Likovi zavičaja: Fikret Konjić Učo: od konobara do bibliotekara, pisca i novinara
Homeland characters: Fikret Konjić, Učo: From waiter to librarian, writer, and journalist

Summary/Abstract: In this contribution, the author presents Fikret Konjić, known as Učo—a librarian, journalist from Gračanica, and writer with whom he had the opportunity to work at the former People’s University (now the Bosnian Cultural Center), and later in the magazine “Gračanički glasnik.” While describing this portrait, the author also tells a parallel story about the construction and early activities of the Cultural Center in Gračanica, which was handed over for use to the People’s University in 1978. As a direct participant in the events, he discusses the atmosphere and the impact of local politics at the time on the programming profile of the new Cultural Center. He particularly highlights the issues that arose after the relocation of the People’s Library to the new premises when, due to moisture appearing in the basement storage area, the entire book collection had to be moved to other rooms. In the “rescue operation” of the library collection, the main character of this story, Fikret Konjić Učo, particularly distinguished himself, earning a promotion from his position as a waiter in the bowling alley of the Cultural Center to working in the library. The second part of this text discusses his literary work and a planned collection of short stories that never “saw the light of day.” Unfortunately, his death came “faster” than the book.

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