Dušan Kovačević
Dušan Kovačević | |
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Душан Ковачевић | |
 Dušan Kovačević at the Belgrade Book Fair, 22 October 2007 | |
| Born | 12 July 1948 |
| Nationality | Serbian |
| Alma mater | University of Belgrade |
| Occupation(s) | playwright and theatre director |
Dušan Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Ковачевић, pronounced [dǔʃan koʋǎːtʃeʋitɕ]; born 12 July 1948) is a Serbian playwright, scriptwriter, film director and academic best known for his theatre plays and movie scripts. He also served as the ambassador of Serbia in Lisbon, Portugal.[citation needed]
Biography
[edit]Kovačević was born in Mrđenovac near Šabac, PR Serbia, FPR Yugoslavia, graduated from Svetozar Marković Gymnasium in Novi Sad,[1] and received a bachelor's degree in dramaturgy from the University of Belgrade in 1973. From 1973, he worked as a dramaturge at TV Beograd for five years. Since 1998, he has been the artistic director of Zvezdara teatar. In 2003 he directed his first movie, Profesionalac (The Professional).[citation needed]
Kovačević's prolific work is well known and popular in Serbia. His comedies have been translated into 20 languages, but his work didn't become available in English until the mid-1990s.[2]
A declared royalist, Dušan Kovačević is a member of the Crown Council of Aleksandar Karađorđević. He is also a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. In 2020 he was awarded the Sretenje order of the Republic of Serbia.[3]
His daughter Lena Kovačević is a jazz singer.[4][5]
Selected works
[edit]Plays
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- Radovan Treći - Radovan III (1973)
- Maratonci trče počasni krug - The Marathon Runners Run a Victory Lap of Honor (1973)
- Proleće u januaru - The Spring in January (1977)
- Sabirni centar - The Gathering Place (1982)
- Balkanski špijun - Balkan Spy (1982)
- Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu - St. George Shoots the Dragon (1984)
- Klaustofobična Komedija - Claustrophobic Comedy (1987)
- Profesionalac - The Professional (1990)
- Urnebesna Tragedija - Roaring Tragedy (also translated as Tragedy Burlesque; 1990)
- Lari Tompson, tragedija jedne mladosti - Larry Thompson, the Tragedy of a Youth (1996)
- Kontejner sa Pet Zvezdica - Five-Star Dumpster (1999)
- Doktor Šuster - Doctor Shoemaker (2001)
- Generalna proba samoubistva - Dress Rehearsal for a Suicide (2009)
- Život u tesnim cipelama - Life in tight shoes (2011)
- Kumovi - Godfathers (2013)
- Rođendan gospodina Nušića - The birthday of Mr Nušić (2014)
- Hipnoza jedne ljubavi - Hypnosis of one love (2016)
Screenplays
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- Bestije,1977
- Poseban tretman, 1980 (Special Treatment)
- Ko to tamo peva, 1980 (Who's Singing Over There?)
- Maratonci trče počasni krug, 1982 (The Marathon Runners Run a Victory Lap of Honor)
- Balkanski špijun, 1984 (Balkan Spy)
- Sabirni Centar, 1989 (The Gathering Place)
- Pod zemlja, 1995 (Underground), directed by Emir Kusturica, won the Palme d'Or at Cannes Film Festival.
His adaptation of his play called Proleće u januaru (Spring in January).
- Profesionalac, 2003 (The Professional), also director.
- Sveti Georgije ubiva aždahu, 2003 (St. George Kills the Dragon)
- Nije loše biti čovek, 2021 (Not Bad to be a Human), also director.
His adaptation of his play Kumovi.
Poetry
[edit]- Ja to tamo pevam (2020)[6]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Nonin, G. (18 March 2013). "Pola veka gimnazije "Svetozar Marković"". srednjeskole.edukacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ Barnett, Dennis (Summer 2000). "Dušan Kovačević: The Balkan Conscience". TheatreForum. 0 (17) – via ProQuest.
- ^ Serbia, RTS, Radio televizija Srbije, Radio Television of. "Uručena odlikovanja povodom Dana državnosti". www.rts.rs. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ ""Ljudi nisu verovali da si mi kum… Jeste, kao, Bora ti je kum": Lena Kovačević posle 5 godina od smrti Bore Todorovića". 2019.
- ^ Đorđević, D. (19 March 2019). "U JEKU SVETSKOG SKANDALA Lena Kovačević, ćerka reditelja, za "Blic": "Nije bezazleno, i moj otac je prolazio kroz to"". Blic.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- ^ "Ja to tamo pevam - Dušan Kovačević | Laguna". www.laguna.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 2021-01-03.
- Barnett, Dennis. An interview with Dusan Kovacevic, Belgrade, August 1997.
- Kovačević, Dušan. Odabrane Drame I, Vreme Knjige:Beograd, 1994.
- Kovačević, Dušan. Odabrane Drame II, Vreme Knjige:Beograd, 1994.
- Kovačević, Dušan. Odabrane Drame III, Vreme Knjige:Beograd, 1998.
External links
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- Zvezdara Theater
- Dušan Kovačević at IMDb
- Intervju: Dušan Kovačević, Wine Style, March 12, 2009
- Srbiju trese pljačkaška groznica, Blic, May 3, 2009
