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Dušan Kovačević

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Dušan Kovačević
Душан Ковачевић
Dušan Kovačević at the Belgrade Book Fair, 22 October 2007
Born (1948-07-12) 12 July 1948 (age 76)
NationalitySerbian
Alma materUniversity 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

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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

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Plays

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Screenplays

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His adaptation of his play called Proleće u januaru (Spring in January).

His adaptation of his play Kumovi.

Poetry

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  • Ja to tamo pevam (2020)[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Nonin, G. (18 March 2013). "Pola veka gimnazije "Svetozar Marković"". srednjeskole.edukacija.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
  2. ^ Barnett, Dennis (Summer 2000). "Dušan Kovačević: The Balkan Conscience". TheatreForum. 0 (17) – via ProQuest.
  3. ^ 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)
  4. ^ ""Ljudi nisu verovali da si mi kum… Jeste, kao, Bora ti je kum": Lena Kovačević posle 5 godina od smrti Bore Todorovića". 2019.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
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