Literature

 

Bosnia and Herzegovina has a rich literature, including the Nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić and poets such as Antun Branko Šimić,Aleksa ŠantićJovan Dučić and Mak Dizdar, writers such as Meša SelimovićSemezdin MehmedinovićMiljenko JergovićIsak SamokovlijaSafvet beg BašagićAbdulah SidranPetar KočićAleksandar Hemon, and Nedžad Ibrišimović. The National Theater was founded 1919 in Sarajevo and its first director was the dramatist Branislav Nušić. Magazines such as Novi Plamen or Sarajevske biljeznice are some of the more prominent publications covering cultural and literary themes.