Anthologist Enes Duraković

Abstract

The paper sheds light on the activities of Enes Duraković (1947–2024) in preparing and editing anthologies of Bosniak and Bosnia-Herzegovina literature as an important and influential area of his overall engagement. The corpus that is the focus of this research is represented by Duraković’s following anthologies: Muslim poetry of the XX century (1990), Anthology of Bosniak poetry of the XX century (1995), Anthology of Bosniak short stories of the XX century (1995), as well as anthologies that Duraković edited as a co-author Anthology of Bosniak poetry of the XX century (2000), or he was the editor of those editions Anthology of Bosniak essays of the XX century (1996), Anthology of Bosniak Drama of the 20th Century (1996) and Anthology of Bosniak Drama of the 20th Century (2000). The aim of the paper is to show, based on the analysis of the aforementioned corpus, the essential features of Enes Duraković’s anthological procedure, what principles he was guided by and what kind of value system he established as a model by which he chose materials for anthologies. Our intention is to highlight the importance of the valorization that this literary historian left behind as an author, editor and canonizer of the Bosnian and Bosniak literary heritage.