Bosiljka Pušić

Bosiljka Pušić (Serbian Cyrillic: Босиљка Пушић; born May 2, 1936) is a Montenegrin writer and poet. Bosiljka 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 until her high school graduation. 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, where she resides to the present day. She is also a painter. She is a mother of prominent musician Antonije Pušić, better known as Rambo Amadeus. She has fan FB page Bosiljka Pušic-Bašta of papira {@bosilikapusic}

Bosiljka Pušić
Born	(1936-05-02) May 2, 1936 Ćuprija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Partner	Ilija Pušić
Children	2

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".
• 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.
• Novel Knjiga o Vojinu was nominated for "Zlatno pero" award in 2009.

Publications

Children's books

• Hercegnovske čarolije (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000).
• Koga boli uvo kako ja rastem (Osmjeh, Podgorica, 2000).
• Ružičasti delfin (Bookland, Belgrade, 2001).
• Žabilijada (Portal, Belgrade, 2003).
• Doživljaji magarčića Magića (Portal, Belgrade, 2004).
• Kobajagična putovanja (Bookland, Belgrade, 2006).
• Plavojko (Bookland, Belgrade, 2000).
• Ko te šiša ("Grigorije Dijak", Podgorica, 2010).
• Kralj koji je pojeo i sebe (Bookland, Belgrade, 2012).

Poetry

• Krila iste ptice (1970).
• Privid igre (1972).
• Pelin u reveru (1976).
• Rukom prema snu (1980).
• Druga voda (1980).
• Dobošari na trgu (1985).
• Svođenje reči (1989).
• Pepeo i krik (2000).

Story collections

• Kavez (1981).
• Otapanje (1994).
• Izlet u Žanjice (2000).

Novels

• Otvaranje lutke (1985).
• Kako preživeti brak (2002, 2003).
• Naranča i nož (2002).
• Narančin cvat (2004).
• Knjiga o Vojinu (2008).
• Naranče pod šlemom - trilogija (2008).
• Stimadur (2011).
• Ispod žižule (2012).
• Tondo (2013).
• ”Balada o Itane” (2016)
• ”Eva”(2017)
• ”Daleki akordi”(2020)