Bosiljka Pušić (
Serbian Cyrillic: Босиљка Пушић; born May 2, 1936) is a Serbian 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.[1]
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".[2]
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.[3]
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).