Facts: - death place: belgrade , sr serbia , yugoslavia - language: serbo-croatian - resting place: novo groblje , belgrade - caption: mesa selimovic on a 2010 serbian stamp - notableworks: '' death and the dervish '' -lrb- 1966 -rrb- - death date: 11 july 1982 - spouse: draga -lrb- d. 1999 -rrb- - children: daughters masa and jesenka - birth date: 26 april 1910 - name: mehmed '' mesa '' selimovic - image: mesaselimovic serbian literature great men stamps.jpg - birth place: tuzla empire , condominium of bosnia and herzegovina , austro-hungarian - alma mater: university of belgrade - occupation: writer , professor , art director Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of mesa selimovic .
mehmed '' mesa '' selimovic -lrb- ; ; 26 april 1910 -- 11 july 1982 -rrb- was a yugoslav writer .his novel '' death and the dervish '' is one of the most important literary works in post-world war ii yugoslavia .some of the main themes in his works are the relations between individuality and authority , life and death , and other existential problems .