Most (magazine)

{{Infobox magazine

| title = Most: časopis za obrazovanje, nauku i kulturu

| logo = Most logo.jpg

| editor_title = Editor-in-Chief

| editor = Alija Kebo

| category = literature / culture / society

| frequency = quarterly (1974-2000), monthly (2001-2007)

| format = A4

| circulation = ?

| publisher = *from XXI, No. 91 (1995): Okrug Mostar;

  • from XXII, No. 94 (1996): NIP "BiH perspektive";
  • from XXII, No. 96 (1996): Narodna biblioteka Mostar;
  • from XXIV, No. 103-104 (1998): Društvo pisaca BiH, Podružnica Hercegovačko-neretvanskog kantona;
  • from XXIV, No. 105 (1998): Podružnica pisaca HNK

| founder = Savez zajednica kulture za Hercegovinu [Association of Culture Communities for Herzegovina]

| founded = 1974

| firstdate = 1974

| finaldate = 2008

| country = Bosnia

| based = Mostar

| language = Serbo-Croatian

| website = http://www.most.ba/arhiva.aspx

| issn = 0350-6517

| oclc = 643402153

}}

Most was a magazine published in Mostar, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, from 1974 to 2008.{{Cite web |title=Most: Casopis za Obrazovanie, Nauku i Kulturu {{!}} Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek |url=https://ezb.ur.de/?2129363 |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=ezb.ur.de}}{{Cite web |last=Voloder |first=Sanadin |title=Mostaru nedostaje Alija Kebo |url=https://balkans.aljazeera.net/teme/2019/1/18/mostaru-nedostaje-alija-kebo |access-date=2022-11-03 |website=balkans.aljazeera.net |language=bs}} During the Bosnian War, the magazine was not published for the period between 1992 and 1994.{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}} Since 1998, the subtitle of the magazine has been "magazine for education, science and culture". The magazine was published quarterly and monthly. It is printed in both scripts used in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Latin and Cyrillic.{{Cite web |title=Most : časopis za kulturu i društvena pitanja :: COBISS+ |url=https://plus.cobiss.net/cobiss/bh/bs/bib/1048#full |access-date=3 November 2022 |website=COBIB.BH}} Alija Kebo, who was embodiment of the magazine and cultural life of Mostar, was also editor for decades. After Kebo's death in 2007, the magazine and the oldest poetry and literary event in the Balkans, Šantićeve večeri poezije ({{Translation|Šantić's Poetry Evenings}}), were both ceased to exist.

Most enduring editor was late Alija Kebo, who edited more than 120 issues. Magazine also offered space for upstart poets and writers. Along with Šantić's Poetry Evenings, it was most important outlet for cultural and artistic production in the city and the region.{{cite web |author1=Gradimir Gojer |author1-link=Gradimir Gojer |title=MOSTARU ITEKAKO NEDOSTAJE "MOST" |url=https://www.tacno.net/kultura/mostaru-itekako-nedostaje-most/ |website=Tacno.net |access-date=3 November 2022 |language=sh |date=9 April 2020}}

German Union Catalogue include the magazine among most important printed journals in Slavic Studies.{{cite web |title=Most : časopis za obrazovanje, nauku i kulturu |url=https://slavistik-portal.de/en/zeitschriften/zdb-slavistik.html?detail=2129363-6 |website=Slavistik-Portal: ZDB-Slavistik: Array |access-date=3 November 2022 |language=en, de}}

Publishers

Over the years several publishing companies worked on publishing the magazine:

  • From I, no. 1 (1974) publisher: Association of Cultural Communities for Herzegovina
  • Since XXI, no. 91 (1995) publisher: Okrug Mostar
  • From XXII, no. 94 (1996) publisher: NIP "BiH perspectives"
  • From year XXII, no. 96 (1996) publisher: Narodna biblioteka Mostar
  • From XXIV, no. 103-104 (1998) publisher: Society of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Branch of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton
  • Since XXIV, no. 105 (1998) publisher: Branch of Writers of Herzegovina-Neretva Canton

See also

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