Mirko Kovač (writer)

Mirko Kovač
Occupation	Novelist, essayist, dramatist
Genres	Postmodernism

Mirko Kovač (Montenegrin: Mirko Kovač) (born December 26, 1938 in Petrovići village near Bileća, Drina Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, now in Montenegro) is a Montenegrin, Croatian, and Serbian writer.

His works are novels: Gubilište, Moja sestra Elida, Malvina, Ruganje s dušom, Vrata od utrobe (which won him the NIN Prize in 1978), Uvod u drugi život, Kristalne rešetke, Grad u zrcalu, and collections of short stories: Rane Luke Meštrovića i Nebeski zaručnici; collection of essays: Evropska trulež i drugi eseji, Na odru, Cvjetanje mase, Elita gora od rulje; film scripts Okupacija u 26 slika and others. He published Knjiga pisama with Serbian writer Filip David. He received: Serbian Andic prize 1987, Swedish PEN Tucholsky Award (1993), German Herder Prize (1995), Montenegrin Njegoš Award (2009) and Trinaestojulska 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 Milošević came to power.

Sources

• Mirko Kovač - istarsko utočište majstora kazališne provokacije (Croatian)
• Mirko Kovač - Pisanje ili nostalgija
• Mirko Kovač - Danas vidim samo znake pustoši
• Mirko Kovač - Trinaestojulska nagrada
• KRITIKA : Mirko Kovač - 'Grad u zrcalu' (Fraktura, 2007.)

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Name	Kovac, Mirko
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Date of birth	December 26, 1938
Place of birth	Petrovići, Nikšić, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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