Emina Delilovic-Kervic

Name: Emina

Last name:  Đelilović-Kevrić

Whatsapp number: +38762709657

State/Country: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Sarajevo

Profession: writer, teacher

Emina Đelilović-Kevrić ( born December 12, 1989 in Travnik) is currently living in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. After studying  the B/C/S (Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian) language and literature at the Philoshopical Faculty in Zenica she got her master's degree on the subject „Memory construction in the South Slavic interlinear community: typical models of the war camp experience in literature“.  She has published her writings in the regional magazines and internet portals ( Strane, Afirmator, Život, Astronaut, Čovjek-Časopis). She is the author of the poetry collection „ This time without history“ ( Dobra knjiga, 2016) and the short stories collection         „Erased lives“ ( Dobra knjiga,2021).  Her collection of poems „ My son and I“  is awarded by the  Publishing Foundation of Bosnia and Herzegovina in 2021. Emina Đelilović-Kevrić is the teacher of the B/C/S language and literature, and a certified trainer of the mental arithmetic. Her main preoccupaion is writing. In 2022 she won the second place in the international literature competition „Isnam Taljić“. She is the winner of the second award for the best short story of the regional literature competition „Zija Dizdarević“  2022, and she won the first place on international literature competition „Nastavi priču“.  She won a third place on international poetry competition „Ossi di Seppia“ Italy. She also won many awards for her collections of poetry and stories before 2022., such as third place in the most renowned competition for the unpublished poetry collection in Bosnia and Herzegovina "Slovo Gorčina" (2011), second place for the best short story in the lietrature  competition „Oslobođenje“ (2015) competition, third place in the competition for the best fairy tale of the Children's Art Festival 2016, Sarajevo.

 Her poetry has been translated into Macedonian, English, Chinese, Bengali, Hindi and Rajasthani, Arabic, Spanish.