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Mirko Kovač (26 December 1938 – 19 August 2013[1]) was a Yugoslav writer. In his rich career he wrote novels, short stories, essays, film scripts, TV and radio plays. Among his best known works are the novels Gubilište, Životopis Malvine Trifković, Vrata od utrobe, Grad u zrcalu, the short story collection Ruže za Nives Koen, the book of essays Europska trulež and the scripts for some of the most successful films of Yugoslav cinema like Handcuffs, Playing Soldiers and Occupation in 26 Pictures among others. He was one quarter of the infamous Belgrade quartet, the other three being Danilo Kiš, Borislav Pekić and Filip David.

Mirko Kovač
Born(1938-12-26)26 December 1938
Petrovići near Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died19 August 2013(2013-08-19) (aged 74)
Rovinj, Croatia
OccupationNovelist, short story writer, essayist, screenwriter, political activist
GenrePostmodernism
Notable awardsNIN award (1978), Herder Prize (1995), Vilenica International Literary Prize (2003)

Biography


Kovač was born to a Croat father and a Serb mother[2] in the village of Petrovići in Banjani region near Nikšić, Montenegro. He went to elementary school in Trebinje but after leaving his family at the age of 16 he went to Vojvodina where he finished high school in Novi Sad. During that time he discovered the works of poet Tin Ujević and became interested in literature. He went on to study the works of other notable Croatian authors like Ranko Marinković, Vladan Desnica, Antun Branko Šimić and Vjekoslav Kaleb. After finishing school he published his first essay called Tri pesnika (Three Poets) about the works of Tin Ujević, Branko Miljković and Oskar Davičo. His first book Gubilište was published in 1962 and caused a big bang on the Yugoslav literature scene. The communist authorities declared the book inappropriate because of its dark portrayal of life and started a campaign against Kovač which resulted in a year long polemic. Many authors including Predrag Matvejević and Danilo Kiš wrote in Kovač's defence.

He received: Serbian NIN Prize 1978 and Andrić Award 1979, Swedish PEN Tucholsky Award (1993), German Herder Prize (1995), Montenegrin Njegoš Award (2009) and 13th July award (2004), Slovenian Vilenica Award (2003), Croatian Vladimir Nazor Award (2008) etc. He lived in Belgrade, but moved to Rovinj, Croatia, his wife's hometown, after Slobodan Milošević came to power.

An annual award in his name is given to authors from the Balkans in four categories.[3]


Bibliography


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References


  1. "Umro Mirko Kovač". tportal.hr. 20 August 2013. Retrieved 7 September 2019.
  2. "Đilas i Kovač zaključili su da je Andrić volio djevojčice". Jutarnji list (in Croatian). 27 December 2008. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  3. "Dobitnici nagrade Mirko Kovač". seecult.org. 16 September 2015.

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Мирко Ковач (сербохорв. Mirko Kovač; 26 декабря 1938 (1938-12-26), с. Петровицы близ Никшич, Королевство Югославия — 19 августа 2013, Ровинь, Хорватия) — югославский, хорватский, черногорский и сербский писатель, эссеист, сценарист, лауреат премии журнала НИН (1978), премии Гердера (1995), премии Виленицы (2003).


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