Prominent Montenegrin and Bosnian writer Marko Vešović died on Thursday in Sarajevo at the age of 78, Klix.ba reported.
A large part of Vešović's life was tied to Sarajevo. After finishing high school in Bijelo Polje, Vešović enrolled in the Faculty of Philosophy in Sarajevo, and then postgraduate studies at the Faculty of Philology in Belgrade.
During 1976, Vešović was also chosen as an assistant at the Faculty of Philosophy, where he worked until 1986, after which he started working as an editor at the publishing house "Veselin Masleša".
He also spent the war period in Sarajevo and is described as one of the most accurate chroniclers of the life of the citizens of Sarajevo under siege. It is from that period that the book "Polish Cavalry" stands out, which talked about the shelling of the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina and all the horrors of war experienced by the citizens.
He published over 30 books of poetry and prose, poetry translations, essays and polemics.
After the referendum in 2006, his involvement in Montenegro was linked to the then state newspaper Pobjeda, in which he dealt brutally with critics of the Mila Đukanović regime. His work at the time led to one of the largest verdicts in the Balkan judiciary for defamation.
Vešović will be buried in Sarajevo on Monday, August 21.
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