Osman Đikić
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| Born |
7 January 1879 Mostar, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 30 March 1912 (aged 33) Mostar, Condominium of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Austria-Hungary |
| Occupation | Poet |
| Nationality | Austro-Hungarian |
| Ethnicity | Serb identity |
| Genre | Romanticism |
| Spouse | Zora Topalović (m. 1905–12; his death) |
Osman Đikić (7 January 1879 – 30 March 1912) was a Bosnian romantic poet and dramatist from Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
He is the author of several sevdalinka songs, including: Đaurko mila, Ašik ostah na te oči and Đela Fato đela zlato.
Osman Đikić was born in Mostar on 7 January 1879, the son of Ahmet Đikić (1858–1918) and Hana (née Kurt; died 1908). He successfully completed primary school in Mostar, as well as five years of secondary schooling at Mostar Gymnasium before being expelled due to nationalist activities. He relocated to Belgrade to finish his education, only to relocate once more to Istanbul, where he completed secondary schooling. He later attended and graduated from the New Vienna Commercial Academy in Vienna.
Osman Đikić married Serbian actress Zora Topalović (or Mihailović) in Vienna in 1905.
Following graduation, Đikić served as a bank teller in Zagreb, Brčko and Mostar. He later served as the editor of the Mostar-based newspaper Musavat (Unity) in 1907, as well as published pieces in the Bosansko-hercegovački glasnik (Bosnian-Herzegovinian Herald).
Osman Đikić was a renowned poet and dramatist in Bosnia. His poetry tended to be didactic, with elements of love, patriotism and religion serving as central themes. He first published his poems in Bosnian newspapers such as Behar ("Blossom"), Bosanska vila ("Bosnian fairy") and Zora ("Dawn"). One of his first compilation of poems was published in 1900 alongside poems from Omer-beg Sulejmanpašić Skopljak and Avdo Karabegović in Belgrade. This compilation was known as Pobratimstvo ("Alliance") and was a collection of patriotic poetry. This compilation was not well received by Bosnian author Osman Nuri Hadžić, who heavily criticised the work in Behar. Hadžić's critique barred Đikić from further publishing his literary works within Behar.
Đikić later independently published two poem compilations: Muslimanskoj mladeži ("To the Muslim Youth") in Dubrovnik in 1902 and Ašiklije (Lovers) in Mostar in 1903.
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