.org/?page_id=344 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023023416/http://elektronske-knjige.org/?page_id=344 | access-date=2025-04-08 | archive-date=2013-10-23}} Her husband was archaeologist and writer Ilija Pušić, who died in 2015.{{Cite web |last=portal |first=Novski |date=2022-11-12 |title=Stvaraoci i supružnici Ilija i Bosiljka Pušić: Od sebe do drugog bića teško je prevaliti put, ako nisi iskren |url=https://novski.me/stvaraoci-i-supruznici-ilija-i-bosiljka-pusic-od-sebe-do-drugog-bica-tesko-je-prevaliti-put-ako-nisi-iskren/ |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=Novski Portal |language=en-US}}

Pušić was a writer and poet. She published more than twenty novels, children's books and collections of poetry. Her most well-known novel was Opening the Doll, published in 1985. She won a number of awards, including Zmaje's honorary award, the Živojin Pavlović award, and the October award, from the city of Herceg Novi, was awarded to her a few days ago before her death.

Pušić died on 23 October 2023, at the age of 88.

Awards and nominations

First place for the story Kavez (Prosvetni pregled, Belgrade, 1973).
Zmajeva počasna nagrada (2003).
"Živojin Pavlović" 2004 humoristic stories award for her book "Kako preživeti brak".{{Cite web |title=www.glas-javnosti.co.yu |url=https://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/04/30/srpski/K04042905.shtml |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20230522185903/http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/04/30/srpski/K04042905.shtml |archive-date=2023-05-22 |access-date=2025-04-09 |website=arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs}}
Second place for the story "Kralj koji je pojeo sam sebe" (Novi put, 2005).
Trilogy Naranče pod šlemom was nominated for "Miroslavljevo jevanđelje" in 2009.{{cite web|url=http://www.okf-cetinje.org/OKF-Milorad-Popovi%C4%87-laureat_150_1 |title=OKF - Cetinje, Otvoreni Kulturni Forum Cetinje |accessdate=2013-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022074129/http://www.okf-cetinje.org/OKF-Milorad-Popovi%C4%87-laureat_150_1 |archivedate=2013-10-22 }}
Novel Knjiga o Vojinu was nominated for "Zlatno pero" award in 2009.