Bosiljka Pušić

Bosiljka Pušić (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}

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.

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)