Bisera Alikadić: key obituary facts
Is Bisera Alikadić dead? Yes. Bisera Alikadić died on October 6, 2026, at age 87.
Cause of death: Bisera Alikadić's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Bisera Alikadić known for?
She was a Bosnian poet.
More about Bisera Alikadić
Born: 8 February 1939.
Place of birth: Podhum, Livno.
Gender: female.
Occupation: poet, writer.
Nationality: Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Bisera Alikadić, a Bosnian poet and author, died on October 6, 2026, aged 87.
Born in Podhum near Livno, she built a body of work that included poetry, romance novels and books for children. She was among the first Bosnian women to publish romance novels, a field in which her writing made a notable contribution to the country’s literary life.
Her best-known works include Larva and Krug. Alikadić also wrote about Sarajevo’s experience during the Bosnian War of the 1990s: Grad hrabrost (The City of Courage) and Knjiga vremena (Book of Time) express the city’s struggle during that period. Her books and poems were translated into English, German, French, Macedonian, Albanian, Turkish and Italian, bringing her writing to readers in several languages. She was a member of the Writers’ Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. On December 4, 2014, a literary portrait of Alikadić was inducted into the Museum of Literature and Performing Arts of Bosnia and Herzegovina, reflecting the place her work held in the country’s literary record.