Ćamil Sijarić

Who was Ćamil Sijarić?

Ćamil Sijarić was a Montenegrin Bosniak novelist and short story writer. He enrolled the University of Belgrade's Law School in 1936 and earned his degree in 1940. He was born in Šipovice, Bijelo Polje in Montenegro to Bosniak parents. He spent most of his life in Skopje, Belgrade and later, Sarajevo, where he died in a helicopter crash in 1989. However, almost all his major works are about Montenegro and the Bihor region around Bijelo Polje. His works have been translated in more than a dozen languages, including Russian, German and French.

He was both a member of Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts, and Academy of Arts and Sciencies of Bosnia and Herzegovina.