Siniša Kovačević (
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: Синиша Ковачевић, ; born 30 May 1954) is a Serbian author,
playwright
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Etymology
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, politician and professor of the Belgrade
Academy of Arts
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.
Biography
Kovačević was born on 30 May 1954 in the northern Serbian village of
Šuljam. He graduated dramaturgy at the
Faculty of Dramatic Arts
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in
Belgrade
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. He is a professor on
Academy of Arts
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in the case ''dramaturgy''. He writes for theater, film, and TV. His works have been translated into
Russian
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Macedonian,
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, and
German
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language. He is married to actress
Ljiljana Blagojević
Ljiljana Blagojević ( sr-cyr, Љиљана Благојевић; born 5 November 1955 in Belgrade, Serbia PR Serbia in Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia">Yugoslavia]) is a Serbian theater, film, and television actress. She is married t ...
, with whom he has a daughter,
Kalina Kovačević, also an actress. He lives and works in Belgrade.
Siniša Kovačević: Moje je da korim rod
Works
Stage dramas
* ''Đeneral Milan Nedić''
* ''Novo je doba''
* ''Sveti Sava''
* ''Poslednja ruka pred fajront''
* ''Srpska drama''
* ''Virus''
* ''Velika drama''
* ''Kraljević Marko''
* ''Janez''
* ''Ravi''
* ''Zečiji nasip''
* ''Čudesni''
TV dramas
* ''Portret Ilije Pevca''
* ''Mala šala''
* ''Svečana obaveza''
Film scripts
* ''Država Mrtvih''
* ''Bolje od bekstva''
* ''Najbolji''
* ''Najviše na svetu celom''
Directed Premieres of his dramas
* ''Virus''
* ''Kraljević Marko''
* ''Janez''
* ''Velika drama''
* ''Zečiji nasip''
Plus the movie ''Sinovci'' in 2006, and the TV series ''Gorki Plodovi'' in 2008/09.
Awards
* Triple Sterija Award winner for theatrical plays: ''Novo je doba'', ''Đeneral Milan Nedić'', ''Janez''.
* Triple "Branislav Nušić" Award winner for theatrical plays: ''Sveti Sava'', ''Kraljević Marko'',''Ravi''.
* TV drama ''Novo je doba'' included in the top ten TV dramas, as the third.
* TV drama ''Svečana obaveza'' classified in the five best TV dramas ever recorded.
* TV drama ''Mala šala'' joke is included in četrvrtu book anthology of contemporary TV dramas.
References
External links
*
Interview with Siniša Kovačevic with biography and list of works and awards on Radio-Television of Serbia (in Serbian)
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1954 births
Living people
People from Sremska Mitrovica
Serbian dramatists and playwrights
Serbian screenwriters
Male screenwriters
Serbian film directors
Serbian theatre directors
University of Belgrade Faculty of Dramatic Arts alumni
Theatre people from Belgrade