Bosiljka Pušić facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Bosiljka Pušić
Born	(1936-05-02) May 2, 1936 (age 87) Ćuprija, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Alma mater	University of Belgrade
Partner(s)	Ilija Pušić
Children	2

Bosiljka Pušić (Serbian Cyrillic: Босиљка Пушић; born May 2, 1936) is a Montenegrin 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. 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".
• 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.
• Novel Knjiga o Vojinu was nominated for "Zlatno pero" award in 2009.