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Isak Samokovlija

Born

in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina

September 03, 1889

Died

January 15, 1955

Genre

Fiction, History

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Isak Samokovlija was a prominent Bosnian Jewish writer. By profession he was a physician. His stories describe the life of the Bosnian Sephardic Jews.

Samokovlija was born into a Sephardi Jewish family in Goražde, Bosnia and Herzegovina at the time of the Austro-Hungarian occupation. After completing primary school Samokovlija went to Sarajevo, attended high school and relocated to Vienna where he studied medicine. Later he worked as a doctor in the towns Goražde and Fojnica (1921–25) before beginning a regular job at Sarajevo's Koševo hospital in 1925. At the beginning of the Second World War, he was a department head at the Koševo hospital. In April 1941 he was discharged from service as well as other Jews, but soon he was mobilized as a m ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 283 ratings · 16 reviews · 25 distinct works • Similar authors

	Nosač Samuel 3.95 avg rating — 203 ratings — published 1946 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pripovijetke 4.43 avg rating — 23 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Tales of Old Sarajevo 4.05 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hanka 3.93 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1931	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rafina avlija 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Der Jude, der am Sabbat nicht betet 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Od proljeća do proljeća 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“...тъжен обущар с крайче ведро небе в очите си...”
― Isak Samokovlija, Nosač Samuel

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“Рафаел предварително се радваше на похвалата. Още отсега очите му блестяха. С такива дребни, мънички радости живееше този обущар, този тъжен вдовец, този човек, когото съдбата тъпчеше по свой начин, нещастен и бит от всички страни, уплашен и затворен в себе си, изпълнен с мечти и някакви желания, но винаги злочест, сякаш нещастието се лепеше за него само защото нямаше за кого друг да се закачи.”
― Isak Samokovlija, Nosač Samuel

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